Archive for the 'Erykah Badu' Category

New Amerykah

22May08

To my old fogey ears, Erykah Badu is a fine example of an artist whose songcraft has been depleted by CD era bloat and contemporary ideas about how an album is put together.  An excellent songwriter whose first two albums are the peak moments of contemporary R&B, her soundscapes on 2003’s Worldwide Underground and the new [...]