''Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Brown Sugar'' is the soundtrack to

Rick Famuyiwa Rick Famuyiwa (born June 18, 1973) is an American director, producer and screenwriter of productions including ''The Wood'' (1999), ''Brown Sugar'' (2002), '' Talk to Me'' (2007), '' Dope'' (2015), and ''Confirmation'' (2016). His films have bee ...

's 2002 film ''

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''. It was released on September 24, 2002 through

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, and consists of hip hop and R&B music. The album peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200, at number 2 on the

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, at number 1 on the

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, and was placed at number 40 on ''

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's the 50 Best Movie Soundtracks of All Time''. The album spawned

Erykah Badu Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Influenced by rhythm and blues, R&B, Soul music, soul, and hip hop, Badu rose to prominence in the ...

and

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's successful

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Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" is a song recorded by American singer Erykah Badu for the ''Brown Sugar'' soundtrack (2002). It features American rapper Common, who co-wrote the song alongside Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Robert Ozuma, James Poyse ...

", which made it to number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 1 on the

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, and won a

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