Worldwide Underground - Erykah Badu

Released in 2003, "Worldwide Underground" came as the third album by the Neo-Soul singer Erykah Bad and finds her doing more to combine a variety of alternative genres to come up with something fresh to ad to the diversity of modern R&B as she introduces more of her Soul work to Hip Hop, Jazz and Funk to come up with such innovative material. 1. "World Keeps Turnin'" (Intro) 2. "Bump It" Getting straight into the grooves this one has her powering through with some Hip Hop-inspired work as she jumps on heavy beats and lays down her own interpretation of classic Fat Boys material before getting down the ...  Read the complete review

So here it is... Erykah's new EP/CD, World Wide Underground Opening with the wispy declarative intro-lude WORLD KEEPS TURNIN' Erykah wastes little time settling into a groove so infectious that if your head doesn't start bobbing, you might do well to check your pulse! Lyrically BUMP IT makes it very clear that this CD definitely doesn't aspire to the cerebral heights of the masterpiece that is/was MAMA's GUN, but instead simply wants to groove, and that it definitely does. What I really found interesting about BUMP IT is the fact that after it so firmly clinches you in it 'groove-a-liscious grasps' it then manages to take ...  Read the complete review