Erykah badu honey slow6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() LOVE IT Edited 3/25/08 16:29pm A working class Hero is something to be Lennon - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator: Reply 1 posted 03/24/08 3:12pm. Its cutting-edge hip-hop sound – delivered here in the shape of an ethereal flute sample offset by sharp, clipped minimalist beats by producer Karriem Riggins – formed the backbone for the singer’s hard-hitting meditations on racial inequality and black oppression. Erykah Badu - 'Honey' appreciation thread. Embling of Tiny Mix Tapes called it as amniotic a slow jam as Badu has. ![]() New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) found Badu taking a huge stylistic and thematic detour from her previous efforts. It is the lead single from her album New Amerykah. ![]() The track ends with a delicious nod to rare-groove man Johnny Hammond’s “Can’t We Smile.” Its subtle, slow-burning blend of jazz and R&B, driven by the deepest of bass grooves, typified the baby-makin sonics that made Baduizm one of the biggest. Released in 2003 as a supposed EP that was actually longer than most artists’ full-length albums, Worldwide Underground’s immaculately executed analog grooves were exemplified by the deep basslines, dreamy keyboard runs and exquisitely funky guitars of this single – a nostalgic ode to youthful days spent smoking weed with friends.Ī highlight from her second album, Mama’s Gun, “Time’s A Wastin’” fuses funky bass lines with lush strings and playful keyboard interjections to underscore Badu’s cautionary tale to a young black man.
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