D'Angelo - Black Messiah (2014)

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.

My expectations have only grown. It will be a masterpiece.

First 11 on pfork

i finally don't care anymore.

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.

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

Given that apparently broke his brain ...

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), Wednesday, June 25, 2014 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Haha Channel Orange came out in 2012!

Oops

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, June 26, 2014 5:59 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark

same

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.

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/untitled-an-oral-history-of-dangelo

why do they have to subtitle is "longreads or whatever"

why

indexing purposes i guess

Not much new stuff there. But this caught my eye:

Christgau: I will believe that [D'Angelo's third album] is a good record when it's in my hands and I hear it. But I am skeptical. I don't believe he has the profile of a genius. I think he has the profile of an unreliable artist. I can tell you what I'm certain is going to happen—is nobody is going to know what to make of the record when they write about it. There will be just reams of bullshit written about it. I am certain of it. The long-awaited follow-up album never gets a smart review. You just need time to absorb it.

True, this.

v otm

Why always so much talk about a Voodoo followup, I'm still waiting for the follow up to Brown Sugar, it's been 20 years.

why do they have to subtitle is "longreads or whatever"

why

Refer to: Nathan Barley

And how is that Christgau quote anything other than bullshit? This place is hilarious sometimes.

i'm not sure you understand what a follow-up is

im not sure you do

ok let's just agree to be unsure

was E.T a follow up to Raiders of the lost ark?

yes. it's the next major work by the same person (and in music, using the same name). i think you're looking for "sequel"? and sequel albums are usually shitty.

You're talking about the noun follow up, I'm talking about adjective follow up. Adj. follow up as to relate to, reinforce, evaluate, a previous action. That's not the same as a sequel. Voodoo was not a follow up to Brown Sugar. Any more than Purple Rain was a follow up to Controversy.

There's no indication that this new album will be a follow-up to Voodoo in the sense that you're talking about so what exactly is your point?

who has actually made a 'follow-up' album in the sense you're talking about? unless the songs are actually from the same sessions, i don't even know what that would mean. was The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse really a follow-up to The Blueprint?

There's no indication that this new album will be a follow-up to Voodoo in the sense that you're talking about so what exactly is your point?

I said I was still waiting for a Brown Sugar follow up, 'what exactly is your point?'

who has actually made a 'follow-up' album in the sense you're talking about? unless the songs are actually from the same sessions, i don't even know what that would mean. was The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse really a follow-up to The Blueprint?

In pop music history? You want me to list the 1000s of albums that fit?

Not sure what's setting you off with the statement "im still waiting for a follow up to Brown Sugar", as in, I like Brown Sugar D'Angleo more than Voodoo D'Angelo and I wouldn't have minded him revisiting that sound.

ok good luck with that, since it's not usually how art or time works (although i guess it is how Rick Rubin works).

I didn't say it's how it works but people like what they like. You seem to have a problem with me preferring Brown Sugar. Do I respect Prince's current music? Yes. Do I prefer him on Dirty Mind and Controversy? Yes. Would I have liked more Brown Sugar D'Angelo? Yes. Get over it? Yes.

Meanwhile keep co-signing foolish critics saying shit like "he doesn't have the profile of a genius, he has the profile of a unreliable artist"

ha, ok man.

Meanwhile keep co-signing foolish critics saying shit like "he doesn't have the profile of a genius, he has the profile of a unreliable artist"

i didn't say anything about this? i think he's an unreliable genius fwiw (which is nothing).

dnftt

in the music business it's common to refer to an album that comes directly after another album "the followup" to that previous album. Raccoon Tanuki has his own place where people don't actually use that term and anybody who does get called out. you gotta watch your goddamn mouth around Raccoon Tanuki

Brown Sugar > Voodoo though we're all agreed on that.

hahahahaha

that's just how they roll down topfordshire guv wot wot

Brown Sugar > Voodoo? Psh! maybe on your oatmeal!

You're talking about the noun follow up, I'm talking about adjective follow up. Adj. follow up as to relate to, reinforce, evaluate, a previous action. That's not the same as a sequel. Voodoo was not a follow up to Brown Sugar. Any more than Purple Rain was a follow up to Controversy.

god stfu

you used the term as a noun yanno

When will we get a follow up to nouns?

kinda tired of waiting tbh

I saw this guy live on tuesday night which was a bucket list gig for me - it's the first time he's ever played in Australia. He was 70 minutes late and elongated all the songs to ridiculous lengths (I feel like Untitled lasted 15 minutes or something), but it was totally glorious, one of the best shows I've seen in ages.

Unfortunately I don't think anyone's written about it yet, the only article I've seen on the show is from TMZ making cheap shots about his weight - which, well, he doesn't look like he did in the Untitled video anymore but we've known that for years, and he seemed happy, healthy enough and uninhibited to me.

I was standing just in front of the VIP section where I noticed Angie Stone lurking at one point.

he's definitely in good shape.
wtf with this album being two years late past the last major announce

y'all

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

oh shit

info seems to be pointing at a possible surprise release next week?

who knows if this is real but

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4reyVKCYAEY8XO.jpg

omg

what

this is the song in the trailer, albeit an audibly different version/mix:

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

i first saw rumblings about this on twitter, unattributed, and thought it was new kanye, got really excited - this is arguably more unexpected, and also v fucking cool

still a little bummed it's not kanye tho, not gonna lie