Erykah Badu’s Cd is….:nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-so- so. Nowhere near Mamas Gun status. That joint plays like a mix tape more than an LP. The jont only had 10 tracks, man. To have folks waitin’ for three years and drop this…I don’t know. It’s Erykah, so it’s listenable. It’s just not in line with the standard she was building. Her first joint was good, but not so good that she couldn’t overcome the sophomore jinx with Mama’s Gun. Yeah yeah, the live CD was dope too, but, it’s a live CD…so, I kinda don’t include that, but I kinda do, y’know? As far as studio LP’s go, it doesn’t fit…Baduizm, Mama’s Gun, and now this? Hmmm…she’ll probably drop a fourth studio album a lot faster, and it’ll probably be dope, so, we’ll see.

Kem is…nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn-aight, but not as dope as I was told it was. To be honest, (and I said this when I first heard him) ole boy is really just doin’ what Al Jarreu has been doin’ for years. I’d just imagine that mad folks in my age group may know of Al, but may not be familiar with his work. Al should drop an album now, cause Kem is just taking his business. Kem is a cool little joint tho’, but, he really is ridin Mr. Jarreu’s joint rather hard…in fact, he better have a thank you for this style to Al or I’m clowning.

Is it me, or does hip hop and R&B pretty much suck right now? That in itself is wild, because generally, whenever the economy is jacked up, the music is dope: Reaganomics, the depression, Vietnam war era… I guess the economy has to get a bit worse before the music gets a bit better, huh?