ERYKAH BADU - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) [Reissue] IAN HUNTER drawing from Irish traditional music

drawing from Irish traditional music & British/American rock

crossing London's new jazz generation with New York City's hip-hop storytelling legacy

People know by now what to expect from us and we plan to bring it back with full force next May

layers of dissonance melt into a restlessly heady outro marked by escalating crescendos of shimmering noise that reach for the stars—and is that a violin quivering brightly beneath those elegant swells of guitar

instead accessing a more all-encompassing

ERYKAH BADU - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) [Reissue] IAN HUNTER drawing from Irish traditional music2LP Reissue On Black Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve The gifted trendsetter, Badu, has enlisted some of the most talented, groundbreaking underground producers and engineers in the Hip Hop game to support her breakthrough return, including Mike Chav Chavarria and R&B singer Bilal. 'The music is the star', says Erykah. It's an eclectic set, her fourth, adds to the grand tradition of socially conscious soul music. Literally so in the case of opener Amerykahn