Erykah BADU - New Amerykah Part One: Fourth World War


MOTOWN
Hip Hop / Drum n Bass / Breaks
New Vinyl
2LP (GAT) - Purple / 25 EUR

Amerykahn Promise
The Healer
Me
My People
Soldier
The Cell
Twinkle
Master Teacher
That Hump
Telephone

Erykah Badu remains one of our favourite all-time artists and one of the greatest voices in neo-soul even though these days she never actually releases much music. Along the way from the 90s onwards though she dropped a superb run of albums including the still astonishing debut Baduism and New Amerykah series. This part, part one, subtitled Fourth World War, gets the reissue treatment courtesy of Motown and features plenty of Erykah’s dark and trippy vocals, smoky soul sounds, candle-lit atmospheres and thought-provoking lyrics.

Amerykahn Promise
The Healer
Me
My People
Soldier
The Cell
Twinkle
Master Teacher
That Hump
Telephone