Stereogum — Five years ago, a stressed-out pandemic-summer world got a brief reprieve in the form of Alfredo , the excellent collaborative album from underground rap greats Freddie Gibbs and the Alchemist. The two made for an ideal pairing, just like Gibbs a... more info

Stereogum — Music legend Erykah Badu announced this past March that she was working on her first album in 15 years. The project, which will be the official follow-up to 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh) and her first longer project since 201... more info

Stereogum — Well, this is exciting. Erykah Badu is a treasure of American music, and she never goes away. Badu continues to give transcendent live shows and record occasional collaborations, though she doesn’t really do that many of those. (Jamie xx’s rec... more info

Stereogum — Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they announced the self-titled debut, which will be unveiled... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Larry June, 2 Chainz, and floppy disks fan the Alchemist released the collaborative track “Bad Choices,” and it sounded like there could be more music where that came from. Now, the rap trio have indeed announced a full-length proje... more info

Stereogum — Real Bad Man, the LA-based producer who’s worked a lot with Boldy James over the past few years, has announced a new joint album with Detroit rapper ZelooperZ. Dear Psilocybin is out on Feb. 7 — that’s soon! — and it boasts guest features ... more info

Stereogum — The Alchemist has been known to use floppy disks when making beats. Now, he has a new song out called “Floppy Disks,” an ode of sorts to the format. “Dustin’ off floppy disks I’m keeping in storage,” he raps over a self-produced groove... more info

Stereogum — Two years ago, the great Long Island rapper Roc Marciano and the great Los Angeles producer the Alchemist teamed up to release their collaborative album The Elephant Man’s Bones . It was so good. Last year, they dropped a couple of extra tracks... more info

Stereogum — Rap lifer the Alchemist has been making beats at a high level for, what, 30 years now? Since he was a little kid in the Whooliganz, his kiddie-rap duo with Scott Caan. These days, Alchemist is still at the top of his game, making woozy stoner-rap ... more info

Stereogum — As far as I can tell, the Alchemist and ScHoolboy Q’s creative partnership dates back to at least 2012. I’m not going to count how many tracks they’ve done together, but today, they’ve added another one into their shared catalog called “... more info