Ever since the dreaded "Badu Live" CD, Erykah Badu has drifted into mainstream, commercialistic garbage, releasing songs that sound nothing like, or similar to those on her ground-breaking debut, "Baduizm." She further drifts into R&B oblivion with her latest release of "Worldwide Underground." After what I sampled from a friend, refusing to buy it after hearing the monotonous "Mama's Gun," I was very disappointed! Even my friend can't get with this one, and he's as big a Badu fan as I am, or was. "Danger" and "Bump It", the only ear-catching songs here can't even save this CD from musical ennui. Erykah repeats hooks way too many times, songs linger on forever and the beats are so lifeless they need a defibrillator to revive them. EB dropped the ball on this one, and if she doesn't hurry and return to the down-home soulful, funk flava that permeated "Baduizm", I'm gonna have to stop listening to her...BUT, uhhm, I'm kinda doin that now. Better luck next time, Erykah!