Depending on the level of Internet vacuum you exist in, you’re likely aware neo soul maestro D'Angelo and his backing band The Vanguard Beyoncé’d a new album, Black Messiah, at midnight on ...

If D'Angelo had his way, Black Messiah wouldn't have come out at all For a while, it looked like D’Angelo was going to become R&B’s Axl Rose. The parallels are easy to spot: Both individuals ...

Then, at midnight, just in time to ruin everyone's "Best of 2014" list, D'Angelo released Black Messiah, and we all lost our minds. Some things to know about D'Angelo's newest release.

“Shut your mouth off and focus on what you feel inside,” D’Angelo sings at the outset of his third album, “Black Messiah” (RCA), which arrived unexpectedly this week. He heeds his own ...

The mercurial R&B musician released his third album after a 14-year silence — and it's worth the wait By Elias Leight, Billboard D'Angelo H 2014 After 14 years without a full-length album, D ...

Fourteen years of secrecy vanished in a flash Monday when m.i.a. soul star D’Angelo surprised the world with a whole new album. The now 40-year-old star released the full, 12 song “Blac… ...

In a brief forward in the liner notes for “Black Messiah,” the great new album from the soul artist known simply as D’Angelo, the creator declares his intentions with a dose of humility.

D’Angelo released the 12-track Black Messiah more than 14 years after the debut of his critically acclaimed sophomore album Voodoo, which hit stores in January 2000 and was certified platinum.

D’Angelo explains that the title Black Messiah is not about him: “It’s about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had ...

D’Angelo is back after 14 years with “Black Messiah,” an album that’s subtle, political, organic and reclaim’s his throne as R&B’s genius.