Erykah Badu
New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)

It’s hard not to get frustrated with the neo-soul crowd. The laid-back funk of their musical make-up seems to have infected their work-ethic, and the ...

?Neo-soul? isn?t a descriptor that gets thrown around much anymore. And for good reason: The school of singers, rappers, and musicians identified with...

Two years ago, Erykah Badu dropped New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War, a dense, daring, politically charged manifesto. New Amerykah Part Two: Return...

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 2: Return of the AnkhAs someone only properly acquainted with Erykah Badu after the release of her (deservedly) lauded...

The sequel to 2008's 4th World War, in hip-hop-soul diva Erykah Badu's New Amerykah series, is a much sexier, more soulful and accessible affair. Her ...

Erykah Badu's husky drawl is one of pop music's most compelling sounds. She's also R&B's most dedicated bohemian eccentric, as she proves once more on...

Erykah Badu emerged in 1997 with her masterful debut album Baduizm. Together with D'Angelo's Brown Sugar and Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, it formed th...

Out My Mind, Just in Time,” the 10-minute closing track of Erykah Badu’s fifth studio album, “New AmErykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh” (Motown), sta...

The high priestess of distinguished bad-assism, inadvertent yet fierce feminism and mysterious witchy-womanism hits the ball out of this realm as we k...

The sequel to this eccentric soul singer’s adventurous 2008 album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is in some ways that album’s opposite. Instead...