the reason being she
>tamed down the writing and took it back to letting her voice
>ride the groove rather than trying to have a groove and force
>all this deep highfalutin artsy fartsy into it.

i like the more relaxed feel of some of the songs on worldwide underground but some of it though is just a bit aimless and erykah performing below par. id agree that there was a bit of slightly contrived hifaultin-ness on baduizm but on MG it didnt seem affected at all. so id be interested to hear what songs youre talking about.