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Rapsody Shares Her ‘3:AM’ Thoughts With Erykah Badu In Her Latest ‘Please Don’t Cry’ Single

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It has been five years since Rapsody released Eve and her fans were getting antsy for a new album. Fortunately, she announced in March that her fourth studio album, Please Don’t Cry, is coming soon. She began the rollout with the single “Stand Tall” and an intimate conversation with actress Sanaa Lathan, demonstrating just what kind of inspirational and vulnerable material would appear on the album. Today, she continues the rollout with another new single, “3:AM,” a romantic late-night jam featuring none other than neo-soul godmother Erykah Badu.

In addition to releasing the usual set of lyrics videos and visualizers, Rap also shared a live performance video taken from Erykah Badu’s annual birthday bash concert in Dallas. The lyrics find the North Carolina native addressing a longtime lover and how he helps make her feel safe. “Not afraid to show my insecurities like Issa / Love makin’, booty clappin’ like Netty and Ceile / Netflix askin’ if we still watchin’ TV,” she rhymes. Meanwhile, on the chorus, Ms. Badu croons, “I remember late nights with you / What you like in the mornin’?”

Watch Rapsody’s ‘3:AM’ live performance video with Erykah Badu above.

Please Don’t Cry is due on 5/17 through We Each Other / Jamla Records / Roc Nation Records.

Rapsody Is Returning With Her First New Album In Five Years, As She Announces ‘Please Don’t Cry’

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Rapsody fans have a lot to look forward to this year, as she recently announced her fourth studio album. Titled Please Don’t Cry, the record will arrive in May and will include collaborations with Erykah Badu, Lil Wayne, and more.

This marks her first new studio album in five years, and people are pretty excited to hear what she has in store. According to BET, she has also self-executive produced and found her taking inspiration from Terrace Martin, 9th Wonder, and more.

“It was a little nerve-wracking for me because it was like, Can I do this? Am I gonna make the right decisions for myself?” she shared. “But I learned that that was a little bit of me worrying about the wrong things, about the fans and what they’ll think when instead of just doing what I felt was good and telling the story that I wanted to tell, and that’s what art is.”

Last October, Rapsody released her “Asteroids” collaboration with Hit-Boy, which served as the album’s first single.

Continue scrolling to view Rapsody’s cover art and tracklist for Please Don’t Cry.

Rapsody’s Please Don’t Cry Album Art

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Rapsody’s Please Don’t Cry Tracklist

1. “She’s Expecting You” (feat. Phylicia Rashad)
2. “Marlanna”
3. “Asteroids” (feat. Hit-Boy)
4. “Look What You’ve Done”
5. “DND (It’s Not Personal)” (feat. Bee-B)
6. “Black Popstar” (feat. DIXSON)
7. “Stand Tall”
8. “That One Time”
9. “3:AM” (feat. Erykah Badu)
10. “Loose Rocks” (feat. Alex Isley)
11. “Diary Of A Mad B*tch” (feat. Bibi Bourelly)
12. “Never Enough” (feat. Keznamdi)
13. “He Shot Me”
14. “God’s Light”
15. “Back In My Bag”
16. “Niko’s Interlude” (feat. Niko Brim)
17. “Raw” (feat. Lil Wayne)
18. “Lonely Women”
19. “A Ballad For Homegirls” (feat. Baby Tate)
20. “Please Don’t Cry Interlude” (feat. Phylicia Rashad)
21. “Faith”
22. “Forget Me Not” (feat. Amber Navran & Phylicia Rashad)

Please Don’t Cry is out 5/17 via We Each Other/Jamia Records. Find more information here.

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