{"title":"Erykah Badu \u0026 The Alchemist","description":"\u003cp\u003eErykah Badu and The Alchemist, Abi and Alan, spent 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles building Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment, her first project in eleven years. Alchemist sent instrumental beats, and Badu deconstructed them into songs that move between soul, blues, funk, rock, jazz, and underground hip-hop, with Westside Gunn, Thundercat, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kamasi Washington. Find it here on 2xLP, CD, and two cassette covers. More of The Alchemist's work is in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/collections\/the-alchemist\"\u003eAlchemist collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"erykah-badu-the-alchemist-before-the-world-blows-2xlp","title":"Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment (2xLP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the eleven years since her last project, Erykah Badu has gathered a series of existential insights, and Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment is where they land. Abi is Badu. Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, it is the collision of two iconoclasts, hypnotic, funny, blunt, and deeply personal. The album unfolds in four movements that chart the self through love, art, and identity. The Alchemist sent Badu instrumental beats, which she deconstructed and rebuilt into tracks that feel like her own, looping his warm, punchy samples with kalimba, chords, and drums, and moving between soul, blues, funk, rock, jazz, and underground hip-hop. Westside Gunn, Thundercat, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, Kamasi Washington, Dram, and Joi appear. From 2024 to 2025, Abi and Alan road-tested the whole album live in intimate, phone-free settings with Badu's digital collective, The Cannabinoids, and Alchemist on the MPC. The Alchemist's work is all over our shelves: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/larry-june-2-chainz-alchemist-life-is-beautiful-lp\"\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/curreny-the-alchemist-continuance-cd\"\u003eContinuance\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/hit-boy-the-alchemist-goldfish-cd\"\u003eGoldfish\u003c\/a\u003e. He also hosted \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mixtapekings.com\/music\/mixtapes\/mick-boogie-the-pre-up\/\"\u003eThe Pre-Up\u003c\/a\u003e with Eminem, a mixtape presented by MICK (then Mick Boogie).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2xLP, Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, Young, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEchoes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Just Play a Part (feat. DJ Creole Princess, Westside Gunn \u0026amp; Joi)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossfade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitch Doctor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eValentine (feat. Dram)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNext 2 U\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Me Not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreezy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbracadabra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo the Moon (Plan C) (feat. Steve Lacy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey Ain't You (feat. 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Alan is The Alchemist. Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, it is the collision of two iconoclasts, hypnotic, funny, blunt, and deeply personal. The album unfolds in four movements that chart the self through love, art, and identity. The Alchemist sent Badu instrumental beats, which she deconstructed and rebuilt into tracks that feel like her own, looping his warm, punchy samples with kalimba, chords, and drums, and moving between soul, blues, funk, rock, jazz, and underground hip-hop. Westside Gunn, Thundercat, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, Kamasi Washington, Dram, and Joi appear. From 2024 to 2025, Abi and Alan road-tested the whole album live in intimate, phone-free settings with Badu's digital collective, The Cannabinoids, and Alchemist on the MPC. The Alchemist's work is all over our shelves: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/larry-june-2-chainz-alchemist-life-is-beautiful-lp\"\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/curreny-the-alchemist-continuance-cd\"\u003eContinuance\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/hit-boy-the-alchemist-goldfish-cd\"\u003eGoldfish\u003c\/a\u003e. He also hosted \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mixtapekings.com\/music\/mixtapes\/mick-boogie-the-pre-up\/\"\u003eThe Pre-Up\u003c\/a\u003e with Eminem, a mixtape presented by MICK (then Mick Boogie).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD\u003c\/strong\u003e, Young, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEchoes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Just Play a Part (feat. 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Recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, it is the collision of two iconoclasts, hypnotic, funny, blunt, and deeply personal. The album unfolds in four movements that chart the self through love, art, and identity. The Alchemist sent Badu instrumental beats, which she deconstructed and rebuilt into tracks that feel like her own, looping his warm, punchy samples with kalimba, chords, and drums, and moving between soul, blues, funk, rock, jazz, and underground hip-hop. Westside Gunn, Thundercat, Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, Kamasi Washington, Dram, and Joi appear. From 2024 to 2025, Abi and Alan road-tested the whole album live in intimate, phone-free settings with Badu's digital collective, The Cannabinoids, and Alchemist on the MPC. The Alchemist's work is all over our shelves: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/larry-june-2-chainz-alchemist-life-is-beautiful-lp\"\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/curreny-the-alchemist-continuance-cd\"\u003eContinuance\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mixtapekings.com\/products\/hit-boy-the-alchemist-goldfish-cd\"\u003eGoldfish\u003c\/a\u003e. He also hosted \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mixtapekings.com\/music\/mixtapes\/mick-boogie-the-pre-up\/\"\u003eThe Pre-Up\u003c\/a\u003e with Eminem, a mixtape presented by MICK (then Mick Boogie). Two cover art versions are available: one puts Erykah Badu on the front and The Alchemist on the back, and the other reverses them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassette, Cover Art Version A\u003c\/strong\u003e, Young, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEchoes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Just Play a Part (feat. 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