Um... how can I reconcile my Badu stan-dom with the fact that I 100% did not know this song existed until a few minutes ago!?!?!

With a Bilal feature, no less.

My morning has officially been shook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFS-ThoW8vM

#ErykahBadu #Bilal

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche

Bilal:
🎵 Fast Lane (feat. Jadakiss)

#Bilal

https://lf-demo.bandcamp.com/track/bilal-fastlane

https://open.spotify.com/track/1rCugBa2t3ycgyR4xHSvvA

Lauryn Hill, Lucky Daye, Raphael Saadiq, Anthony Hamilton, Leon Thomas, Bilal, Alexia Jayy, Jon Batiste, Leon Bridges, Lalah Hathaway, October London, John Legend, Chaka Khan, and Wyclef Jean – Nothing Even Matters / Brown Sugar / Lady / Devil’s Pie / Another Life / Untitled (How Does It Feel) / Africa / The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face / Compared To What / The Closer I Get To You / Where Is The Love / Feel Like Makin’ Love / Killing Me Softly With His Song / Killing Me Softly / Total Praise

Most interesting thing out this week, as far as new albums go, might be this compilation of Talking Heads covers out on BBE, "Naive Melodies."

Unlike the comp of Stop Making Sense covers put out last year, which felt quite staid and predictable, this one leans R&B, hip hop, diasporic:

#Bilal doing Seen and Not Seen (yes please)

#RosieLowe (!) doing Burning Down the House (? so confused but so intrigued)

#Astronne doing Psycho Killer (I can hear this already in my head)

Liv.e doing I Zimbra (word? and just straight props for choosing this for a comp, no matter how it sounds)

Georgia mf'in Anne Muldrow doing Girlfriend is Better (YES LAWD (c) a.paak)

Theo Croker. Florence Adooni. There's lots of folks here.

I haven't listened to a single cut yet but this will almost certainly more entertaining than the other. There are some genuine risktakers here.

About to put it on for my commute.

https://bbemusic.com/product/naive-melodies

#NewMusic2026 #NewMusicFriday #NowListening #GeorgiaAnneMuldrow

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