d'angelo - voodoo - classic or dud?

ned i think he was trying to make a different point about artists doing remixes (and/or labels commissioning remixes) in a cynical way, i.e. just for marketing and $ reasons.

...yeah, call me not sold on that. (IE, I take the larger point, I just don't necessarily trust him to be the one saying it.)

not to derail the d thread, but i'm curious why you say that?

is someone gonna answer my question

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruz7qbcJsT8

OH SHIT

shakey mo otm

yeah that was def a highlight. damn

very well chosen, probably the most D'Angelo-esque song in Parliament's catalog

http://read.mtvhive.com/2012/02/16/dangelo-new-album/

How many songs will be on the album then?

All together, there’s over 50 songs that he’s cut since we started. I think he wants to put 12 songs on the album.

What’s your favorite song on the project at the moment?

I don’t think he’s done it live yet, but there’s an untitled song right now that I think is going to be like another “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” for this album. It’s going to be a monster song.

on the other hand, fuuuuuuuck

Does the new album have a release date yet?

He actually really wanted to finish a couple a years ago but he’s written a few new songs since that time, so now we have four new songs and we’ve been working on those for the past six months or so. He wants to finish it as soon as possible, but once he gets into the studio he gets into his own zone and he’s on D’Angelo time and nothing else really matters.

Actually, the Beatles is one of our blueprints, I think, for this album. This one is definitely gonna be soul, funk, rock — if there’s such a thing. It’s all mixed in there together — there’s a big fusion element in each song.

d'angelo doing the beatles, i'm crying y'all

as long as this album is in the Detox/Chinese Democracy phase of "only supporting musicians and producers give interviews about it, say lots and lots of exciting but vague things" i'm not really expecting anything

ha, i like that at the end of the interview they're all like "hey btw check out the video that sent d'angelo's life spinning out of control"

i think people are a little dramatic about that, most artists' biggest successes probably fucked with their head a little bit but it's not like you're personally goading them by continuing to enjoy that work

i can't blame anybody but D quite frankly; Erykah looked for a little while like she might jump the tracks but she was strong enough to get it together and it didn't look like D was
really hope he's got it back in order, will buy this album, will see him play anywhere anytime. still a little wary.

New Amerykah Part One and BLACKsummers'night are really the precedents i'll be folding my arms waiting to see if this can live up to, more than Voodoo

i'm not super excited by the idea of more rock & pop influences, although that's clearly been a part of the shows ('charade', the bowie cover, the guitar stuff, etc.). still totally confident that it's going to be a dope record. at the very least, it'll be interesting - the dude does not half-ass anything, and there's something really engaging about knowing that every note has been considered and obsessed over.

wahtever happened to maxwell? wasn't he all 'oh yeah ive recorded 3 albums to release in 3 years here is the first'?

yeah that is VERY frustrating to me, i loved that album and i'm like c'mon where's the rest

i know, right. clearly he did not have another two records in the can.

maybe he's just waiting for chris dave to be done touring with d'angelo, erykah, and everybody else?

nah, he's just got his cash in order and is probably working through his good times. man, to be maxwell and single...

wahtever happened to maxwell? wasn't he all 'oh yeah ive recorded 3 albums to release in 3 years here is the first'?

― a hoy hoy, Friday, February 17, 2012 4:26 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah that is VERY frustrating to me, i loved that album and i'm like c'mon where's the rest

― some dude, Friday, February 17, 2012 4:27 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

THIS. I'm still going back to BLACKsummersnight regularly. 'Bad Habits' and 'Pretty Wings' are impeccable.

Looking forward to a new D'angelo album but listened to Voodoo again recently and well don't think it's very good to be honest...not terrible but not great...

so we don't have suggest ban anymore, huh?

d'angelo doing the beatles, i'm crying y'all

me too :((((((

luckily i assume it's just a bs comparison that doesn't mean anything and won't have anything to do with how it actually sounds

to be sure beatles influences do as much harm as good these days but y'know what lex just shut the fucking fuck up

yeah he's not gonna suddenly turn into oasis ffs.

another live show hit the net. this time Stockholm.

Setlist:

Playa Playa
Feel Like Makin’ Love [Roberta Flack Cover]
Ain’t That Easy
Devil’s Pie
Chicken Grease
The Line (Intro) > The Roots
The Charade
I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) [Parliament Cover]
Shit, Damn, Motherfucker
Keys Solo
Tribute > Moment of Silence
D’Angelo Solo Medley
Another Life
Sugah Daddy
Space Oddity [David Bowie Cover]
Brown Sugar

link?

link via this site: http://www.heavysoulbrutha.com/2012/04/dangelo-live-in-stockholm-2-2-2012.html

ayy http://www.pitchfork.com/news/46392-dangelo-announces-first-us-show-in-ten-years/

every time a news item about D'Angelo is accompanied by a picture of young sex symbol D'Angelo, i picture ?uestlove shouting "no, you're going to make him go back into hiding!"

yeah... he should take some new press photos

yeah i wonder if any photos from him in the past 10 years exist that aren't that aren't that mugshot or concert pics shot from the audience

there was one i think i posted in here a while ago that he posed for backstage at some show last year but def not anything 'professional'

he's gotten pretty buff again

okay player ran this photo http://static.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Dangelo_Live_guitar.jpg

that guitar has a pretty irregular border, he should have a dermatologist check it out

couple of pictures from brixton

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KQUwx1xTB44/Tz5D-k9_qyI/AAAAAAAAFs0/STPGziRfw8E/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2012-02-17%2Bat%2B12.10.59.png
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9e5Mk3IBAWg/Tz5EE_UCVaI/AAAAAAAAFtA/e6R8HqIh-BU/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2012-02-17%2Bat%2B12.11.08.png

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201206/dangelo-gq-june-2012-interview?printable=true

http://www.gq.com/images/entertainment/2012/06/dangelo/dangelo-02.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2i0726Hnf1qdot54o1_500.gif

"Black stardom is rough, dude," Chris Rock tells me when I reach him to talk about D. "I always say Tom Hanks is an amazing actor and Denzel Washington is a god to his people. If you're a black ballerina, you represent the race, and you have responsibilities that go beyond your art. How dare you just be excellent?"

After Brown Sugar went platinum, Rock put D'Angelo on The Chris Rock Show. Later, when D was mixing Voodoo, Rock hung out some in the studio. No surprise, then, that the first thing out of Rock's mouth after "Hello" is a joyful "He's back!" But he adds a sobering downbeat: "D'Angelo. Chris Tucker. Dave Chappelle. Lauryn Hill. They all hang out on the same island. The island of What Do We Do with All This Talent? It frustrates me."

xpost lol I hope that GIF lives on forever

i'd kick it on that island

altho i think chris tucker moved to the island of Wait, I Owe How Much In Back Taxes?

he's housesitting for Wesley while he's away

d plays the guitar

http://www.gq.com/video/videos/dangelo-video