Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)

"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)"
Single by Erykah Badu featuring Common
from the album Brown Sugar soundtrack and Worldwide Underground
Released	August 20, 2002
Format	CD single; 12-inch single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Underground hip hop
Length	3:50 (Radio Edit); 5:37 (Soundtrack Version)
Label	MCA Records
Writer(s)	Erykah Badu; Lonnie Rashid Lynn; Madukwu Chinwah; Robert Ozuma; James Poyser; Raphael Saadiq; Glen Standridge
Producer(s)	Raphael Saadiq
Erykah Badu singles chronology

"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is the title of a 2002 single by singer Erykah Badu and rapper Common. It spent four weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best Solo R&B/Soul Single. It additionally won a Grammy for best R&B song in 2003.^[1]

The song was featured in the 2002 film Brown Sugar and is found on the film's soundtrack. The song, film, Common's song "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Roots song "Act Too (The Love Of My Life)" all share a common theme: the personification of hip hop. The song won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song on the 2003 award ceremony, and was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Remix

In 2003, the official remix entitled, "Love of My Life Worldwide" appeared on Erykah Badu's album, Worldwide Underground. "Funk You Up! (Love Of My Life Remix)" is another version of the song, with Badu rapping different lyrics. The remix contained rap vocals from Badu, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia and Angie Stone. The remix is a semi-remake version of "Funk You Up" by the rap group The Sequence at the time Angie Stone was a member of the group.

Preceded by "Work It" by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single December 28, 2002	Succeeded by "Miss You" by Aaliyah

v t e Erykah Badu
Studio albums	Baduizm (1997) Mama's Gun (2000) Worldwide Underground (2003) New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008) New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) (2010)
Other albums	Live Icon: The Best of Erykah Badu But You Caint Use My Phone
Singles	"On & On" "Next Lifetime" "Otherside of the Game" "Appletree" "Tyrone" "You Got Me" "Southern Gul" "Bag Lady" "Didn't Cha Know? "Cleva" "Sweet Baby" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" "Danger" "Back in the Day (Puff)" "Honey" "Soldier" "The Healer" "Window Seat" "Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY)" "Gone Baby, Don't Be Long"
Tours	Baduizm World Tour Mama's Gun World Tour Frustrated Artist Tour Worldwide Underground Tour Sugar Water Festival Summer Tour The Vortex World Tour Jam Tour Out My Mind, Just in Time World Tour
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Soulquarians

v t e Common singles discography
Discography Awards and nominations Videography
Can I Borrow a Dollar?	"Take It EZ" "Breaker 1/9" "Soul by the Pound"
Resurrection	"I Used to Love H.E.R." "Resurrection"
One Day It'll All Make Sense	"Retrospect for Life" "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" "All Night Long"
Like Water for Chocolate	"The 6th Sense" "The Light" "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)"
Electric Circus	"Come Close"
Be	"The Food" "The Corner" "Go!" "Testify" "Faithful"
Finding Forever	"The People" "The Game" "Drivin' Me Wild" "I Want You"
Universal Mind Control	"Universal Mind Control" "Announcement"
The Dreamer/The Believer	"Ghetto Dreams"
Nobody's Smiling	"Kingdom" "Speak My Peace" "Diamonds"
Other singles	"The Bitch in Yoo" "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" "Car Horn" "Hurricane" "While I'm Dancin'" "Panthers" "A Dream" "Glory"
Featured singles	"Respiration" "Dance for Me" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" "Make Her Say" "Favorite Song" "Switch Up"
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