Overview:
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist will premiere their collaborative album "Abi & Alan" exclusively during their live tour performances before its official release on August 29, 2025. The "Abi & Alan Luv Iz Tour" will give audiences the exclusive opportunity to experience the entire album performed live by Badu and The Cannabinoids before its official release. Tickets are available now at baduworldmarket.com and venue box offices. The album brings together two of music's most creative forces in an unexpected collaboration, executive produced by Badu on her Control FreaQ Records label.
DALLAS — In an unprecedented move that’s set to revolutionize how music is released, powerhouse producer and sonic vanguard Erykah Badu and legendary hip-hop producer The Alchemist will premiere their collaborative album “Abi & Alan” exclusively during their live tour performances—before the album hits streaming platforms. This groundbreaking approach marks what is believed to be a music industry first.
Hear it Here First
The “Abi & Alan Luv Iz Tour” (August 8-24) will give audiences the exclusive opportunity to experience the entire album performed live by Badu and The Cannabinoids before its official release on August 29, 2025. This marks what is believed to be the first time in music history that an artist has chosen to debut their album during live concerts rather than through traditional release channels.
Ticket Information
Tickets are available now at baduworldmarket.com and venue box offices. With intimate venues and limited seating, these exclusive listening experiences are expected to sell out quickly.
The tour transforms each venue into an exclusive listening party where attendees will hear tracks from “Abi & Alan” for the very first time, performed live with The Cannabinoids—featuring award-winning producers RC Williams, A1, Rob Free, S1, and Jah Born—bringing the album to life using Badu’s signature digital-analog fusion.
Tour Dates
- Friday, August 8 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
- Sunday, August 10 – Belly Up Aspen – Aspen, CO
- Monday, August 11 – Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
- Wednesday, August 13 – Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN
- Friday, August 15 – HISTORY, Toronto, ON – SOLD OUT
- Sunday, August 17 – Fillmore, Silver Spring, MD – SOLD OUT
- Tuesday, August 19 – Fillmore, Miami Beach, FL
- Wednesday, August 20 – House of Blues, Orlando, FL
- Thursday, August 21 – Fillmore, Charlotte, NC – SOLD OUT
- Sunday, August 24 – ACL Live, Austin, TX
Following the tour’s conclusion, “Abi & Alan” will be available on all streaming platforms and for purchase on August 29, 2025, executive produced by Badu on her Control FreaQ Records label.
ABOUT ABI & ALAN
The album “Abi & Alan”— a playful nod to Erykah Badu’s birth name, Erica Abi Wright, and The Alchemist’s given name, Alan Maman — brings together two of music’s most creative forces in an unexpected collaboration. Executive produced by Badu on her Control FreaQ Records label — established in 2005 — the project reveals new sides of both artists. While The Alchemist has spent decades crafting atmospheric beats for everyone from Nas and Mobb Deep to Earl Sweatshirt and Freddie Gibbs, earning Grammy nominations along the way, this album showcases Badu as she relaxes into her role as pilot — writing, composing, arranging, and producing alongside The Alchemist’s signature soundscapes. It’s a meeting of minds that highlights how two seasoned artists can still surprise each other and their audiences.
ABOUT ERYKAH BADU
Erykah Badu is a multifaceted creative force who transcends race, gender, and culture; music, film, and fashion. Renowned for her songwriting, singing, and producing, she promotes wellness, and challenges oppressive structures. Her innovative, genre-bending approach has earned her the title, “Queen of Neo-Soul” and five Grammy Awards from Baduizm (1997) to “3:AM” with Rapsody (2025).Â
Beyond music production, in 2020—at the top of the “shelter-in-place” era—Badu launched BaduWorldMarket.com, her self-curated online store, and established a livestream platform that revolutionized the stay-at-home concert experience with her Quarantine Concert Series. In 2023, her cannabis brand Apple Trees collaborated with Cookies to introduce “That Badu,” while her fashion influence earned her the 2024 CFDA Fashion Icon Award. From Fashion Week to five major magazine covers, her music, art, and eclectic style have made her a cultural icon.
ABOUT THE ALCHEMIST
The Alchemist crafts sample-heavy, tough, yet detailed beats suffused with soul. His extensive discography, dating back to the early 1990s, includes tracks by the likes of Dilated Peoples, Mobb Deep, Nas, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Pharoahe Monch, Royce da 5’9″, Fat Joe, Ludacris, Big Daddy Kane, Stat Quo, the Game, Lloyd Banks, Curren$y, Jay Worthy, Action Bronson, Anderson .Paak., Styles P, Boldy James, Ghostface Killah, Earl Sweatshirt and Larry June. As a valued collaborator, this year he teamed up with Larry June and 2 Chainz with the Billboard-charting album Life Is Beautiful which hit the Billboard 200 charts at number 89.Â
ABOUT THE CANNABINOIDS
The Cannabinoids are Erykah Badu’s revolutionary digital collective that transforms live performance into sonic experimentation. This hand-selected ensemble of Dallas-based producers, DJs, and beatsmiths was born from Badu’s vision to manifest live musical improvisation using studio tracking and hip-hop production tools. Like actual cannabinoid receptors binding to create euphoric effects, The Cannabinoids fuse free-flowing artistry with scientific precision, generating a transcendent collective consciousness that pushes the boundaries of live electronic performance. This isn’t just a band—it’s Badu’s sonic thesis on how creativity functions as the ultimate high.
For more info, visit abiandalan.com