Erykah Badu & The Alchemist: Before The World Blows - The Abi And Alan Experiment (Indie Exclusive Colored Vinyl) Vinyl 2LP+Slipmat - PRE-ORDER

"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. Meditative and fluid, Before the World Blows finds Badu contemplating which parts of ourselves and our stories are worth protecting before the world breaks and fragments. Love, innocence, dreams, memories, womanhood. The album unfolds in four movements, charting the progression of self through the prisms of love, art, and identity, inviting us to sit with difficult feelings. Passion blurs with desire, hope with grief, each song revealing another illuminating facet of the inner Baduverse. Alchemist sent Badu a collection of instrumental beats, which she deconstructed and sculpted into tracks that felt uniquely hers, looping his warm, punchy samples with instruments from soft kalimba notes to immersive chords and drums. The result moves fluidly between soul, blues, funk, rock, jazz, and underground hip-hop, yet belongs entirely to none of them." - Young

includes Turntable Lab exclusive slipmat (artwork TBD)
neon orange colored double vinyl pressing (please note: actual pressing color and packaging may differ from mock-up photo)
indie exclusive
gatefold sleeve
includes 'belly band' + printed insert
limited edition
music label: Young 2026

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Brand:Erykah Badu & The AlchemistCategory:_music-HIPHOPSKU:hh-6830Tags:Beggars Group Vinyl, deluxe, limited edition, noteworthy, pre-order, R&B Vinyltype:Vinyl 2LP+Slipmat