After touring her sophomore album, age/intercourse/location, all over the world, Ari Lennox is making time for the studio once more.

Powerhouse songwriter and producer Jermaine Dupri is among the many studio associates Lennox has been seen with earlier this week.

“Excited to be again within the studio with @arilennox tonight,” Dupri wrote in a caption for a photograph that includes him on his MacBook whereas Lennox appears to be like on.

Dupri beforehand co-wrote and co-produced “Strain,” the lead single from age/intercourse/location. The infectious bop went No. 1 throughout the R&B charts, making it Lennox’s first chart-topping monitor. It additionally was licensed gold by the RIAA for pushing over 500,000 copies within the U.S.

In the identical session, Lennox was pictured with the legendary Manuel Seal and the rising Expensive Dear. Seal has labored with numerous artists, together with Mariah Carey, Usher, TLC, and Monica, amongst others. In the meantime, Expensive Dear most just lately had placements on dvsn’s 2022 album, Working On My Karma.

Lennox isn’t the one girl in R&B Dupri is at the moment working with. Earlier this month, he was seen within the lab with Grammy winner Muni Lengthy. They had been working in collaboration with Bryan-Michael Cox and Johntá Austin. No extra particulars have been introduced from that session.

As talked about above, Lennox spent most of 2023 on the highway selling her return album age/intercourse/location. Along with spawning “Strain” as a success single, its second single, “Waste My Time,” additionally rose to No. 1 on the R&B charts.

Lennox launched age/intercourse/location on Sept. 9, 2022, by way of Dreamville/Interscope Information. The album debuted at No. 13 on Billboard’s Prime R&B Albums chart. It additionally entered at No. 67 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The album included options from Chlöe, Fortunate Daye and Summer season Walker.

In December 2022, age/intercourse/location positioned No. 5 on Rated R&B’s 30 Greatest R&B Albums of 2022 listing.

Lennox will resume efficiency assist for age/intercourse/location on the annual Roots Picnic in June and the Blue Notice Jazz Competition Napa in July.

Lennox isn’t simply targeted on solo endeavors. She teamed with James Fauntleroy on podcast host Rory’s “My Cellphone Can Die.” The music will seem on Rory’s debut album, I Thought It’d Be Completely different, out Might 26.

Earlier than that, Lennox paired with tour mate Alex Vaughn for “Demon Time (Remix).” The up to date monitor seems on Vaughn’s The Hurtbook (Homegirl Pack) EP.