Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2 Lp's) plaid Joe Zawinul's "Pharaoh's Dance" and

Joe Zawinul's "Pharaoh's Dance" and Davis' "Bitches Brew" treat their multiple themes in a ritualistic manner

Recorded at Bearsville Studio

"Fire Bomb

with prominent and effective use of what sounds like live double-tracking and tape delay

Opening with the hard-driving "Brain Of J

Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2 Lp's) plaid Joe Zawinul's "Pharaoh's Dance" andReturn of the Ankh was supposed to be issued earlier than March 2010. It's just as well: 2008's stupefying 4th World War provided such a dense concentration of charged lyrics over ceaselessly vein melting production work that Erykah Badu could have been forgiven for letting five years pass prior to unveiling something else to soak up. Return of the Ankh is a relief in that Badu does not attempt to trump herself with a set that is even more intense and