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Neo-Soul Baduizm x Underground Hip-Hop Alchemy = Erykha Badu and The Alchemist debut a lead single "Next To You"

  • Writer: RehaB101ONSW newsfeed
    RehaB101ONSW newsfeed
  • Jul 16
  • 2 min read
The legendary Erykah Badu is wrapped in a colorful patchwork quilt, sitting and resting peacefully on a circular hay bale with her eyes closed. Next to her is the album cover of “Next To You” – a cartoon illustration in black and white of two characters (Abi and Alan - aka Erykah Badu and The Alchemist) recording with a microphone, turntable, and radio. Floating music notes and hearts indicate mood is a meaningful musical collaboration.

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist are really making an album together, and their first single, "Next To You", has been released.

The song debuted immediately after Ms. Erykah performed Badu Presents: Echos 19 in her hometown of Dallas as part of Forever in Rotation, Amazon Music’s Juneteenth celebration.

 

It's reported that Badu self-executive produced, wrote, composed, arranged and produced the single in collaboration with The Alchemist, who provided the beat from his classic 1999 record “The Realest” featuring the late Prodigy and Kool G Rap from Mobb Deep‘s fourth album, Murda Muzik.

As Alchemist flipped the beat during the course of the song, Madame E matched the flip with her own “‘izm on it.”

And a few days later - by the end of June, the duo had sold out of tickets for their "The Abi & Alan Japan Tour".

 

Erykah Badu has announced that she will be releasing music independently through her own label, Control FREAQ Records, which was established in 2005.

She had been with Motown since 2007 and hasn’t released a project since the 2015 mixtape, But You Can’t Use My Phone.

 

● VIDEO: Erykah Badu, The Alchemist - Next To You (Official Visualizer) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYg3Opm6lw

 

● SOURCE: Erykah Badu & The Alchemist Flip a Classic Mobb Deep B-Side for New Single ‘Next to You’: Listen; The two legends linked up for an unlikely collaboration. Billboard > https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/erykah-badu-the-alchemist-mobb-deep-next-to-you-1236003808/

 

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