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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) - UK Edition | 
 enlarge | Artist: Erykah Badu
Label: Universal
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 926
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 76
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 602517630581
EAN: 0602517630581
ASIN: B0013KJATS
Release Date: March 3, 2008
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Condition: Brand New - Factory Sealed - Import Edition - Shipped from Florida via USPS First class international mail. We ONLY sell what we have in stock. NO back orders here.
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| Tracks:
| » | Amerykahn Promise | | » | The Healer | | » | Me | | » | My People | | » | Soldier | | » | The Cell | | » | Twinkle | | » | Master Teacher | | » | That Hump | | » | Telephone | | » | Real Thang | | » | Honey | | » | New Amerykah Bandlink |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 protégés 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
 Who wants to be part of the pack?? June 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Not me, and not Erykha Badu! If you want an album of songs that are designed to be radio friendly, then go and buy Mary J Blige's lasy album (or any of them really?). EB ROCKS! Listen to her albums:
Baduizm - totally chilled, laid back grooves, spine tinging stuff
Mama's Gun - Late night funk, sexy, tripping
Worldwide Underground - Get ready to go out with this, summer day, sexy
New Amerykah Part One - Pure hip-hop, sexy, difficult, loud, slightly dangerous, controversial
I can't pick a favourite EB album, as I get more excited and more surprised with every release. This latest didn't dissapoint. After just one listen, I realised that it sounded like nothing I have ever heard before.
I admit, I am not an expert on "Hip Hop" (to me in 1989, Betty Boo on casette was Hip Hop! ;-), but as I've gotten older, I've opened my mind up to different music. If this is Hip-Hop, then I love it!
Prime example-the first single from this album isn't even listed on the track listing-it's the last track, mixed with something else at the start and end. Pure class!
EB doesn't nead to join the pack-she's not even the leader of it. She's beyond that, and this proves how far ahead she is. This music isn't written for reviews or the chart, it's been crafted for the people who understand her and want to listen to her.
Of course, this is only MY opinion. But EB - Keep doing it. You are the Queen xx
 Very Very Disappointed May 21, 2008
Yes we don't want an artist to release the same thing time after time and yes I accept I might not 'get it' BUT....
This is so way off the beaten track she's got lost in the back of the beyond! For me this album has become an expensive tea coaster. I loved her for her lyrics and the beautiful tones of her voice, neither of which you can hear on this album. If this had been her first album she'd have sunk without trace!
Be warned don't buy this if you're not in to 'experimental' music. I wont be going to see her live next time around - I don't want to shell out 40 to listen to something that to be quite honest I find painfull!
Dig a little deeper!! April 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Erykah has never dissapointed yet. The more you listen to this the more you love it. There's more creativity, subtlty, soul and attitude than any other major album that I have heard in the last few years. You can tell that this is the album that she wanted to make rather than playing it for the sales. lovely, outstanding, energising, Erykah Badu!!!!!!!!
Disappointed April 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so excited when I ordered this album, it was about time Erykah emergered and brought out some new material, but when I put it in my CD player I was thoroughly disappointed. Where are the songs? I understand she's expressing herself as an artist, but when it compromises real music, it goes too far. Promicing lyrics but she doesn't let us hear them fluantly. A lot of noise quite frankly. Whats happened Erykah?
 What's to get? April 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had a look at the Amazon America reviews and there seems to be a lot of talk about having to 'get' this album. What's to get? It seems to me that American artists on a whole tend to play it pretty safe so I am glad to see Erykah going with her muse instead of producing yet another album of the same old stuff - which I am sure the record company would have loved. It's a strange comparison, I know, but three albums in Kate Bush ditched her 'safe' sound and produced 'The Dreaming' which still has people scratching their heads over and yet..it's strangely brilliant. The latter half of 'Twinkle' reminds me of nothing more than a real artist willing to try something regardless of what people might think. If this album has a flaw it's that she didn't go far enough off the map. I would have liked to see her go even further. Listen, you could never accuse this music of being boring! Perplexing and and sometimes wonderful.
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