Badu had been gearing as much as drop her first full-length mission in 15 years on Friday (August 29).

Erykah Badu and The Alchemist pulled the plug on their collaborative album, Abi & Alan, simply hours earlier than its scheduled launch, telling followers on Instagram Live Thursday (August 28) that the mission wouldn’t arrive as deliberate. “The Alchemist told me to tell y’all the album is not dropping at midnight,” she mentioned.

Th veteran neo-soul singer had been gearing as much as drop her first full-length mission in 15 years, a collaboration with acclaimed producer The Alchemist, on Friday (August 29). The album was anticipated to comply with the momentum of “Next To You,” a brand new monitor she debuted throughout her free Juneteenth live performance at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, which streamed stay on Prime Video. It additionally marks her first launch since her cut up with longtime label dwelling, Motown Records.

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The delay got here as a shock to many, particularly after Badu and The Alchemist wrapped a 10-city tour selling the unreleased album.

The last cease passed off August 24 on the ACL Moody Theater in downtown Austin, the place the duo carried out a set of totally new materials. The solely acquainted moments got here when Badu briefly sang the primary verse of her hit “On & On” and weaved in traces from “I Want You” and “Love Of My Life (An Ode To hip hop).”

Despite the setback, the tour gave audiences an early take heed to the unreleased tracks, constructing anticipation for what would have been Badu’s first main launch since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) and her 2015 mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone.

As of Friday (August 29), no new launch date has been introduced.

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