On her third album Bitter, Meshell NdegeOcello narrowed her notorious thematic ambition to create a bleakly beautiful treatise on infidelity and trust. The result was her finest work, and one of ...

Me’shell Ndegeocello is one of modern music’s most underrated artists. She’s fringed along the pop margins for almost a decade, creating a string of classic albums. She is an unabashed artist who ...

Before Lauryn Hill and India.Arie began mining the feelings and passions of urban black women for hits, there was Meshell Ndégeocello. Using her electric bass and personal diary, she created a point ...

On Meshell Ndegeocello’s new offering, Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick), the African-American lesbian artist digs deep into her soul to showcase more intimate and darker moments than on ...

Even when she’s silent, Me’shell Ndegeocello is constantly bobbing to an unknown beat she has going on inside her famously bald head. Compact and husky-voiced, the 32-year-old bassist/singer has her ...

Before Erykah Badu, before Maxwell, before D'Angelo, there was Meshell Ndegeocello, for almost 10 years a healthy alternative for airwaves overrun by the likes of Bell Biv Devoe, and later Total.

Like her new album "Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape" (Maverick), Meshell Ndegeocello's performance is a study in contradictions. As turbulent and unpredictable as a storm system, the music has a ...

There’s a song on Meshell Ndegeocello‘s 2002 album, Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape, called “Barry Farms,” which takes its name from the Anacostia public housing project known for its Goodman ...