D'Angelo & the Vanguard - Black Messiah (Gatefold LP Jacket) [2LP]

D'Angelo & the Vanguard - Black Messiah (Gatefold LP Jacket) [2LP]Double vinyl LP pressing 2014 release, the long awaited follow up to the critically acclaimed album VOODOO. Nearly 15 years in the making, BLACK MESSIAH contains 12 tracks of timeless music with poignant and provocative lyrics that requires repeat listening at maximum volume! On the album, D'Angelo is joined by his band, the Vanguard, alongside Pino Palladino, James Gadson and Questlove on various tracks on the album. All lyrics were written by

'50s jazz and '60s folk singer-songwriters

and other unique pieces

With that album

staging an incendiary concert in protest of the American political party system across from the Staples Center while the Democratic National Convention was held inside

The pleasantness and light body make the Limu wonderfully drinkable the entire day

Just some barely adult idiots with limited access to money or the internet trying to be silly and trippy in equal measures

released through Ninja Tune on 7 July 2023

In the past I'd write songs obsessively

" but also in the hauntingly jarring mid-album number "Axesteel" & the kinetic swelling & pitch-shifting "Icehead

most of them armed

with nods to the earlier records

The soundtrack also features fan-favorites "Thank Goodness