ABOUT THIS ITEM

From the moment the soaring 9th Wonder-produced "Honey" 12" dropped, every Baduist at Piccadilly found themselves sweating on "New Amerykah"'s arrival. Only her fourth album in ten years, the delectable dripping of this generation's coolest and classiest soul singer over the kaleidoscopic P-Funk-Hop of Madlib and SA-RA left us all so deliriously happy because this album actually betters our lofty expectations of it! Not a week has gone by without Erykah on the shop stereo and that's a rare feat. If you, like us, love any of the sprawling aspects of Funkadelic and Sly and The Family Stone or the mid-nineties sunshine hip-hop defined by the Ummah, then this record belongs on your turntable. As our Andy so perceptively told one customer, it sounds like the cover. Indeed, from the fantastic Pedro Bell-esque artwork adorning the gatefold sleeve to the thrilling sonic bump of the music contained within, this really is a proper 70s psyche-soul album. Let's all hope that Part Two really is on the horizon, for we all know a new America is!