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  • Erykah Badu blended neosoul, mellow hip-hop and airy jazz during her excellent Saturday-afternoon set.

    Coachella Highlights a New Era of Music Jim Fusilli 2011

  • After her book, she'll release a duets album -- with such neosoul superstars as Luther Vandross and Mary J.

    The Original Do-Right Woman 2008

  • With her lush, jazzy vocals and neosoul sensibility, Scott, 28, sounds like Billie Holiday crossed with Erykah Badu.

    'Who Is Jill Scott?' Here Are Some Answers. 2008

  • On the ballad "Vira Lata," which has a vocal cameo by funky MPB veteran Luiz Melodia, she handles samba rhythms with relaxed authority, delivering a melody that combines bossa nova cool with neosoul sensuality; on the midtempo numbers like "Comadi," "Bubuia," and "Cordao da Insonia" she's even better, shading her voice with little emotional quivers that mirror her expressive but tightly controlled motions onstage.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Dallas Police Sgt. Warren C. Mitchell during during a news conference at police headquarters in Dallas F.iday, April 2, 2010 announcing they have charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu with disorderly conduct for her nude video shoot on a downtown street at the spot where President John F. Kennedy was shot dead in 1963.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • Dallas police have announced that they've charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu with disorderly conduct for her nude video shoot on a downtown street.

    Bossip thatsmybiz1 2010

  • Dallas police have announced that they've charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu [...]

    Bossip thatsmybiz1 2010

  • On the ballad "Vira Lata," which has a vocal cameo by funky MPB veteran Luiz Melodia, she handles samba rhythms with relaxed authority, delivering a melody that combines bossa nova cool with neosoul sensuality; on the midtempo numbers like "Comadi," "Bubuia," and "Cordao da Insonia" she's even better, shading her voice with little emotional quivers that mirror her expressive but tightly controlled motions onstage.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Dallas police have announced that they've charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu [...]

    Bossip thatsmybiz1 2010

  • DALLAS - Dallas police have announced that they've charged neosoul singer Erykah Badu with disorderly conduct for her nude video shoot on a downtown street.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

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