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Beyoncé Drops Surprise Project 'Homecoming: The Live Album'

By Joi-Marie McKenzie · Updated April 17, 2019
It includes a remake of the 1981 classic, "Before I Let Go," by Frankie Beverly and Maze.

We’re not worthy. We’re just not worthy. As if a new Netflix documentary wasn’t enough—where fans finally get to see just how the Blackest Coachella performance came to be—Beyoncé released a surprise album titled Homecoming: The Live Album.

The album includes Bey’s remake of the 1981 classic and a must-play at any Black cookout and HBCU football games, “Before I Let Go” by Frankie Beverly and Maze.

INDIO, CA – APRIL 21: Beyonce Knowles performs onstage during the 2018 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 21, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)

The surprise album boasts a whopping 40 of Beyoncé’s biggest hits, which is nearly two hours of bops.

It also perfectly complements, Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé, which followed the singer over the course of eight months in preparation for her 2018 performance in the desert. It included four months of rehearsal with 150 musicians and dancers all selected by Beyoncé herself.

#HOMECOMING out now. https://t.co/sa6OKEBvkb pic.twitter.com/f7fNhYuzLc

— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) April 17, 2019

It’s also an homage to Black women thought leaders—all of whom graduated from HBCUS—including Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Marian Wright Edelman. Beyoncé also recognized authors Audre Lorde, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and W.E.B. Du Bois.

And in case you’re wondering, Beyoncé fell in love with the culture of HBCUs thanks to her father, Mathew Knowles, who’s an alumnus of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Here’s the tracklist:

“Crazy In Love”
“Freedom”
“Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing”
“Formation”
“Sorry”/”Me, Myself and I”
“Kitty Kat”
“Bow Down”
“I Been On”
“Drunk In Love”
“Diva”
“Flawless” (Remix)
“Feeling Myself”
“Top Off”
“7/11”
“Don’t Hurt Yourself”
“I Care”
“Partition”
“Yoncé”
“Mi Gente (Remix)”
“Mine”
“Baby Boy”
“You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)”
“Hold Up”
“Countdown”
“Check On It”
“Déjà Vu”(featuring JAY-Z)
“Run the World (Girls)”
“Lose My Breath” (featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
“Say My Name”  (featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
“Soldier” (featuring Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
“Get Me Bodied”
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
“Love On Top”

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