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
Andrea Avery’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Visiting Composer
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"I had a lot of fun, while writing Visiting Composer, thinking not only
about how old music sounds to new ears, but how new music might sound to
old ears."
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