Erykah Badu - New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
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Artist: Erykah BaduEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-26
Music Label: Motown
Soundtracks:
- AMERYKAHN PROMISE
- THE HEALER / HIP HOP
- ME
- MY PEOPLE
- SOLDIER
- THE CELL
- TWINKLE
- MASTER TEACHER
- THAT HUMP
- TELEPHONE
- (Bonus) HONEY
Music reviews of New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
Music Review: Sista Girl's Pissed!
Rating: 5 Stars
There are elements here of the typically grounding/healing, watery and spiritual Baduizms as well as a new, aggressive and more socially-conscious flava in place too. The packaging says it all and there's an awful lot goin' on in that afro of hers. Amazingly, it's all been put to music. The message here is at times frightening, but real and the beats make it even more urgent. The spoken interlude of "Master Teacher" is unsettling to the point where I have trouble listening to it when I'm alone in the dark, but after all is said and done, the panic is lifted by the hidden bonus track and hit single, "Honey," which comes in with its emotional rescue to lighten things up a bit. This is some serious, serious stuff and can leave one feeling a tad disturbed,(but no less awakened) as it IS rather different from the Badu norm we're all used to. I salute the excellence of her artistry.
Description of New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War
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.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 prot?g?s 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
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