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Watch multi-hyphenate Erykah Badu's video from tribute to Miles Davis

Updated at 3:17 p.m. June 25, 2016: Erykah Badu's lastest video was released today. It's a collaboration with her friend and fellow Grammy winner Robert Glasper. Glasper produced an album that reimagines classics from Miles Davis. Badu directed the video for "Maiysha (So Long.).

Previously: Erykah Badu has conceived and directed the video for "Maiysha (So Long)" that's coming out June 24.

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The Dallasite worked with Grammy winner Robert Glasper on the almost new album, Everything's Beautiful. The album features "reimagined interpretations" of the music of Miles Davis; it was released in May in tribute to the iconic musician's 90th birthday. Glasper produced all the tracks; Badu wrote the lyrics for "Maiysha (So Long)." Performers featured on the album include Bilal, Ledisi and Stevie Wonder.

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In the video, Badu brings forth alternate persona Sarah Bellum. She's a "neurotic, beatnik chanteuse" -- with a name like that, how could she not be? -- and Glasper is her keyboard player and lover.

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This isn't Badu's first rodeo; she previously directed all of her own videos. She and the team at her company, Control Freaq Media, will also roll out bonus content and a series of art pieces, including the animated GIF above, in the next few days.

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