This is something special. Erykah Badu's fourth studio album is as ambitious and insane as its title implies: part state-of-the-nation opus, part eye-opening trawl through the unexplored depths of Badu's brain. She sketches her messages in startling lyrics that veer from oblique poetry to direct, full-force observational commentary ... Throughout, Badu herself is serene and strong, picking a steady path through the turbulence as if guiding her people. Each listen to New Amerykah brings fresh rewards: it demands to be explored.[23]
—Alex Macpherson
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Anthony Tommasini’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Voice of a
Century
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"Perhaps because at my core I am a musician and a former performing pianist
who became a critic and author, I almost never listen to music when I’m
writing...
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