DAngelo has finished his first new album in 14 years and will premiere it to the public during a listening session in New York on Sunday, December 14th. The follow-up to 2000s Voodoo is titled Black Messiah and attributed to DAngelo and his band the Vanguard.
Fans can RSVP to the listening session, which is being hosted by renowned African American writer Nelson George. The event takes place at the Dream Hotel in Chelsea beginning at 4pm.
FIRST NEW SONG: D'angelo & the Vanguard, "Sugah Daddy"
I wish I could make a thread about this. That track is absolutely amazing.FIRST NEW SONG: D'angelo & the Vanguard, "Sugah Daddy"
This is a jam.FIRST NEW SONG: D'angelo & the Vanguard, "Sugah Daddy"
Mighty fine track.FIRST NEW SONG: D'angelo & the Vanguard, "Sugah Daddy"
And she's a Beyoncé clone (in looks) lmaoAquarius is my album of the year.
Tinashe has so much potential. She's so talented. And hot.
During the listening session, a lyric pamphlet was handed out. It revealed that Q-Tip and Kendra Foster (Funkadelic) contributed lyrics, while ?uestlove, bassist Pino Palladino, and drummer James Gadson play on it. Here's the introduction, wherein D'Angelo discusses the decision to name the album Black Messiah:
First single is going to be Really Love, not Sugah Daddy, and it's out tomorrow. Impressions from the listening party are making me salivate, really hope it drops tonight at midnight...Is there any word on when this is actually coming out?
Wait I meant the full album. It could drop at midnight???First single is going to be Really Love, not Sugah Daddy, and it's out tomorrow. Impressions from the listening party are making me salivate, really hope it drops tonight at midnight...
First single is going to be Really Love, not Sugah Daddy, and it's out tomorrow. Impressions from the listening party are making me salivate, really hope it drops tonight at midnight...
If this tweet from Questlove is anything to go by, if not tonight than really really close...Wait I meant the full album. It could drop at midnight???
Holy shit! Nice.If this tweet from Questlove is anything to go by, if not tonight than really really close...
https://twitter.com/questlove/status/544182927744323584
FIRST NEW SONG: D'angelo & the Vanguard, "Sugah Daddy"
jenniferlawrenceokay.gifNot feeling it at all he needs to go back to being the male Lauryn Hill meaning go back to being a has been
YESSSSSSSS
holy shit!
iTunes confirmed by ?uestlove. Possibly other outlets.itunes/digital confirmed? I'll be working so I want to buy it and listen to it during lunch break aahhhhhh!!
iTunes confirmed by ?uestlove. Possibly other outlets.
Not sure. Hopefully Eastern.Do you (or anyone else) also happen to know which timezone they mean?![]()
Cosigned. The atmosphere in that album is something else.Aquarius is my album of the year.
Tinashe has so much potential. She's so talented. And hot.