quest keeps getting my hopes up
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
quest is 100 PERCENT on some "if i shame him about this enough in public maybe he'll be motivated to finish it up and get it out" shit
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
has he said anything recently?
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
i don't remember. but when they played brooklyn almost a year ago that was totally the vibe i got from quest.
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
they both said the album was done a year ago!
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
quest said was 98% done when i saw them iirc
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
close enough
― this harmless group of nerds and the women that love them (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
right, a year ago, i figured if quest has been silent since then we're in trouble. not to mention the cancelled shows and drug rumors. i'm still holding on to hope though.
haha
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:30 (ten years ago) link
he's doing a poor job of shaming dangelo in that case (i dont think he is doing that in any case, i think hes too aware of dangelo's mental fragility, he doesnt want to upset things too much, beyond airing some frustration and playful digs about his career inertia - dangelo wont let the new record be heard until hes laboured it to death most likely)
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2014/03/06/dangelo-announces-expanded-reissue-of-1996s-live-at-the-jazz-cafe/
on the one hand this will be nice, i've never heard it
on the other hand it's not the new album
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 March 2014 09:10 (ten years ago) link
it's really good, wish there had been an official record for the Voodoo tour though.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 6 March 2014 14:32 (ten years ago) link
check yr mail lex
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 March 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
thankyou!!
― lex pretend, Thursday, 6 March 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
http://nyc.redbullmusicacademy.com/#a-conversation-with-dangelo
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 6 March 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
http://insideplaya.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/an-open-letter-to-dangelo/
― ςὖτ ιτ Οὖτ (some dude), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
ha the effect of this letter putting in D'angelo on blast is mostly that it makes me want to listen to D'angelo
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 04:54 (ten years ago) link
I hope he replies with a new album.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 05:00 (ten years ago) link
Word
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 06:15 (ten years ago) link
Dag. Bridge: burned.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 13:32 (ten years ago) link
who is "inside playa"?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
Yes, wonder that too, and how is his dissing everyone gonna help
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
it's gary harris
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:09 (ten years ago) link
seems like an asshole!
also petulant? what's the point of this beyond some dude feeling aggrieved about being written out of history
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
the last paragraph seems especially bitchy (it's true I don't hear a lot of James or George in his music, but Sly definitely. Prince too)
hard out here for an A&R guy
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
sounds like a good friend!
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:20 (ten years ago) link
http://afropunkfest.com/he's headlining
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
Billboard a week ago:
In March of 2013, Liles told Billboard, "We're trying to finish the album. Right now we have 13 songs done, trying to think about the sequence of the album, mastering and mixing within the next two weeks, and release the thing. Ain't no question it's coming."Judging by that tectonic pace, the album actually should be just about approximately almost 100 percent done right about now. Here's what Liles said:"Here's the thing: with D'Angelo it was a process. He didn't perform for 10 years and he's been working on an album for the past 12 years. I actually got him to go out and do 30 shows (in 2011-2012), and then we did some 'Brothers in Arms' shows. I said, 'We have to get motivated around what people want to hear from you, and what does it mean to come back to that space?' He very bluntly put it, 'Kev, the studio and the stage: that's my lifeblood. Now that I've touched it again, now that I see it again, I wanna be sure that the baby I'm about to have -- the album -- that I take it to the point where it's all it can be.'"There'll be an album this year: there's 14 records so far, we might have a couple of bonus records, but all the recording is basically done and we're mixing and mastering now. Definitely, he'll be back.
Judging by that tectonic pace, the album actually should be just about approximately almost 100 percent done right about now. Here's what Liles said:
"Here's the thing: with D'Angelo it was a process. He didn't perform for 10 years and he's been working on an album for the past 12 years. I actually got him to go out and do 30 shows (in 2011-2012), and then we did some 'Brothers in Arms' shows. I said, 'We have to get motivated around what people want to hear from you, and what does it mean to come back to that space?' He very bluntly put it, 'Kev, the studio and the stage: that's my lifeblood. Now that I've touched it again, now that I see it again, I wanna be sure that the baby I'm about to have -- the album -- that I take it to the point where it's all it can be.'
"There'll be an album this year: there's 14 records so far, we might have a couple of bonus records, but all the recording is basically done and we're mixing and mastering now. Definitely, he'll be back.
Claiming he has 14 records ready to go sort of undercuts even the modest claim that he even has one record ready to go.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
"record" = song
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah, usually modern industry guys say 'record' and mean song, not album.
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
(that usage confused me when i first heard it but now i hear it all the time from people in the rap world)
xp
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, was confused, because he calls them songs earlier.
Anyway, not holding my breath.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
lol yeah mixing and mastering only two weeks haha
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I hope he finishes the album and then keeps it to himself because it's too good and the world is not ready yet
― Sufjan Grafton, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
He means two weeks, total, not in a row. Like, one hour one week, three the next, third week off, one year off, two days in a row ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
it's funny/sad that anybody involved with the project even tries to tell people how much is done anymore. i totally believe that there's probably a lot album-worthy music ready to go, but at this point they should realize that people are tired of promises and just want a single and a release date.
― some dude, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
at brooklyn bowl a year ago quest was like "the album is 98% done!" but still literally made the crowd cheer as loud as possible so that d'angelo would understand how badly we wanted to hear the new album
it was kinda sad
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
I wouldn't believe a release date.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 26 June 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
yeah this has basically taken on mbv levels of trolling. if it shows up it shows up but i refuse to get my hopes up about anything until then.
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Thursday, 26 June 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
My expectations have only grown. It will be a masterpiece.
