D’Angelo took up the guitar between Voodoo and Black Messiah, and he contributes many of the riffs on the new album. Still, no matter how hard and pointy D’Angelo wants to be, he can never ...

“Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album,” D’Angelo said in a release. “It can be easily misunderstood. Many will think it’s about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that ...

In a lyric booklet passed out at the event, D’Angelo explains the title of the record: Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it’s about religion.

The cover of ‘Black Messiah’ by D’Angelo and the Vanguard Black Messiah “Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are),” he wrote. “But calling this album ...

D’Angelo opens the album in a manner that we know him for ... The track starts with a sermon describing Jesus, or the Messiah, as a black figure whose image has been appropriated by white ...

One of the best songs on Black Messiah that illustrates this is “Another Life”. The track ends the album with a beautiful instrumental by The Vanguard, while D’Angelo’s smooth vocals ...

If D’Angelo’s last album ... on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape where these songs can live to the fullest.

The album’s title is a mirror of what D’Angelo has felt and witnessed in these evolving times. “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album,” D’Angelo writes on his album artwork.

If D'Angelo had his way, Black Messiah wouldn't have come out at all ... In Rose’s case, that would be Chinese Democracy, a Guns N’ Roses album so delayed it became a running joke (“We ...

his pal D’Angelo is close to releasing his long-awaited fourth album. “D’s in a good space,” Saadiq said on the new episode of the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “He’s excited.

UPDATE: At a D’Angelo listening party Sunday night, host Nelson George announced that the singer’s new album Black Messiah will be available at midnight Monday morning. The R&B singer will ...

How can you possibly encounter an album like D'Angelo's Black Messiah? By Elias Leight After 14 years without a full-length album, D’Angelo’s Black Messiah was released Sunday (Dec. 14 ...