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Your support makes all the difference.Forget Adele and Lionel Richie, this is the only track titled ’Hello’ you need to be listening to right now.
It comes off Erykah Badu’s new telephone-themed mixtape But You Caint Use My Phone, and features a little rap and singing from Andre 3000, her ex-boyfriend with whom she had a child.
It’s a sultry, laid-back track, kicking off with a fast-paced cadence thanks to Andre's idiosyncratic flow, before settling into a breezy groove.
The mixtape also features a re-working of Drake’s hit 'Hotline Bling', and its title references Badu’s 1998 hit ‘Tyrone’.
It is her first full-length release since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh).
Andre’s contribution to the track went down particularly well, with one Reddit user commenting: “Man Andre just comes through like once a year with an 11/10 feature like clockwork it's crazy.’
“Rap game Santa Claus,” another replied.
The track is available for download on iTunes.
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