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Music : New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
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New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War by: Erykah Badu List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.49 You Save: $3.49 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0602517621879 Label: Motown Manufacturer: Motown Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Motown Release Date: February 26, 2008 Studio: Motown Sales Rank: 1327 MPN: 001080002 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: Universal Motown's multi-platinum-selling, Grammy awardwinning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music scene with her new album "New Amerykah" featuring the debut single "Honey". Laced with Erykah's bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer's 9th Wonder's razor sharp hip hop beats. Badu describes the song as "an old school track with some funk on it." The release of "Honey" on November 20th also marks Badu's 10th year in the music industry. To celebrate, the gifted trendsetter prepares the release of her much anticipated new album on her birthday, February 26th. Badu has enlisted some of the most talented, groundbreaking underground producers and engineers in the hip-hop game to support her breakthrough return, including Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J. Blige), Madlib, Mike "Chav" Chavarria and R&B singer Bilal. A special, 12-inch pink wax edition will be available only to DJ's next month and will feature underground tracks, "The Healer" and "Real Thang." "The music is the star," says Erykah, "I just laid down my vocals and let the music breathe while the melodies tell the stories." This album is part one of the series New Amerykah Part 1&2. Amazon.co.uk: Subtitled 4th World War (when was the third, eh?), New Amerykah Part One is the first release in five years from the woman born Erica Wright. The wait was worthwhile though, as this smart, eclectic set, her fourth, adds to the grand tradition of socially conscious soul music. Literally so in the case of opener "Amerykahn Promise", spun by Badu straight over an obscure seventies funk track by Roy Ayers's protégés Ramp. "The Healer" is effectively a tribute to the power of hip hop to ground otherwise lost lives, while the deeply felt "Telephone" commemorates her friend, the late producer J Dilla (and was in fact written the day after his funeral). "The Healer" and "That Hump" deal with the damage caused by drug dependency and "Soldier" is a hard-hitting analysis of the state of Black America. None of which would count for much if the music didn't connect. Though Badu's quirks remain intact--the vocal/saxophone duet at the conclusion of the otherwise ice-cool "Me" (what else) is easily resisted--a terrific team of collaborators including idiosyncratic producers Madlib, 9th Wonder and the three man unit Sa-Ra keep New Amerykah Part One endlessly imaginative, tough, twisted beats sitting alongside softer jazz-funk grooves. The US public certainly assented, sending New Amerykah towards the top of the album charts. Only the eighties-style slow jam "Honey", charming in itself, seems at odds with the serious mood and is thus tagged on the end. The now eagerly anticipated Part Two is due later this year. --Steve Jelbert Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Not without merit, but not great eitherLet's be clear: while this is not the Badu most people are used to, this style of music isn't new, and there are people who do it better. It's no coincidence that while listening to it without the case and insert I thought, "Man, she's been really rocking Madlib in the car. She sounds like she's on some Georgia Anne Muldrow tip, but not as good." Sure enough, after a few more tracks roll by, I demand to see the cover and who's on it? Madlib and Georgia. Madlib and Georgia do this style in their sleep and Badu is clearly trying to channel that next level funk that Georgia was doing two years ago. Unfortunately for her, it doesn't ring as true. It's clear that she's experimenting with the style, not owning it. It's not a record ... Read More: Rating:  - Mystic Brew of Amerykahs Funky JunkHurts to hear the truth huh? Just like its hard to look into this light after spending your life in darkness. I think that the majority of people who didn't like the album are simply suffering from a commercial music sucker punch. Its ok though, the rest of us get it. I love this album. It challenges the evils of the system. It embraces enlightenment. It celebrates life (R.I.P. J Dilla) while addressing hardships that we all can relate to. It calls for a mass awakening. It provides the listener with a small artist bio AND it ultimately ends on a sweet note (literally). Look, if your searching for the next top neo soul artist, go pick up some Rapheal Sadiq. Hes one of the best to do it. If your are looking ... Read More: Rating: - One of her best IF you can overstand Baduism! This won't be played much on the radio. Very 'conscious' and meta-science oriented; everything has several hidden and obvious meanings and msgs and so very Badu. This to me is more like her first album. This is for the 'third eye' children. This is food for your cypher. Rating: - Ms.BaduMs.Badu.............A job well done,I was feeling you since World wide underground,Now I'm a total fan. Feel me! Rating:  - Mess!!!!!I believe in and recognize the need for individualism, but Ms. Badu has gone a little far!! Much farther than I want to reach. I love the song Honey, which suprisingly is a bonus track, but the rest of this is just a mess--Plain and Simple. Waiting years for tracks like this, makes me feel like I wasted time. I hope that Ms. Badu pulls it together soon, and gives us good quality work. |
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