The neo-soul priestess and the hip-hop producer throw it back on a seductive, pleasantly rambly collaborative album that returns them both to their roots.

Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu’s first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for

Just when you think you’ve figured out where Badu and the Alchemist are taking you, another song changes the pace, the mood, or the rules