NewAmerykah NYC Listening Session & Pre- Launch Party

Ms. Badu hosted her NYC Pre-launch party for New Amerykah Part 1 (Mental) due out next Tuesday. We were treated to artwork from the album with Erykah's explanations and hand written notes, a private listening session, and a Q&A. While the album played, we watched a film made of short abstractly edited clips of ordinary life, that speed up or focused with the music.

New AmErykah takes us on another journey, this time of how Ms. Badu interprets the world since her last album, 2003's 'World Wide Underground'. The album tracks, delve deeper into Erykah's spiritual/psychedelic overloads. Each of them funky, sensual; definitely I would say "Sensory Mood Music". One exceptional piece featured Georgia Anne Muldrew; and and "Honey" is definitely the Whackest (sorry) 'Bonus Track' on the album. I am sooo glad, I was scared for half a second...

The album is truly Erykah, meaning phoenix & life, her own spelling of her given name 'Erica. As she discussed the album, she recalled how she wrote the emotional "Telephone", the day Dilla died. She spoke with Dilla's mother who discussed him often having conversations with friends like Old Dirty Bastard, while in intensely painful states due to the Lupus disease that ended his young life. One day while he was 'talking' to ODB, he told him that when you die, choose the 'white bus', not the 'red bus', as the 'white bus' will take you to heaven. This is just one of the personal reflections she shared. She also talked about how her son, 10 year old Seven (with Andre 3000) taught her how to record this entire album on her MAC laptop.

Set at the Earl Grey Museum in NYC, the artist's 5th dimension detail of bodies and surreal elements was a perfect back drop to listen to the album on cushions and pillows on the floor of the museum. This was truly a memorable listening experience.
Aside from being the new face for Tom Ford's fragrance 'White Petunia', this year Erykah will release New Amerykah Part 2 (Spiritual) in July, and 'Low Down Loretta Brown in November. As she continues her lifelong self evolution, fans will continue to enjoy the ride with her.




WATCH Erykah's intro for NewAmerykah

Erykah Continued

Erykah Badu - The Healer

Watch the next installment of Badu where she talks about her song "The Healer" produced with Madlib



"This one is for Dilla." - Erykah Badu, "The Healer"
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM NOW!!!

New Video for 'Honey'

Erykah and her team are promoting the hell out of this single. Take a look at this animated video for 'Honey'




Universal Motown's multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with her debut single "Honey." Laced with Erykah's bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer's 9th Wonder's razor sharp hip hop beats. Badu describes the song as "an old school track with some funk on it."

Praise for the single is already rolling in, with tastemaker DJs in NY, Chicago, Dallas and other cities already declaring their love for the innovative song.

The recent release of "Honey" on November 20th also marks Badu's 10th year in the music industry. To celebrate, the gifted trendsetter prepares the release of her much anticipated new album on her birthday, February 26th. Badu has enlisted some of the most talented, groundbreaking underground producers and engineers in the hip-hop game to support her breakthrough return, including Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J. Blige), Madlib, Mike "Chav" Chavarria and R&B singer Bilal. A special, 12-inch pink wax edition will be available only to DJ's next month and will feature album tracks, "The Healer" and "Real Thing."

New Amerykah Album Cover and Erykah Video

Check Out Erykah Badu's album cover for New Amerykah and new footage of her discussing the Challenges with creating the album.

2008 Album Releases

There are plenty of new album said to be released in Q12008. Below is a list of confirmed dates. Of course 2008 is slated to be a big comeback year for heavyweights including Whitney, Maxwell, Mariah, and Janet; but even the confirmed dates are shaky.

January 15
Rogiérs - Life & Music: All Of It
Raheem DeVaughn -Love Behind the Melody Grammy
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocket Full of Sunshine
Van Hunt - Popular

January 29
Elephant Man - Let's Get Physical

February 5
Angela Johnson -A Woman's Touch
Foxy Brown -Brooklyn's Don Diva
Lenny Kravitz -It Is Time for a Love Revolution

February 12
Michael Jackson -Thriller--25th Anniversary Edition

February 26
Erykah Badu -Nu AmErykah


March 18
Keith Sweat -Just Me

Raheem DeVaughn

'Woman' VIDEO
Grammy nominated single from 'Love Behind the Melody' In Stores January 15th!

Erykah Talks about Honey & New Album titled Titled "Nu AmErykah"

Watch Erykah introduce herself, 'Honey', and the new album......




New Album "Nu AmErykah" In stores February 26th

ERYKAH BADU Returns with New Single, "HONEY"

"HONEY" Audio
Universal Motown's multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with her debut single "Honey." Laced with Erykah's bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer's 9th Wonder's razor sharp hip hop beats. Badu describes the song as "an old school track with some funk on it."
Praise for the single is already rolling in, with tastemaker DJs in NY, Chicago, Dallas and other cities already declaring their love for the innovative song.
The recent release of "Honey" on November 20th also marks Badu's 10th year in the music industry. To celebrate, the gifted trendsetter prepares the release of her much anticipated new album on her birthday, February 26th. Badu has enlisted some of the most talented, groundbreaking underground producers and engineers in the hip-hop game to support her breakthrough return, including Grammy Award winning producer 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J. Blige), Madlib, Mike "Chav" Chavarria and R&B singer Bilal. A special, 12-inch pink wax edition will be available only to DJ's next month and will feature album tracks, "The Healer" and "Real Thing."
"The music is the star," says Erykah, "I just laid down my vocals and let the music breathe while the melodies tell the stories."
Erykah Badu, a Dallas native emerged in 1997 with her masterpiece debut album Baduizm as a primal force of nature connecting old school soul with contemporary R&B. The album garnered her numerous award nominations, pulling 2 coveted Grammys (Best Female R&B Vocal, Best R&B Album) and multiple Top spots on critics' Best-Of-The-Year Lists. In 2000 she followed up with the critically acclaimed platinum selling album, Mama's Gun. In 2003, the EP World Wide Underground was awarded Gold certification.
Erykah most recently performed a Diana Ross Tribute on the BET Awards and the hit show Girlfriends and received rave reviews. The highly regarded upcoming project will be Badu's first full length album in 7 years.

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ERYKAH BADU RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE “HONEY”

Universal Motown’s multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with her debut single “Honey.” Laced with Erykah’s bluesy grit and MC style vocals, the song is bolstered by producer’s 9th Wonder’s razor sharp hip hop beats.

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ERYKAH BADU performs a new song on TONIGHT'S episode of GIRLFRIENDS

Tune in TONIGHT, Monday, November 12th at 9PM EST (8PM CST) to watch Erykah Badu perform a new song on the "Snap Back" episode of CW's GIRLFRIENDS!




Erykah's new album tentatively called "The Kabah" is due in Stores February 26th...