D'Angelo - Black Messiah (Discussion Thread)

[Matty]

his long (and i mean long) anticipated third studio album is dropping tonight on itunes. surprise! literally outta nowhere, who's checkin for this?

https://soundcloud.com/dangelomusicofficial/sugah-daddy



01. Ain't That Easy
02. 1000 Deaths
03. The Charade
04. Sugah Daddy
05. Really Love
06. Back to the Future (Part I)
07. Till It's Done (Tutu)
08. Prayer
09. Betray My Heart
10. The Door
11. Back to the Future (Part II)
12. Another Life

[Sccit]

just heard bout this on a tv commercial....any good?

[daytondanger]

Just listened to Black Messiah and did not like it.
That said I've never been a fan of D'Angelo, something about his voice I cannot stomach.

[aerroc]

lol @ anticipated

[doggfather]

lol @ anticipated

[Matty]

album has very interesting and fresh production, as expected. and a lot of prince influence, for peeps into that type of thing. and of course it's highly anticipated, but by music heads, not the mainstream or most people on this forum. it got to detox levels of delays and being a work in progress though.

anyway shit is dope, gonna need to soak it in for a while. his vocal is pretty hard to make out for the most part, but it's not like that was an accident. there's a lot going on on here

[Desert Lord]

i checked it out for the first time today and i already love it! good shit  ...his singing reminds me on bilal sometimes and there is definetly a huge funkadelic influence...
kendra foster of p-funk co-wrote 8 of the songs btw.

[Sccit]

speakin of bilal, whatever happened 2 him??

[Desert Lord]

his last album "a love surreal" came out in 2013..it's a good album, but needs a little time to grow on most people because it's pretty experimental/alternative. his music has a bigger jazz influence now then he had back in the days...saw him live last year and that show was fire!

[k1000]

did u just quote urself?

[Desert Lord]

yup..was a mistake of course

[BakinSodaFree]

Album of the year for me.
Absolutley amazing.
With the Prince album and this i am set for the winter time

[TraceOneInfinite]

I think people are truly looking for a "Messiah" in black music.  D'angelo's was dope back in the day, but let's not get carried away.  And if it sounds like Prince then I ain't fuccin wit it

[daytondanger]

I think people are truly looking for a "Messiah" in black music.  D'angelo's was dope back in the day, but let's not get carried away.  And if it sounds like Prince then I ain't fuccin wit it

I don't think he refers to himself as a Black Messiah. There is a sample on the record referring to Jesus Christ as a black man etc.

If it sounds like Prince are you not checking it because he is copying him or because you don't like Prince?

[Matty]

I think people are truly looking for a "Messiah" in black music.  D'angelo's was dope back in the day, but let's not get carried away.  And if it sounds like Prince then I ain't fuccin wit it

his first two albums are pretty much undisputed classics. you say that like he fell off or something, when in fact dude hasn't put out an album in over ten years. he was dope on the 'imagine' hook too.

anyway i'm digging the album, some true musicianship on here and some beautiful songs. tracks like 'really love' just makes you wanna smile