Erykah Badu and The Alchemist have announced their long-awaited joint album – listen to new single ‘Witch Doctor’ below.
The Texas singer-songwriter has teamed up with the Californian producer, DJ and rapper on the collaborative self-titled record, which is released on Friday August 28 via Control FREAQ/Young. Pre-order/pre-save here.
Co-produced by the pair, the forthcoming project was recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles.
The LP is described as “the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts: hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorise neatly”, per a press release.
Badu and The Alchemist have previewed the album with ‘Witch Doctor’, following on from the previous single ‘Next To You’ and Amazon Music exclusive ‘Echos 19 (Mix 122)’.
A tracklist for the upcoming record has not yet been revealed.
The duo are scheduled to embark on a UK and European tour this autumn, including two shows at the new London jazz cafe Blue Note. This leg will follow a North American trek throughout next month. Find tickets here (UK) and here (North America).
Badu’s most recent studio album, ‘New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)’, was released back in 2010. Last year, she confirmed that she was finally working with The Alchemist on the project’s long-awaited follow-up.
The artist explained at the time why it had been so long between albums: “I tour eight months out of the year for the past 25 years. That’s what I do. I am a performance artist. I am not a recording artist. I come from the theatre.”The Alchemist has previously worked with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Snoop Dogg and Ghostface Killah. In 2023, his collaborative record with Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Voir Dire’ – was named as one of NME‘s best albums of the year.
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