AdvertisementMeeting Tracy Chapman In The Spaces BetweenOctober 15, 2021Francesca T. RoysterfacebookEmailTracy Chapman's debut album "was the music that I needed at a time when I felt pressure to know everything before it was taught," says writer and scholar Francesca T. Royster. (Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images; Courtesy of Elektra Records)