Worldwide Underground
by Erykah Badu
  • Record Label: Motown
  • Release Date: Sep 16, 2003
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26

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  1. MichaelD
    Feb 9, 2004
    10
    Astonishing
  2. DuncH
    Jan 9, 2004
    9
    This is a fruity confection which has a positive summery groove. A little indulgent perhaps but so few other artists could pull this off - she has the best voice around.
  3. BrooklynBrown
    Dec 16, 2003
    6
    Once you get into a flow, the damn track KEEPS flowing...too much air space, sound like she was just trying to fill up space on the CD, at first I wanted my money back, but I'm kinda feeling track 3 and 4, i hate Love of my life Worldwide Underground.....Badu needs to come with sumthin much better next time, she's still my girl, just a little high on some incense...peace!!!
  4. DamienR
    Oct 26, 2003
    9
    Love the cd, with the exception of Love of My Life Worldwide...
  5. ZoeshaMountain
    Oct 20, 2003
    10
    I don't care what anyone says. You shouldn't judge a CD by the review. Listen to it for yourself and let your own mind decide! The CD is the bomb
  6. mayaNN
    Oct 20, 2003
    10
    Im freakin lovin this one- I think it has made its way to my desert island top 10- you can feel some of the chaka khan influence in some of the tracks
  7. hayleya
    Oct 13, 2003
    10
    Beautiful.......
  8. NseE
    Oct 5, 2003
    10
    Awesome!! There are just 8 tracks on this cd but you hardly notice due to the lenght of the songs, as well as the twists and turns they take (point in case, 'I want you' with it's rock guitar finale). Standouts include 'Iwant you', 'Back in the day', 'Love of my life worldwide', 'Bump it', 'The grind', 'Danger', Awesome!! There are just 8 tracks on this cd but you hardly notice due to the lenght of the songs, as well as the twists and turns they take (point in case, 'I want you' with it's rock guitar finale). Standouts include 'Iwant you', 'Back in the day', 'Love of my life worldwide', 'Bump it', 'The grind', 'Danger', 'Woo', 'Think twice'.. that's the whole cd! Might not be a very commercial cd, but very very good!… Expand

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Los Angeles Times
    May 27, 2011
    75
    At times sprawling and eccentric enough to have her schooling a fictional audience on the flute-accented "Woo," this melding of old-school funk, jazzy instrumentation and dancey bleeps nevertheless flows well.
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  2. Stylus Magazine
    66
    The sad fact is that this rarely makes good on the promise of 2000’s masterful Mama’s Gun.
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  3. Village Voice
    80
    Although sometimes her reliance on mood threatens to get the better of Worldwide Underground, Badu remains faithful to the old school of flow, a blend of drums and rhythm designed to service soul's best instruments: its vocalists.
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