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“It’s a given that Erykah’s offbeat treats will be healthy and spirit-saving.”
““Breezy” — all spiffy pianos and Liverpool charm — is decidedly different from anything in Erykah’s or the Alchemist’s oeuvres.”
“Here, Badu follows a canny Earl Sweatshirt verse with a soul-soothing proclamation that “I wanna be seen as good/In the eyes of that which created us,” immediately inspiring goosebumps.”
“Now, more than a year later, Before the World Blows: The Abi & Alan Experiment is finally here.”
“The Steve Lacy-assisted “To the Moon (Plan C)” finds Erykah cooing, “Fly with me beyond the ocean/That is what I’m hoping, hoping, hoping, hoping.” Her voice is full of eager glee, and the panting, easy way in which she repeats “hoping” over the Alchemist’s floor-cracking snares feels like infatuation amplified by breezy uncertainty.”
“Account Welcome Manage Account Manage Print Account Sign Out Log In Album Review Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Want You To Live in the Moment ‘Before the World Blows’ Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu's first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for By Will Dukes Will Dukes Contact Will Dukes by Email Blood Orange Mourns Beautifully on ‘Essex Honey’ Offset Skewers His Opps and Searches for Solace ‘Denzel and I, We’re Jazz Musicians’: Spike Lee on ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ View all posts by Will Dukes September 1, 2026 Adraint Bereal* Erykah Badu albums are like fanciful piñatas.”
“Her only major release since then was a mixtape: 2015’s delirious But You Caint Use My Phone , which brimmed with affirmative heaters that wonderfully interrogated screen-staring.”
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“That artistic gambit feels playfully tongue-in-cheek when tons of folks would rather use A.I.”
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“The draw is that you never know what you’re going to get.”
“is an exasperating boogeyman, the video for the stellar single “Next 2 U” features A.I.-enhanced art.”
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“The Texan artist’s last proper album, 2010’s incredible New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) , flaunted the subversive single “Window Seat,” a respect-my-space sound-off that felt like self-care.”
“When the L.A.-based boom-bap emissary posted Instagram pictures of himself with Erykah in the studio in December 2024, his comments were flooded with a litany of fire-emoji salutes.”
“A few months after that, in March 2025, anticipatory headlines circulated when the 55-year-old singer told Billboard that a new album was in the works.”