Badu would take us even further into her journey two years later when she and the Soulquarians crew (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, James Poyser, and J Dilla, just to name a few) hit New York’s famed Electric Lady Studios in 1999 to record what would be her greatest achievement thus far—her 2000 sophomore release Mama’s Gun. A highly direct and ambitious statement, she tackled deeper subjects and eclectic territory that signaled her progression as both an unparalleled musician and figurehead of our time.

In advance of the 20th anniversary of Baduizm next February, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will be releasing double-vinyl editions of Baduizm and its follow-up Mama’s Gun on October 21st as part of their acclaimed ‘Respect the Classics’ initiative. The new reissue for Baduizm will mark the first time the album has been pressed on wax in its entirety with original artwork to boot. This will also mark the second time Mama’s Gun gets reissued, as the vinyl boutique label Music On Vinyl first reissued the album on limited-edition 180 gram wax in 2014.

For many years, vinyl enthusiasts and Badu-holics settled with the abridged, promotional pressing of Baduizm, which sported a generic black sleeve with a label and featured nine songs from the album. The promotional copies were initially geared exclusively toward DJ and radio markets, in support of the album’s release in 1997. Eventually, Universal Music reissued the promotional pressing a year later to widespread commercial markets. There was never a complete version of the album that existed on vinyl until now. Vinyl pressings for Mama’s Gun were initially available only as a limited double-vinyl promo, pressed on transparent red-colored vinyl records that were housed in a generic black sleeve. It was long sought after before being reissued a decade later and still commands high prices today.