Erykah Badu & The Alchemist's 'Before the World Blows' + Saul Williams' 'Leap Life,' are dead fresh.

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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist's 'Before the World Blows' and Saul Williams' 'Leap Life,' are “dead fresh” albums. NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael explains how the projects give us a new way of seeing our ancestors and ourselves.⁠

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Erykah Badu and The Alchemist's 'Before the World Blows' and Saul Williams' 'Leap Life,' are “dead fresh” albums. NPR Music's Rodney Carmichael explains how the projects give us a new way of seeing our ancestors and ourselves.⁠

#nowplaying #newmusic #nprmusic #erykahbadu #thealchemist #saulwilliams #deadfresh #lilbaby…

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