Erykah Badu and The Alchemist introduced plans to launch a joint album, after engaged on it for fairly some time. The album, titled Abi & Alan, drops on August 29. It can mark the discharge of Alchemist’s second album in a few month. It can additionally mark the primary full-length Erykah Badu launch of any type since 2015’s However You Caint Use My Telephone mixtape.
To commemorate the discharge of the brand new album, the duo introduced that they’d be happening tour to premiere it. The tour just isn’t lasting very lengthy. It begins subsequent Friday (August 8) and is simply 9 dates, concluding on August 24. Three of the dates are already bought out, a exceptional feat contemplating how contemporary the announcement is.
“I am excited to have the ability to share the music dwell first,” Erykah Badu mentioned in a press launch. “I’ve at all times been a performer at coronary heart, and this time, I get to current the work within the method I really like most.”
Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Collab
Badu and The Alchemist launched the primary single for the forthcoming album, “Subsequent To You,” on June 20. They haven’t launched a follow-up single, and may be ready for the complete challenge to drop as an alternative of placing out a number of teasers. It sounds as lush as one would count on, and their album will probably show to be among the many stronger releases within the R&B area this yr.
In October, Erykah Badu will return on the highway for one more tour. That one will probably be for her traditional second album, Mama’s Gun, which turns 25 in November. However if you wish to see her sooner, you’ll have to attempt to safe tickets for her and Alchemist’s fast journey across the nation.
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