An announcement is supposed to fill in the missing pieces, but this time it did the opposite — it took one away. Erykah Badu and The Alchemist (real name Alan Maman) have finally locked in an official release date of August 28 for their collaborative album, over a year in the making. It should've been the moment everything settled into place, but instead, the album title has disappeared.
Last year, Alchemist had revealed a book-like title for the album, "Abi & Alan," but the official announcement this time makes no mention of it at all. The page title on Bandcamp reads "Sorry, we don't have an album title yet…" — essentially an official admission that the date got locked in first, while the name is either still up in the air or they've decided not to use it after all.
