Your Daily Funk – D’Angelo & Questlove ‘Live At The Brooklyn Bowl’ Set
Photo Credit: Atane Ofiaja Early reading of Questlove’s new tome caused me to spend chunks of today first listening to D’Angelo’s cover of The SOS Band’s “Tell Me If You Still Care” and then the full...
View ArticleThis Beyonce x D’Angelo Mashup Might Get Somebody Pregnant On New Year’s Eve
Mashups are normally hit or miss. Either a DJ picks two songs that blend together like oil and water. Or he/she simply doesn’t know what they’re doing and the end result is a train wreck of massive...
View ArticleD’Angelo’s Cover Of “I’m So Glad You’re Mine” Will Make You Happy And Sad At...
Getty Image Remember last year when D’Angelo and Questlove had me all giddy over the prospect D would be dropping his long-awaited new album? And how the videos of his live performances at Brooklyn...
View ArticleThe Best Thing On TV Last Night Was An R&B Song About Banging Moms
FOX With all due respect to Ser Pounce and Joan’s boots, the clear winner in last night’s There’s So Much Good TV on Sunday Night, Why Can’t At Least One Show Move to Monday When There’s Hardly...
View ArticleOn D’Angelo, Frank Ocean And The Veil Of Anonymity
Getty Image Beauty resides in anonymity. Frustration does, too. And somehow, both have come to define two of music’s most notorious enigmas, D’Angelo and Frank Ocean. Last week, Kevin Liles confirmed...
View ArticleWe Have Radiohead To Thank For Justin Timberlake’s ‘SexyBack’
Getty Image GQ has a shiny new feature on their website that lists the 21 Albums from the 21st Century Every Man Should Hear, because only dudes are allowed to enjoy Back to Black? SORRY LADIES....
View ArticleRejoice! D’Angelo’s New Song ‘Sugah Daddy’ Will Release Tonight (Update)
The wait is almost over. Many music fans have been on hold 14 long years for D’Angelo to release a follow-up to his 2000 LP Voodoo and now we are here. On Friday, D’Angelo’s management released a...
View ArticleD’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ Album Releases Tonight. Here’s A Look At The...
Following the overnight delivery of his funky new track “Sugah Daddy,” more good news from D’Angelo in the form of the tracklist to his new album Black Messiah. The album will contain 12 new songs...
View ArticleStream D’Angelo’s New Album ‘Black Messiah’ For Free
Via itunes Although it took well over a decade, D’Angelo’s Black Messiah perhaps couldn’t have come at a better time for it to experience success. As I type, that sound you hear are the 999 other think...
View ArticleHere’s Why D’Angelo’s ‘Black Messiah’ Was Released So Suddenly
Via itunes Everyone has an opinion on the current state of race relations in America. Some write. Others protest. Others wear t-shirts. And others make music. If D’Angelo and The Vanguard’s...
View ArticleJ.K. Simmons Is Going To Host ‘SNL’ And D’Angelo Is Going To Sing
Sony Pictures Whiplash star and Oscar nominee J.K. Simmons is going to host Saturday Night Live on January 31st and D’Angelo will be the musical guest in a rare TV appearance after releasing his first...
View Article‘Black Lives Matter': D’Angelo’s Debut Performance On ‘SNL’ Was Powerful
Just how good was D’Angelo on SNL? His hat is the second thing people will bring up while discussing his performance. The first? “Holy sh*t, that was great.” The Black Messiah and his Vanguard band...
View Article‘SNL’ Scorecard: J.K. Simmons Didn’t Quite Hit His Tempo
Last night was Saturday Night Live’s third show in a row – which, in itself, isn’t anything too terribly unique – but it’s also just two weeks away from the 40th anniversary show. So, what we have is...
View ArticleThese Musicians Disappeared For Way Too Long, But Who Tortured Us Longest?
NBC Some bands make it easy on us as fans. They quit. Plain and simple. They make an announcement, something along the lines of disbanding due to personal reasons, creative differences, or succumbing...
View ArticleD’Angelo Revealed That He’s Planning To Release A Follow-Up To ‘Black Messiah’
Getty Image D’Angelo caught the music world off guard last December when he decided to release his Black Messiah album, his first LP in nearly 14 years. It took another six months for him to grant his...
View ArticleD’Angelo Dispelled A Popular Myth In His First TV Interview In More Than A...
The predominant narrative surrounding D’Angelo is that he collapsed under the pressure of becoming a sudden sex symbol after his video for “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” was released. The fact that he...
View ArticleSay It Loud: Protest Music Came Back To The Forefront In 2015
Getty Image The storylines and subplots that accompanied all of the great music in 2015 added a nice level of meta-enjoyment to megafans and critics alike. Whether it was power/blatant opportunism at...
View ArticleD’Angelo Is Set To Return With The “Black Messiah” Album
Subscribe to UPROXX D’Angelo is back with a new album called “Black Messiah.” He has yet to announce the release date but it appears it will be dropping soon. D’Angelo’s last album “Voodoo” dropped in...
View ArticleD’Angelo’s Black Messiah Album Drops Tongiht At Midnight
I got a chance to hear D’Angelo’s “Black Messiah” earlier today at a listening session in the city. During the session they announced the album will drop at midnight and the first single will be...
View ArticleVideo: D’Angelo Performs On Saturday Night Live
D’Angelo hit the Saturday Night Live stage to perform “Really Love” and “The Charade” off of his latest album “Black Messiah.” Props Yardie
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