D/B Recommended: New Erykah Badu Album out in 10 days

In about ten days Erykah Badu’s new album will be released. On her website, you can already listen to her new song Strawberry Incense, which was produced in collaboration with Madlib.

[audio:Erykah Badu – Jump Up in The Air And Stay There.mp3] Sounds awesome, dreamy and is with harps, kind of Joanna Newsom style with Beats. We are really curious. Above the new album cover and below the first Video.

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), better known by her stage name Erykah Badu is an American recording artist, record producer and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul  sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion.

Erykah Badu / Jump In The Air (Stay There)
httpv://https://youtube.com/watch?v=fvjx0luTUoI

Early in her career, Badu was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday.

She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules, and House of D, she is also very prominent in the documentary film Before the Music Dies.

http://www.erykahbadu.com