In the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered not conclusions but a series of existential insights. 'Before the World Blows': The Abi and Alan Experiment exists within the tension between introspection and growth. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, the album is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts - hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Echoes

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

2.I Just Play a Part

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

3.Crossfade (Feat. DJ Creole Princess, Westside Gunn, Joi)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

4.Witch Doctor

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

5.Valentine (Feat. DRAM)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

6.Next 2 U

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

7.Love Me Not

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

8.Breezy

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

9.Abracadabra

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

10.To the Moon (Plan C) [feat. Steve Lacy]

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

11.They Ain't You (Feat. Thundercat)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

12.What the People Say (Apostle 1)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

13.Hot BiBi (Apostle 2)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

14.No I.D. (Feat. Westside Gunn)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

15.I Know That Man (Feat. Earl Sweatshirt)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

16.Black Box (Feat. Kamasi Washington)

Erykah Badu & The Alchemist

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