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Track Listings
| 1. 20 Feet Tall |
| 2. Window Seat |
| 3. Agitation |
| 4. Turn Me Away (Get MuNNY) |
| 5. Gone Baby, Don't Be Long |
| 6. Umm Hmm |
| 7. Love |
| 8. You Loving Me (session) |
| 9. Fall In Love (your funeral) |
| 10. Incense |
| 11. Out My Mind, Just In Time |
Editorial Reviews
2010 release, the fifth studio album from the R&B/Neo-Soul superstar. In contrast to New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), which was digitally produced and political in tone, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh features lush live instrumentation and taps into Badu's emotional side by thematically focusing on romance and relationships. "We used a lot of analog instruments...harps, strings, drums, piano, and even a Theremin, to give the album that sonic feel," says Badu. "There's a strong undercurrent of bottom, a rumbling to these songs that feels good to me. It feels like a hug."
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
52 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Where Erykah Badu's last album "New Amerykah part 1..." was a more political and experimental psychedelic affair that had many puzzled (but I thought was a masterpiece), her new CD is more conventional, lush and soulful with live instrumentation and cerebral lyrics about love and life.
"20 feet tall" is a stirring string/piano ballad (ending with cheering sounds of children) and the soothing "Window seat" is midtempo with skeletal groovy bass (belying it's now infamous video). "Agitation" is a brief free flowing joint, "Turn me away (Get munny)" funky and midtempo, "Gone baby, don't be long" an ethereal sounding groovy song with splashings of electric guitar.
The songs have a retro seventies soul feel with nothing truly uptempo, especially a song like "Umm hmm". "Love" has a choppy groovy feel while "You loving me (Session)" is a fun-filled interlude. The groovy "Fall in love (Your funeral)" finds her warning some unlucky chap that "you don't wanna fall in love with me".
The delicate "Incense" is acoustic with electronic flourishes and hushed harmonies and features Kirsten Agnesta, and closing is the 10 minute epic "Out my mind, just in time" which starts off a Jazzy piano-driven ballad with haunting strings, meandering through various trippy tempo and mood shifts similar to "Green eyes" from "Mama's gun".
This just may be her most commercial effort since her debut "Baduizm", but still with enough kookiness to set it aside from everything else out there. Amazing!
"20 feet tall" is a stirring string/piano ballad (ending with cheering sounds of children) and the soothing "Window seat" is midtempo with skeletal groovy bass (belying it's now infamous video). "Agitation" is a brief free flowing joint, "Turn me away (Get munny)" funky and midtempo, "Gone baby, don't be long" an ethereal sounding groovy song with splashings of electric guitar.
The songs have a retro seventies soul feel with nothing truly uptempo, especially a song like "Umm hmm". "Love" has a choppy groovy feel while "You loving me (Session)" is a fun-filled interlude. The groovy "Fall in love (Your funeral)" finds her warning some unlucky chap that "you don't wanna fall in love with me".
The delicate "Incense" is acoustic with electronic flourishes and hushed harmonies and features Kirsten Agnesta, and closing is the 10 minute epic "Out my mind, just in time" which starts off a Jazzy piano-driven ballad with haunting strings, meandering through various trippy tempo and mood shifts similar to "Green eyes" from "Mama's gun".
This just may be her most commercial effort since her debut "Baduizm", but still with enough kookiness to set it aside from everything else out there. Amazing!
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really love the live instrumentation.This album has a "mama's gun" feel. Its really diff from Pt 1. But still better than most of the garbage thats out today. Badu is my generations Nina, or Roberta. She is Fab a true original an artist that is her own woman.
Fav tracks include :
Window seat, Agitation, Umm humm, Out of my mind (epic 10 mins long!)
20 feet tall....I mean everthing.lol. amazing, fabulous, all around great album!!
Pt 1 is incredible to me too. This album is more organic. The other album was entirely produced digitally.
Fav tracks include :
Window seat, Agitation, Umm humm, Out of my mind (epic 10 mins long!)
20 feet tall....I mean everthing.lol. amazing, fabulous, all around great album!!
Pt 1 is incredible to me too. This album is more organic. The other album was entirely produced digitally.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I purchased the online download and stayed up until 3am EST so that I could download it as soon as it was available. I ended up staying up longer to hear the entire album and listening to this woman is like taking a voyage in your mind. The beats keep your head noding and hips rocking. Erykah has a certain unique-ness and I feel fortunate to have an entertainer of her stature alive in my generation. If she comes to a city near you buy a ticket to her show trust you wont be disappointed I saw her in Atlanta this past fall - AWESOME show. I have listened to her since her first album Baduizm and every album since then and I will continue to listen for my lifetime.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Made in the U.S.A. (United States of Amerykah)
Never let it be said that Erykah Badu is gonna give you the same ole'-same ole' type of music. She haven't so far and I hope she never does. Loved this disc! Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Baker
Experimental, original and creative
Erykah Badu has always been an artist with vision and versatility. No one else in the music industry has the sound she has. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mikeisha Best
I've been her slave since Mama's Gun!
First of all,I own all of her albums,but my absolute favorite is Mama's Gun!It became somewhat of a love-making anthem in 2003,if you skip the first song. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jaydee
Erykah Badu tones it down for "Return Of The Ankh"
Ever since Erykah Badu debuted in 1997 with "Baduizm", one common complaint about her is that she's too abstract for her audience. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lucky Sevens
great cd
The cd itself is great! but I just wish amazon could have taken more care of the shipping process.... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jessica Hoadley
Thank you Erykah
Short and simple. We are lucky to have such an original, amazingly-soulful songstress in our generation.
This album PROVES just that.
This album PROVES just that.
Published 17 months ago by ikindle
off the charts!
Eryka Badu is the quintessential artist extroadinare! Whether live or audio, she doesn't disappoint! What a gift she shares!
Published 17 months ago by Cooking in Chicago
Fantabulous music for the astronautical.
This album (along with New Amerykah P. One) gives me hope that R&B music can still be saved from the ravages of soulless commercial music that will soon be found in some $3 bin at... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Anthony Marray
Not Pushing the Envelope Anymore...
Erykah Badu... a unique artist with ever-fascinating grooves, seemingly distant yet very accessible, although rather uncommercial. Every new record of hers is an event. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Antonio Robert
Amerykah Realized...
I have know idea why it took me so long to review one of the best CD's cds 2010. This album picks up where its predecessor left off and takes it to a whole other level. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jivon Lee Jackson
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