D’Angelo Appreciation // RIP Roy Hargrove :(
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I know a lot of us be trying to look for audio and everything, and decided to just up everything for everyone to have in one place. I also added his tribute to Prince on Fallon under "Miscellaneous" since YouTube took it down.I can't even rep you enough for this, especially the live stuff.
Piff Perkins
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Ah. I'd agree actually. The highs on Voodoo are higher imo, but overall as an ALBUM Black Messiah is better and more consistent.
Questlove said there was enough complete material for another album immediately after BM came out. I'd imagine he's been revising those tracks and adding new ones. When that process ends...who knows lol
Yeah definitely! The consistency is one reason why I rate BM as D’Angelo’s best album too. It’s just a beautiful listen from start to finish and I also think that D has shown growth from Voodoo as well.
Yeah, they were talking about a “companion piece” for some time now. D did an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015 mentioning it. And then there were talks like earlier last year about a new song called “Red Dress” too. But since then I haven’t heard anything else in regards to the new album. I also think he’s recorded a lot of new stuff since then though. I am really curious about the sound of the record. I’m wondering if it will be a Part 2/extension of BM, or will he experiment further?
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I been listening to all 3 lately and Voodoo is still my fav. I think because I was actually fukking, and n a relationship for the first time, that it resonates with me so much.
Had the absolute pleasure of seeing him live a few years ago 
R&B Jesus 
Russell Elevado (D’Angelo’s engineer) just posted this rare footage of D’Angelo in the studio (1999) recording the cover of “Water Get No Enemy” for Red Hot Riot (Fela Kuti Tribute Album).
Sane
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Thats dope. First time Ive heard that cover version of Water get no enemy
Shield & Sword
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I'm trying to collate the best live recordings from Black Messiah, video or audio and compile my own live album since D's just keeping it on his floppy disks
Are there any good versions of 1000 Deaths / Prayer / The Door on the internet at all?
Are there any good versions of 1000 Deaths / Prayer / The Door on the internet at all?
Best live recording of “The Door” is from the Spotify Sessions recordings. I had a live recording of “Prayer” on a live album that someone recorded in 2015. It was a show he played overseas. It was like the intro of the concert set. And I think there’s one of “1000 Deaths” too. I’ll let you know when I find it.
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voodoo holds a special place in my heart bc it was the soundtrack to my summer when it came out
but black messiah is just a better album. voodoo is the work of a man still navigating the depths of black music...and trying to develop his own voice throughout all those influences
black messiah you hear a man whos ingrained those influences but bled out some shyt thats familiar yet fresh and new and truly his own
D is fukkin masterful on this.
but black messiah is just a better album. voodoo is the work of a man still navigating the depths of black music...and trying to develop his own voice throughout all those influences
black messiah you hear a man whos ingrained those influences but bled out some shyt thats familiar yet fresh and new and truly his own
D is fukkin masterful on this.
phonthought3000
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I feel the following albums are a companion piece to each other and tells a story when you connect them
Outkast-Aquemini -- The Roots-Things Fall Apart -- D'Angelo - Voodoo -- Common Like Water For Chocolate -- Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Also if u notice D, Com and Erykah's album all came out in 00 and the actual color of the CD represented the colors of the Pan-African Flag
Voodoo - Black
LWFC - Green
Mama's Gun - Red
Outkast-Aquemini -- The Roots-Things Fall Apart -- D'Angelo - Voodoo -- Common Like Water For Chocolate -- Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
Also if u notice D, Com and Erykah's album all came out in 00 and the actual color of the CD represented the colors of the Pan-African Flag
Voodoo - Black
LWFC - Green
Mama's Gun - Red
One of my favorite live renditions of "Send It On" done by the king. Just the piano work and his voice. I think this was in 2012 when he was doing his set of comeback concerts overseas before BM's release.