...that Erykah has overcome the handicap of her appearance to make it big in the music business.

about this was that it's unusual to see any American artist in her position with any sense of irony nowadays. Plus there's a undercurrent that she's speaking about her own issues with her label who are probably waiting for a hit song from her rather than the extended grooves she seems to produce nowadays.

Having said that she is one of the only R n' B acts that i actually enjoy at the moment. 'The Radiohead of R n B' as someone said recently, if that's not enough to put you off!