Meshell Ndegeocello - Synonym Label: Blue Note - 6102611 - 0881061026112Format: 2 X Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited EditionCountry: UKReleased: 2nd Oct 2026Genre: Funk, R&B/Soul DescriptionWith her 3rd Blue Note album Synonym, Meshell Ndegeocello presents a remarkable album of duets on classic songs that are known, loved, and diverse in tone, “genre”, intent, and BPM. This is an album about joy, love, selfhood, individual representation and universal experience that explores expressions of desire, care, heartbreak, friendship, disappointment, and love in all the forms. All the songs feature two singers who identify as the same gender, wherever that might be on the continuum, and are musically matched for contrast or compliment including Cynthia Erivo, Cat Power, Robert Glasper, Chaka Khan, Madison Cunningham, Laura Lee (Khruangbin), Emily King, Lizz Wright, Lianne La Havas, Moses Sumney, Brandi Carlile, ANOHNI, WILLOW, Bill Callahan, Chris Thile, and more.TracklistKnew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with Cynthia Erivo) Don’t You Want Me (with Cat Power) Don’t Stop The Music (with Nick Hakim & Robert Glasper) Islands In The Stream (with Chaka Khan) It Ain't Me Babe (with Madison Cunningham) Always on Time (with Laura Lee) Be Real Black For Me (with Emily King, Lizz Wright) Don’t Look Any Further (with Lianne La Havas) The Closer I Get To You (with Destin Conrad, Moses Sumney) Golden Ring (with Brandi Carlile) I Got You Babe (with Anohni) Here We Come (Here He Comes) (with Evann McIntosh) Guilty (with Ink) Hunger Strike (with WILLOW) With God On Our Side (with Bill Callahan, Chris Thile)
