(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s be real—there’s no one quite like Erykah Badu. From the moment she floated onto the scene in the late ’90s with her headwraps, incense-swirling vibes, and unmistakable voice, ...

Erykah Badu confirmed in March that her long-awaited new album will be a collaboration with The Alchemist, and now the pair have shared their first new songs together, “Next To You” and “Echos 19 (mix ...

Hear tracks by Kehlani, Benson Boone, Witch and others. By Jon Pareles Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...

When fans learned in March that Erykah Badu and The Alchemist were teaming up to make music, they were excited. As a performance artist who tours eight months out of the year, Badu’s resume is ...

Erykah Badu has put out just four studio albums and two interstitial projects since 1997, but they’re all canonical. Her spaced-out hippie persona conceals a razor-sharp wit, and though the kicker on ...