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Erykah Badu Just Released a Seven Minute Remix of "Hotline Bling"

The song, co-written with Badu and Andre 3000's son Seven Sirius Benjamin, references the OutKast track "Ms. Jackson"—itself a plea to Badu's mother.

Drake once rapped about visiting Erykah Badu's house for tea and banter "about love and what life could really be for me." In response, Badu posted a vine of herself vibing to “Days in the East” and drinking tea from an enormous cup. Now, she's released a seven-and-a-half minute remix of "Hotline Bling," tweaking the lyrics to "You used to call me on my cellular device," turning Drake's late-night wistfulness a neo-soul jam, and adding in a skit of her answerphone including options like, "If you're calling to beg for some shit in general, press 4," this version is approximately 100 times more boss than the original.

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Interestingly Erykah Badu's "Hotline Bling" references the OutKast track "Ms. Jackson"—a song Andre 3000 wrote as a plea to Erykah Badu's mother as the couple were tussling over the custody rights to their child Seven Sirius Benjamin, who has a co-writer credit on this new Badu remix. At around 4:35 there's a smooth sample of the infamous OutKast line "forever-ever/forever-ever" which feels even more pertinent when considering the above, and that 3 Stacks probably used to call Erykah Badu on her cell-u-lar-de-vice late at night.

The remix taken from a forthcoming mixtape titled BUT YOU CAINT USE MY PHONE.

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