IN THE VIDEO ABOVE Erykah Badu DISCUSSES Her New Album 'New Amerykah II (Compares It To Baduizm) Neo-soul survivor Erykah Badu is set to follow up her dark funk opus New Amerykah, Part I: 4th World War (which placed on our Best Albums of the Decade list) with New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh on February 23 courtesy of Universal Motown. The album features production from J Dilla, 9th Wonder, James Poyser, and Madlib, and drumming from the Roots' ?uestlove.
We were lucky enough to hear the record at a listening session last week and can report thatPart II is a bit more lighthearted than the ominous and political Part I. As song titles like "Love", "Fall in Love", and "Umm Hmm" suggest, Erykah's in a more contented mood this time around.
"Get Money" features an interpolation of Sylvia Striplin's "You Can't Turn Me Away", which was sampled on the Junior M.A.F.I.A. [ft. the Notorious B.I.G. and Lil Kim] track of the same name. Another song, "Jump in the Air", is said to feature rappers including Lil Wayne and Andre 3000, according to Billboard, but it may not make the final album, possibly due to the fact that an unfinished version was leaked online. And yeah, this is a funky album; it's an Erykah Badu record.
Erykah is set to play a New Year's Eve gig in Hollywood and will tour with this summer's revived Lilith Fair. Click on for the tentative Return of the Ankh tracklist:
New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh:
01 20 Feet Tall
02 Window Seat
03 Agitation
04 Get Money
05 Don't Be Long
06 Love
07 Umm Hmm
08 Fall in Love
09 Incense
10 Out My Mind Just in Time (Part 1) (Undercover Over-Lover)
11 Out My Mind Just in Time (Part 2)
Possible bonus track: Jump in the Air [ft. Lil Wayne, Andre 3000, Bilal, and others] (PRODUCED BY JAH-BORN & RC WILLIAMS)
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