July 7, 2009

Just a little over a year after releasing her fourth studio album, "New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War," Erykah Badu is back with the second installment tentatively titled "New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return Of The Ankh."

Although no release date has been announced yet, sources close to the singer confirm she is currently in the studio working with long-time collaborator James Poyser ("Love Of My Life," "Danger").

Additionally, Badu, who recently performed alongside The Roots on the "Jimmy Fallon Show," has embarked on an international tour which started in Milan and ends on Sept. 10th in Memphis, Tennessee. Stops include Stockholm, Sweden; Atlantic City, N.J.;
and Detroit.

Here are Badu's confirmed tour stops:

Jul. 8: Milan (Arena Civica)
Jul. 10: Paris (Zenith)
Jul. 11: Rotterdam, Holland (North Sea Jazz Festival)
Jul. 13: Copenhagen (Vega)
Jul. 15: Oslo (Santrum Scene)
Jul. 17: Pori (Pori Jazz Festival/Kirjurinluoto Arena)
Jul. 19: Stockholm (Stockholm International Jazz Festival)
Jul. 21: Nice (Nice Jazz Festival)
Aug. 6: Atlantic City, N.J. (TBA)
Aug. 7: Detroit (TBA)
Sept. 10: Memphis (Orpheum Theatre)


http://www.billboard.com/...2425.story

Erykah Badu Recording 'New Amerykah: Pt. 2'


Erykah Badu

July 09, 2009 04:21 PM ET

Mariel Concepcion, N.Y.
Just a little over a year after releasing her fourth studio album, "New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War," Erykah Badu is back with the second installment tentatively titled "New Amerykah, Pt. 2: Return Of The Ankh." Although no release date has been announced yet, sources close to the singer confirm she is currently in the studio working with long-time collaborator James Poyser ("Love Of My Life," "Danger").

Additionally, Badu, who recently performed alongside The Roots on the "Jimmy Fallon Show," has embarked on an international tour which started yesterday (July 8th) in Milan and ends on Sept. 10th in Memphis, Tennessee. Stops include Stockholm, Sweden; Atlantic City, N.J.;
and Detroit.

Badu's "New Amerykah, Pt. 1" has sold 354,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

DAMN! Only 354k...shit...I remember when WWU had sold that amount in like the first 6 wks...

Based on recent data, she moved 8,000 less copies than Lotusflow3r's total sales in North America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...OtUSFLOW3R

um, now... wait a minute. this was supposed to be out LAST year. and then earlier this year. and i thought it got pushed back because she was squirting out another rugrat.

and she's just NOW in the studio working on it?

Copycat said:

Erykah Badu - August 7 - Detroit - Chene Park - 8pm

recording?

I flew from Exeter 2 Paris 2 see Badu at Le Zenith.Paris is a very cool & friendly city & Badu was awesome as usual.She seems 2 get more beautiful every time I see her perform! Let`s hope the new album drops soon unlike those from Maxwell & D`Angelo!!

On & On.On & On.Wake The Fuck Up Cause It`s Been 2 Long!

I think Badu was tripping on acid while recording that last CD. That was some weird shyt!

kitbradley said:

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It called "Funk" check into it.

badujunkie said:

That's gonna be the norm from now on....most artists won't sell too much more than 300,000."Gold" is the new platinum,lol.There will be a real struggle just to reach 500k.

damn. from all the reports last year i figured she'd finished both
albums and part 2 would be released before summer this year.

Copycat said:

Where are the London date(s)

Seems that someone was telling a lil fib.....

Recording?! This was supposed to be out last August! Oh well, she's still the fucking queen

It'll still be out before anything from D'Angelo!

NDRU said:

probably true.....

errant said:

LOL,I don't know why so many artists are doing this....announcing a new album,saying that it's "part one" of a set,and promising to release "part two" a few months later.It seems like a silly promotional gimmick.Maxwell is doing the same thing with his new album.I bet that he,like Erykah,hasn't even started recording the follow-up,lol.

laurarichardson said:

More like crap. I'm 40 years old and never heard funk that sounded that awful.

errant said:

Hey man, i'll take it whenever she drops it.

The disc, not the rugrat...

Rogue588 said:

Ditto.

she just left this message an hr ago on her twitter page:

"Listening to rough sequence of new am pt2 ...."

kitbradley said:

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Well maybe you don't care for "Funkadelic" because to me that was the blueprint for Erykah's CD.

LOVE her cant wait for this

Copycat said:

About fargin' time, Ms. Badu, shit. Damn, and she ain't even recorded the thing yet. I know she just had baby Mars, but damn, really...really? So all that stuff about 'Part 2' coming out at the end of '08 was an exaggerated truth...commonly referred to as a 'lie'? I'll forgive her this one time, but it had better be just as good as 'New Amerykah' and if she goes all Lauryn Hill on me, I will be forced to jump ship.

a few months back, via twitter, she said she wasn't sure if she would be releasing the original New Amerykah: Pt 2 or go back in the studio and record
something new.

who knows what she ended up deciding to do.

kitbradley said:

.....and WACK as hell.

She should not have hyped everyone up by promising 3 albums in a year span.

All it did was make her look bad and unfocused when Pts 2 and 3 didn't arrive.

I do like Pt 1, even if I don't play it often.