"Electric Relaxation" is the second single from

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''. It contains a sample of the song " Mystic Brew" by

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. The track was featured as the opening theme song for

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's black sitcom ''

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'', for the first two seasons.

Production

In a conversation with '' XXL'',

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revealed that the

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for "Electric Relaxation" was created in his grandmother's basement by Q-Tip:

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