Erykah Badu // NEW AMERYKAH (2008)
(* for those of you who still purchase CD's)
Badu is back with some of deepest, funkiest and best music of her career -- the far more than promising Amerykan Promise -- and what we'll consider an instant classic whether the world at large catches on or not! Erykah steps up this time with a set that balances the wilder impulses of her criminally underappreciated Worldwide Underground and more streamlined, righteously grooving earlier jams -- but still bursts with a freshness that's unrivaled to say the least.
From free spirited soul, to sparse hip hop funk this record is both blunt and beautiful -- with a slow-building emotional resonance that'll reach the most jaded soul. Modern soul of the first order that gave us goosebumps from the first spin to the last beat! The album kicks off with Erykah riffing on and remixing Ramp's "American Promise" as an intro -- and it just gets deeper from there.
Producers/collaborators include Madlib, Sa-Ra, Karriem Riggins, James Poyser and ?uestlove. Amazing!!! Titles include "The Healer", "Me", "My People", "Soldier", "The Cell", "Twinkle", "Master Teacher", "The Hump" and "Telephone". The 9th Wonder produced single "Honey" is an unlisted bonus track.
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