At long last, we find ourselves just one day away from reaching the light at the end of the Erykah Badu tunnel , a darkness that we’ve grown accustomed to in the 15 years since her last full-fledged release, 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) , and 10 years since her 2015 mixtape, But You Caint Use My Phone .

Or so we thought.

On Thursday, Aug. 28, Badu went on IG Live hours before Abi & Alan was supposed to hit streaming services. "The Alchemist told me to tell y'all the album is not dropping at midnight," Badu says.

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Badu was set to release Abi & Alan , a new album in collaboration with hip-hop producer extraordinaire, The Alchemist, on Aug. 29. In June, she re

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