Erykah Badu New Amerykah, Part 1: 4th World War (2-LPs)
Entertainment Weekly: "She is both earth mama and mystic, a Billie Holiday jazz-rasp queen with a tangy Southern drawl..." -- Grade: A-
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Vinyl LP Details
- Number of Records: 2
- Released: March 11, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal Distribution
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - p.59
3 stars out of 5 -- "Badu kicks off the first disc by indulging her arty side: 4TH WORLD WAR is mostly dark, minor-key melodies, eerie chants and atmospheric electro beats..."Rolling Stone - p.91
Ranked #19 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "AMERYKAH is a hip-hop update of Funkadelic's brain-melting sonic stews."Spin - p.51
Ranked #12 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "Laptop R&B that uses hip-hop as its muse....Badu croons her own future in your ear."Entertainment Weekly - p.58
"She is both earth mama and mystic, a Billie Holiday jazz-rasp queen with a tangy Southern drawl..." -- Grade: A-Uncut - p.87
4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]he's far bolder, singing in a strange, little girl's voice over a solitary Chet Baker-style trumpet or chanting mantra-like over a bubbling African rhythm."The Wire - p.70
"['Honey'] drips with the kind of sultry retro-funk that proves NEW AMERYKAH to have been well worth any amount of waiting."Vibe - p.75
"[T]he album is challenging, fabulously out there....It's drenched in a '70s acid-rock aura/ afro-sheen vibe -- a spacious, heady brew of trippy guitars, keyboards, and steady beats."Q (Magazine) - p.141
3 stars out of 5 -- "NEW AMERYKAH blends classic soul with Sly Stone-freak funk and zonked-out hip hop."Mojo (Publisher) - p.106
4 stars out of 5 -- "[H]er boldest and best yet, brilliantly eccentric but repaying every indulgence."Mojo (Publisher) - p.72
Ranked #16 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2008" -- "[S]egueing through haunted hip hop, luscious soul and futurist funk..."Tracks:
- 1.Amerykahn Promise - Erykah Badu, Allen, William
- 2.The Healer
- 3.Me
- 4.My People
- 5.Soldier
- 6.The Cell
- 7.Twinkle
- 8.Master Teacher - Erykah Badu, Muldrow, Georgia An
- 9.That Hump
- 10.Telephone
- 11.Honey
- 12.[CD - Rom Track]
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