Erykah Badu sweetens new album with "Honey"

R&B songstress Erykah Badu has been off the musical grid since her EP blip four years ago. Now armed with the new double disc New Amerykah (see what she did there?), the Grammy collector is releasing the first single from the album, "Honey."

"I named this album New Amerykah because I'm dealing with whatever is to come instead of what was," Badu recently told a New York audience. "In taking on a project like this, I'm taking the responsibility to talk for my race and my planet. I'm sure the record company will make their money and they've given me the blessing of time."

Badu enlisted producer 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J-Blige) for the album, which drops on her birthday, Feb. 26.

Watch a "Honey" video clip here.

Track listing:
1. American Promise
2. The Healer
3. Me
4. My People
5. Speech
6. Soldier 7
7. The Cell
8. Twinkle
9. Love Me
10. Honey
11. Emotions
12. Don't Be Long
13. YPOM
14. Hot Slow Jam
15. Jump Up in the Air
16. Loretta Brown
17. Dirty Dirty
18. The Healer Outro