This week’s new music releases; to check out a complete breakdown of upcoming releases due out in the next several months (and a list of those ones that have dropped since the year began), click here.

Annuals, Sweet Sister EP (Banter)

Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Part II: Return Of The Ankh (Universal Motown)

Oh, my, gawd. This album is actually coming out. I'm almost afraid to hear it… Check out her controversial new video for the single, "Window Seat" below, in which Badu strips as she strolls down a Dallas sidewalk before she collapses nude where JFK was assassinated.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8%26color1%3D0xb1b1b1%26color2%3D0xcfcfcf%26hl%3Den_US%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded%26fs%3D1

This article appears in Mar 31 – Apr 6, 2010.