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''New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)'' is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Erykah Badu, released on February 26, 2008, by Universal Motown. It follows her 2003 album ''Worldwide Underground'' and a hiatus from recording music. Communicating with several hip hop producers over the Internet, Badu conceived the album through the GarageBand software program on her laptop, which led to the album's primary recording sessions at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. ''New Amerykah Part One'' is an esoteric concept album. It features social commentary and themes related to the African-American community, including poverty, urban violence, complacency, and cultural identity. The album's densely produced music incorporates funk, soul, hip hop, and electronic styles. ''New Amerykah Part One'' debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and sold 123,884 copies in its first week. By December 2009, the album had sold 359,000 copies in the United States. It received widespread acclaim from music critics, many of whom named it one of the year's best albums. Badu supported the album with The Vortex World Tour during May to July 2008. == Background == Dealing with writer's block and conflicted about her mainstream success, Erykah Badu embarked on her Frustrated Artist Tour in 2003. Her increasing popularity brought upon some backlash towards her public image and expectations of her as "queen of neo soul", an honorific nickname that she found limiting.〔 Her third studio album, ''Worldwide Underground'' (2003), was released to mostly positive reviews and was certified gold,〔McCann (2010), p. 27.〕 although it was underpromoted and sold less than her previous albums. Badu herself was not satisfied with the album and felt she had nothing substantial to express with her music at the time. She took time off from her recording career to deal with her creative block and focus on caring for her children,〔 although she continued to tour in the period between albums. In 2004, Badu gave birth to a daughter, Puma Rose, with her former boyfriend, rapper The D.O.C..〔 Later that year, she received her first computer as a Christmas gift from drummer and producer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, and began communicating with and receiving music from him and other producers such as Q-Tip and J Dilla.〔 Beginning in 2005, Badu worked from her home in Dallas and used the software application GarageBand as a digital audio workstation, which she was introduced to by her son,〔 Seven. He taught her how to use her laptop as a mini recording studio, and she used it to construct various backing tracks for songs. Using GarageBand, she recorded demos of her vocals by singing into the computer's microphone.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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