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 03:10 (nine years ago) link
First 11 on pfork
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 26 June 2014 03:11 (nine years ago) link
i finally don't care anymore.
― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Thursday, 26 June 2014 03:43 (nine years ago) link
IF his live shows are anything to go by he's become far more guitar oriented but its not clear that he has the chops to pull that off.
I'm guessing somewhere between discordant overkill and tepid disappointment, if anything does materialise.
― tsrobodo, Thursday, 26 June 2014 07:56 (nine years ago) link
i haven't been mega-thrilled by the funk/go-go workouts that he seems to favor these days, i want to hear him go even further down the inward-looking close-mic'd quavering intensity of voodoo, where you feel like you're suspended in amniotic fluid or something
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 26 June 2014 09:59 (nine years ago) link
Given that apparently broke his brain ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 26 June 2014 12:26 (nine years ago) link
― ginuwine's cousin (monotony), Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Haha Channel Orange came out in 2012!
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 26 June 2014 13:29 (nine years ago) link
Oops
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, June 26, 2014 5:59 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark
same
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 26 June 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
me too but this seems unlikely. he already made Voodoo, and the new material seems like it will be more straightforward or extroverted (ironically). but who knows, really.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 26 June 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
I’m happy to spin Brown Sugar. I’m happy that afterward he went in the direction he went.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Saturday, 22 May 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
exactly
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 22 May 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
Brown sugar the actual song has not aged well.
― candyman, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
is that a stones joke
― Left, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
comparing drugs to women is always corny and problematic but i don't see what makes it that much worse than the rest of the album
― Left, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
Not much worse, just that the best songs on there are better. Its melodically weak too. Instrumental is good though. Good to vibe to.
Back to black messiah though. Not to get all stevehoffman, but i I bought it on vinyl thinking that would be the perfect format but the CD seems to handle it better, esp 1000 deaths.
― candyman, Saturday, 22 May 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
categorically disagree that the melody for brown sugar is weak. rhythm is as important to a melody as range and variation
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
it’s definitely true that d’s melodies grew much more complex by the time black messiah came around, hard to imagine “another life” appearing on either of the first two albums
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
does the organ/falsetto hook on BS count as part of the melody? i could listen to that all day
― Left, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
The hook is good, thats true, I was thinking of the verses.
"categorically disagree that the melody for brown sugar is weak. rhythm is as important to a melody as range and variation"
Thanks for your input. However I didn't comment on the rhythm, I commented on the tunefulness, specifically the verses. To compare to another rnb weed song, its hardly Mary Jane by Rick james.
― candyman, Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
what the actual hell
― brimstead, Saturday, 22 May 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
I commented on the tunefulness, specifically the verses.
you...didn’t, actually?
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Sunday, 23 May 2021 02:49 (three years ago) link
nvm i already regret engaging
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
BLACK MESSIAH IS THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
the thing is, though, it might be.and it definitely is of 2010-2020
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 23 May 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
"nvm i already regret engaging"
Already regret you engaging too.
― candyman, Sunday, 23 May 2021 04:15 (three years ago) link
Your engaging = kneejerk defensiveness
― candyman, Sunday, 23 May 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
gasp!
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Sunday, 23 May 2021 04:32 (three years ago) link
cant really take any of your opinions on dangelo seriously after your claim in another thread that untitled had nothing to do with prince.
― candyman, Sunday, 23 May 2021 07:38 (three years ago) link
man
― Left, Sunday, 23 May 2021 08:07 (three years ago) link
Black Messiah is definitely an album I put on for "fun", I am always glad I put it on
― burnt hombre (stevie), Sunday, 23 May 2021 08:36 (three years ago) link
how does it feeeeeeel
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
clearly a tribute to like a rolling stone, and i won’t hear opinions to the contrary
Oh wait, how does Beck work into this conversation?
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Sunday, 23 May 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
‘The Door’…ffs what a mood killer that tune is
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 30 July 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Seriously can't believe the lack of mentions for Voodoo when discussing D'Angelo's finest piece. It captured something culturally as well as musically which I don't think the others did in the same way. It's his defining statement in my opinion.
― hbbh111, Saturday, 31 July 2021 07:17 (two years ago) link
new song, with jay-z and jeymes samuel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCRO4lJkKM
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Friday, 12 January 2024 15:11 (five months ago) link
Wow, 9.5 minutes. I was listening without looking and thought it was a nice tune about to end, and then there was Jay talking and 5+ min of strings and guitar vamping. Happy to hear anything though, sounds like something that would be on a Badu album, or a lost P Funk jam. Sounds Questlove on drums, ofc.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Friday, 12 January 2024 16:34 (five months ago) link
Loving that.
― impostor syndrome to the (expletive) max (stevie), Friday, 12 January 2024 16:37 (five months ago) link
sounds like something that would be on a Badu album
*knocks down ten people rushing to listen to it*
― Wack Snyder (Eric H.), Friday, 12 January 2024 17:22 (five months ago) link
that's interesting, yes. but how does that jeymes samuel album have a fucking terry callier feature!??!
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 13 January 2024 01:32 (five months ago) link
Real Mothership vibe here.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 13 January 2024 15:47 (five months ago) link
Get a feeling that this isn’t new…might of been left over from Black Messiah…
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Saturday, 13 January 2024 23:05 (five months ago) link
i don't think it's from the black messiah sessions because some of the musicians credited on it weren't on black messiah at all
― ufo, Saturday, 13 January 2024 23:19 (five months ago) link
This had me from the first cymbal hit
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 14 January 2024 00:41 (four months ago) link