d'angelo - voodoo - classic or dud?

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

SHOW ME THE ALBUM

d's only 5'7"? now i love him even more.

he's playing my fav funkadelic song

haha wow that is an awesome random song for him to bust out

Could listen to him noodling around and singing allllllllll day.

that whole GQ story is quite excellent. highly recommended.

For all I know this is all over, but I've never seen this before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU1CS_NKhlM

Nice.

echoing other comments, the GQ thing is great. he comes across as such a nice dude.

killing me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_2JKTHYJU

http://soundcloud.com/funk-it-blog/dangelo-solo-medley-january-29

Gah, first time in 3 years I've missed Bonnaroo, and it's the one he shows up at:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/dangelo-back-in-the-u-s-a/

There was nothing tentative about D’Angelo’s performance. He took his place at keyboards and floated his voice into the opening of Hendrix’s “Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland),” pitched right where his tenor glides into falsetto. He had the yowl for Sly and the Family Stone’s “Babies Makin’ Babies,” the shout for the Beatles’ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and a blues-rock wail for Led Zeppelin’s “What Is and What Should Never Be”; his phrasing was spontaneous and sure. And when he was not singing, he was fully engaged in the instrumental jams.

this guy

his piano playing is so casually funky

what's up with all the covers

it was an unannounced appearance at an 'after-party' type tent performance after The Roots' main festival set, D is probably waiting for a proper headlining show to do his own songs

ah that makes sense

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/dangelo-performs-at-bonnaroo-thanks-to-questlove-video/2012/06/11/gJQA5apEVV_blog.html

fuck i wanna see this guy so bad

I was there, about 20 feet away from the man... it was utterly life-affirming. So much joy and effortless singing and playing. The highlight of the festival for me.

I mean... effortlessly brilliant singing and playing...

full set! http://soundcloud.com/hypetrak-1/dangelo-x-questlove-bonnaroo

wait D is performing at the BET awards tonight

thank you, tivoing now

i will be missing the jones beach show with melanie fiona and mary j with the solid hope that an nyc date is looming

what song is he going to do!!!!

Peep it:
http://gawker.com/5922750/heres-dangelos-first-televised-performance-in-twelve-years

yeeeaaaah

lol @ "25 1/2 y'all"

mad he didn't do untitled for longer but fuck that ruled

i'm glad that he did untitled at all!

quality soundboard recording from jazz fest set in the netherlands last week:

http://soundcloud.com/okayplayer/live-the-north-sea-jazz-fest-8

the whole thing is good, but really feeling the 2nd half (starting around 32:00)

The Liberation tour: Mary J. Blige and D'Angelo
Sun, 08/26/12
Washington, DC
Verizon Center

Tour dates for the D'Angelo/Mary J. Blige Liberation Tour are below (more expected to be announced):

Aug. 18 -- Virgina Beach, Va., Farm Bureau Live
Aug. 19 -- Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon Theatre at Jones Beach
Aug. 21 -- Boston, Bank of America Pavilion
Aug. 23 -- Holmdel, N.J., PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug. 26 -- Washington D.C., Verizon Center
Aug. 29 – Miami, AmericanAirlines Arena

20 shows total are planned

Hmmm, pre-sale on now. $104 a ticket for far end of arena lower down; $80 something for nosebleed seats; best seats -- a lot

aw that concert recording got taken down :(

:(

mary/d shows are outta my reach; guess i'm waiting for nyc show

hmmm missed his show tonight...

Gonna try to catch them here. MJB is always good, and D'Angelo was great years ago.

If you were going to trim this album down to approx 60 minutes in length, which tracks would you leave off?

I think I'd be tempted to get rid of:
3. "Left & Right" (feat. Method Man & Redman) 4:46
5. "Send It On" 5:57
11. "Greatdayindamornin' / Booty" 7:35

Leaving:
1. "Playa Playa" 7:07
2. "Devil's Pie" 5:21
4. "The Line" 5:15
6. "Chicken Grease"4:36
7. "One Mo'Gin" 6:15
8. "The Root" 6:33
9. "Spanish Joint" 5:44
10. "Feel Like Makin' Love" 6:22
12. "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" 7:10
13. "Africa" 6:13

Want to play this at our record club tomorrow, but we have a 60-minute time limit.

would switch out devil's pie and send it on with those restrictions.
and possibly untitled withgreatdayindamornin depending on what day you found me

Can't endorse the cutting of send it on