No five year album wait this time (hopefully). From today's Okayplayer.com news:

"D'angelo is currently in L.A. working on his next album! (How's that for music to your ears?!) As we speak, Mr. Untitled himself is in the lab working on 4 new songs with close friend and musical colleague Raphael Saadiq. With the way D paces himself between albums, it seems that he and Raphael's collabo "You Should Be Here" was the studio's way of making a suggestion to D to get back up in it! Either way, we all continue to wait in great anticipation of whatever is next from D'angelo."

YAAAY YIPPEEE!!! :wh00t:

About damn time. I hope he shakes up the music industry a whole lot with his next album.

Whatever happened to him producing a Prince album?

feltbluish said:

It was never on the cards, D, ?uestlove etc have just been vocal about how they'd like to produce Prince and get back to the rawer 80s sound.

D'Angelo and Beck were interviewed together and they spoke about Prince at length (I'm sure someone can link you to the text) and mentioned how they were mainly into P's 80s stuff. For some reason it's D that takes the flack here at P.Org.

He also gets wrongly blamed for Saul Williams' liner notes in the Voodoo album which comment on Prince in a sometimes negative light.

I Read a Interview with D last year He was in the Studio.He is dealing with His Label as well.but He should be Alright to do His thing.

I saw and spoke briefly with bother ?questlove on Aug.16 in Seattle. He did a dj set that night, which was was off the meter by the way! I had an opportunity to ask him about D'angelo. He said that D and Raphael were headed to La. to start working and that this will be a guitar album. Can't wait to see the direction he goes. Maybe ala Curtis Mayfield or possibly early Funkadelic funk rock sound. Kinda hard to say, but that would be the shit if went there with it. We need some of that in black music nowadays

But what about the Soulquarians project?..is it in the can? So the next D joint will be out in 2004. I dont care if they already have 4 songs, it ait coming out for a long minute. His songs sound like what molasses would sound like and they take its time just like it to. But its gonna be the jam, u know it.

There was also talk of a live cd from the last tour but looks like that fizzled out.

Essence said:

Wrongly? It was D'Angelo's album, not Saul Williams'. D obviously endorsed the liners by the very fact that they're contained in his album. D'Angelo is a target on that front because he's in the spotlight more than Saul...and is carrying on the tradition.

Supernova said:

Isn't that the same as saying Prince fully endorsed being called a "public relations goof ball" or saying his material had been "just this side of stale" by Jim Walsh in The Gold Experience liner notes?

Maybe on both occasions the artist's simply allowed free reign to the writer...

agotajonesmartha says: please Michael hurry up..we have been waiting to hear from you for a long time.

Essence said:

Well what-EVA the case may b, its a good thing they wrote that, because it shook the cobwebs out of Prince's Paisley funk and inspired his ass again.

well right on!!
I saw d'angelo live in stockholm
in the summer of 2000(voodoo tour).
that show was a total mindblower.
questlove was on drums & the place was
stupidly rocking.
would be great with a heavy guitar-oriented
album with a strong direction towards
early 80´s prince production
with a lot of them old school
oberheim synthesizers.dr.fink style
if you know what I mean.

peace/manki

manki said:

Yeah I saw Voodoo 2000 Euro tour at Brixton. Classic show and got Slum Village as support act too.

i thought d'angelo was going to release a live double-set from the voodoo tour... hopefully, that'll still come out... or maybe he'll do like cracker did with their last album... a limited number of the albums were released with a live cd as a bonus disc... that would be nice...

EllisDee said:

Yeah, a Voodoo live video was on cards too, but the moment's long past now.
[This message was edited Wed Aug 28 15:29:02 PDT 2002 by Essence]

Essence said:

You've "seen" it?..I only have the audio.

rdhull said:

I was there. I have two bootlegs of the show, neither are complete.

Essence said:

Oh,I thought you meant you had a boot-vid of it. Lucky you,actually being there.

rdhull said:

Yeah so instead of a 5 year wait it will be four.
What happened to 'Jones River" (or is that the Soulquarinas thing)? I thought that was half done by the time Voodoo finally came out.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

I cant immediately recall what that is..I dont know if thats the name of the Soulquarians group project. The SQ project was what D's next venture was supposed to be,and he was working on it the past year and it shoud be in the can but I havent heard anything.

rdhull said:

Anywhoo, hey babe.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Hola chica

Essence said:

Yes.

D'angelo has alot of potential but he needs to pick it up on his albums. I think he must get too stoned and mellow in the studio, but live he's great. Loved the first album, but Voodoo was in a haze of weed. Still waiting to see if he's the real deal.

DMSR said:

D took it to the swamp on Voodoo. But more importantly--where did you get your avatar!!! Thats the shit I been talkin about!!

people, this post is about d'angelo, and probably kept alive by some real d' fans (like me). if so, you can probably answer my question: do you know where i can find footage from the voodoo-tour? i heard there are tapes circulating.. how can i get hold of them? who do i have to get in touch with to get hold of them? are there any links to realvideo files from any of his performances? i did visit the dangelosangels.com page. seen the videofiles but that's it. i'm dying to see one of his voodoo-shows! help me out, please..

purpleone said:

I have several audio boots but have never even heard of video footage. The Brixton audio came from webcast that used to be online so maybe someone scanned it onto videotape...