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...Does Marge Simpson know ERYKAH BADU (7) stole her hairstyle...
...taking lovers to task. Pop music, of course, is full of songs about romance gone wrong, but when R.-and-B. divas dress men down, they're often a bit more real. Blues great Bessie Smith, in Hard Time Blues, sang about leaving a man with "dirty ways"; today Erykah Badu castigates her cell phone-hogging lover on her song Tyrone; TLC ridicules deadbeat men on No Scrubs, and the vocal group Destiny's Child cries out for men who can pay their girlfriends' Bills, Bills, Bills. Hip-hop soul singer Mary J. Blige, on her enjoyable new CD, Mary...
...Goddess's music is a cross between a poetry slam and a hip-hop concert. Her soulful sound is reminiscent of Erykah Badu's and Lauryn Hill's and yet never derivative. This is strong, intelligent music that celebrates creativity and Afrocentricity but sacrifices nothing in the way of entertainment. Her best songs, like Can't Touch This and the title track, have a driving rhythm that's hard to resist. Goddess, who records on a small label, Next Millennium Entertainment, is a major talent. This is one of the year's coolest records...
...Xscape's "The Arms of the One Who Loves You," whose soothing rhythmic flow shadows its clichd lyrics. Despite songs such as Mariah Carey's "Breakdown" and Brian McKnight's "Anytime," which belong to a wave of late '90s radio-wrecking hits, many are beyond just cheap popular successes. Erykah Badu sings "Tyrone" with the utmost heart-gripping passion. This album is definitely a valuable addition to the collection of anyone who loves R&B music...
...Xscape's "The Arms of the One Who Loves You," whose soothing rhythmic flow shadows its cliched lyrics. Despite songs such as Mariah Carey's "Breakdown" and Brian McKnight's "Anytime," which belong to a wave of late '90s radio-wrecking hits, many are beyond just cheap popular successes. Erykah Badu sings "Tyrone " with the utmost heart-gripping passion. This album is definitely a valuable addition to the collection of anyone who loves R&B music. Sung Hee Moon