Members of the Soulquarians, an experimental black music collective active from the late 1990s to early 2000s, held many innovative jam sessions while recording their respective albums at Electric Lady, often drawing on the influence of Hendrix and Wonder's recordings there. This period at the turn of the 21st century is known in the studio's history as the Soulquarians era. The collective's activity there began in 1997 when the singer D'Angelo and drummer-producer Questlove (of The Roots) prepared to record the former's "Voodoo" (2000) album. Their sessions at the studio over the next five years resulted in the Roots' albums "Things Fall Apart" (1999) and "Phrenology" (2002), singer Erykah Badu's second album "Mama's Gun" (2000), rapper Common's "Like Water for Chocolate" (2000) and "Electric Circus" (2002), and singer Bilal's debut album "1st Born Second" (2001).