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▐░ ▀▓████║ Erykah_Badu-New_Amerykah_Pt._1_4th_World_War-2008-DeBT_iNT ║████▓▀ ░▌
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▄░▓███████▄▄▄░ ARTiST.... Erykah Badu ░▄▄▄███████▓░▀
░▓█████▄░░ ▄ ▀ TiTLE..... New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War █████▓░
▀░████▓░░▀ ░ ▀ LABEL..... Universal Distribution ▀ ░ ▀░░▓████░▀
░▓███▓▓░ ▀ ▄▓▄ GENRE..... R&B ▄▓▄ ▀ ░▓▓███▓░
▀▀░███▓░▄▄░ RiP.DATE.. 2011-04-23 ░▄▄░▓███░▀▀
▀ ▄███▀░░ STOREDATE. 2008-02-26 ░░▀███▄ ▀
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ SOURCE.... CD ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
░░▄▄██▀▀▀ QUALiTY... 238 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo ▀▀▀██▄▄░░
▄ ▄███▀░░ TRACKS.... 11 / 58:54 ░░▀███▄ ▄
▄▄░███▓░▄ ░ SIZE...... 105.21 MB ░ ▄░▓███░▄▄
░▓███▓▓░ ▄ ▄▓▄ RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4 ▄▓▄ ▄ ░▓▓███▓░
▄░████▓░░▄ ░ ▀ URL....... ░▓████░▄
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░ ▄▓████ 1 Amerykahn Promise 4:16 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 2 The Healer 3:59 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 3 Me 5:36 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 4 My People 3:25 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 5 Soldier 5:03 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 6 The Cell 4:20 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 7 Twinkle 6:56 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 8 Master Teacher 6:47 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 9 That Hump 5:24 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 10 Telephone 7:47 ████▓▄ ░
░ ▄▓████ 11 Honey 5:21 ████▓▄ ░
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░▓████▓▄ TOTAL TiME: 58:54 MIN ████▓░
░▓███████▄ TOTAL SIZE: 105.21 MB▄█████▓░
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ than statements -- but she evidently holds ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ release to New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War; ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ she even thought she might be through with making ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ music. Her creative energy returned at some ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ point, and then some, with this set apparently ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Sa-Ra (who are present in almost half of the ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ Gun vets Karriem Riggins, James Poyser, and Ahmir ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ Thompson. If you're familiar with what these ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ expect plenty of fearless weirdness and a couple ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ stimulate. The album is easily the most hip-hop ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ and most out-there release from Badu thus far, ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ roughly equal measure, sometimes switching tacks ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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▄▀░████▓░▀║ corridors, gradually levitating into direct ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ sunlight. Lyrically, there's much to digest: in ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ the ghostly-mystical "The Healer," Badu proclaims ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ hip-hop to be bigger than religion and ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ government; both "That Hump" and "The Cell" are ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ vivid depictions of drug dependency; "Soldier" ║▀░▓████░▀▄
▄▀░████▓░▀║ gives a shout to the Nation of Islam, addresses ║▀░▓████░▀▄
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