“Boo-da-da-da-doo. Bamp-bam-bam, dobba-dobba-dat-da. Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-dah. Oh, sorry, I didn't see you there. I was just trying to reach my word count as I write a review dooby-doo doot-doo of the new Erykah Badu disc. Being a fan of nu-soul involves a superhuman amount of patience-- D'Angelo and Badu both routinely take 3+ years to drop new records-- and despite its fifty-minute length, *Worldwid”
“The most psychedelic of soul singers, Erykah Badu still hasn’t found her way through the haze. Most of the songs on this short album are variations on some atmospheric theme: Tracks such as "Bump It" and "Back in the Day" don’t unfold so much as they slither along unthreateningly. Only the robustly crunk "Danger" and […]”