So D'Angelo played in Stockholm today..

[illphillip]

I'm kinda mad this isn't bigger and nicer. I'm sure D and his crew have nicer ones. This is what some staff got.

I also think to myself how ridiculous that CD in there is going to look in a few years.....proud to have it though.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

This is arguably as good as the original Earth, Wind, & Fire jawn...From D's 1996 Live At The Jazz Cafe EP...

. There is not one dude in R&B right now that has 1/8 of the swagger or artistry D has. No one.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

This outtake is from the Voodoo sessions...

 

[illphillip]

Forgot I still had this....

 

[Kimchi Papi]

D has notched up even more cool points with me. He covered David Bowie's Space Oddity in Paris & it's not bad...Here's the latest entry to the tour diary that OkayPlayer is keeping, link here.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Originally Posted by psk2310


One of the greatest musicians to come out of the 20th century most people haven't even heard of (outside of the Broadway play), Fela Kuti. This came from a tribute album featuring Femi (Fela's son), Macy Gray, Roy Hargrove, D'Angelo, The Soultronics, & the great Nile Rodgers...What chu all know 'bout this?!?

I  HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Sup fam. Can't believe D doesn't get more love than this but guess I shouldn't be too suprised. How on earth does french montana get several pages & D doesn't? BTW, will french have a crew like dipset & have dudes named english wyoming & turkish idaho? JK....I know corny...

Anyway, the good flks at OkayPlayer provided a link to a full audio down load of D's concert in Paris. The link to the page is here. Okayplay is affiliated with D so this should be legal download. Mods- if I'm incorrect please let me know & I will edit. The set list for the download is:

01. Playa Playa
02. Feel Like Makin’ Love [Roberta Flack cover]
03. Ain’t That Easy [new song]
04. Devil’s Pie
05. Chicken Grease
06. The Line (intro) > The Root
07. The Charade [new song]
08. I’ve Been Watching You (Move Your Sexy Body) [Parliament cover]
09. !!$$, Damn, $%%@#@$#$$@# (inc. bass & drum solo)
10. Solo medley: Brown Sugar (tease) > Jonz In My Bonz > Spanish Joint > Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine > Cruisin’ > Higher > One Mo’Gin > Untitled (How Does It Feel)
11. Another Life [new song]
12. Sugah Daddy [new song]
13. Space Oddity [David Bowie cover]
14. Brown Sugar

D’Angelo – Vocals, Guitar, Yamaha CP70 electric piano

The Testimony:
Isaiah Sharkey – Guitar
Jef Lee Johnson – Guitar
Ray Angry – Keys
Pino Palladino – Bass
Chris Dave – Drums
Robert Lumzy – Percussion, Vocals
Kendra Foster – Vocals
Jermaine Holmes – Vocals
Charles “Red

 

[dvdjamm5150]

cover art by Jenn Kaye

UPDATE: this mix is now downloadable! Go crazy:

>>ownload

You may have noticed me using the header Mixtape Mondays on a few posts recently–something we intend to  make a semi-regular feature here at Okayplayer. We figured we would kick it off properly with an actual OKP mixtape; something official, something original, something exclusive. Something worthy to place alongside DJ Soul‘s incredible Best of Common and Dilla mixtapes. And then we was like, Hmm what’s happening the last monday in January that we could use as a theme? Superbowl? Newt Gingrich? Or MAYBE the phoenix-like reemergence of our beloved D’Angelo, who is currently spreading his fiery musical wings across the waters in Europe.

Accordingly, we asked super-thorough DJ/producer and Soulquarian obsessive Sam Champ (you may remember the tough remix of “Left & Right

 

[mf doomer]

Originally Posted by psk2310


One of the greatest musicians to come out of the 20th century most people haven't even heard of (outside of the Broadway play), Fela Kuti. This came from a tribute album featuring Femi (Fela's son), Macy Gray, Roy Hargrove, D'Angelo, The Soultronics, & the great Nile Rodgers...What chu all know 'bout this?!?

sick, how'd i miss this, sounds like the original.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

D hit up the UK to play at Brixton Academy. Okayplayer posted a review, link here to the story below. They also posted some performances which I'll post seperately. Sounds like he & the band have already hit their form. Damn, can't wait till he hits the states....

Some people are impossible to please.

During the encore chant at D’Angelo’s second London performance, a group of middle-aged men objected to the apparent regurgitation of old material. But in the same crowd I met people who had flown from New York to hear the “Chicken Grease

 

[Kimchi Papi]

 

[Kimchi Papi]

 

[wade187]

D was THAT dude. Hopefully he stays clean, at least clean enough to keep making music

 

[cato312]

Great stuff posted here...thanks fellas.  Listened to voodoo all weekend thanks to this thread 

 

[Kimchi Papi]

 
GQ justpostedthe first interview D'Angelo did in10 years. They also posted the vid shown above. It's an extensiveinterview so I didn'tbother copying it into this post so here is the link.Nice to see D back. Can't wait till his next release & tour!!!

 

[dynamics82]

Originally Posted by psk2310


My wife's cousin just told me she'd never heard this gem off of the Space Jam soundtrack...Really!?!?? Posting just in case NT fam hadn't heard this either...

love this song but this aint the version on the space jam soundtrack

 

[jdi23]

Got the GQ issue yesterday and the interview is a very good read. New D'Angelo is always appreciated. Dude looks clean hopefully it stays that way.

 

[k3stacks]

DAT MAN SHARP!!!

 

[Kimchi Papi]

That story about Angie Stone was cold man...I was also thinking why didn't Clapton offer the rehab free since it's his facility unless he didn't think D was serious at the time (the article/interview clearly says he wasn't serious about cleaning up either)...

 

[bossplaya0625]

Need to check that GQ interview out, glad to see my dude is getting it back together. Now we just need another album.

 

[k3stacks]

http://www.gq.com/video/videos/dangelo-video

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I really don't care for David Sanborn but found this on youtube. D covering the Bill Withers classic with Sanborn & Clapton...Dude has more soul in his pinky than all of these young cats out right now (mulitplied times a billion).

 

[doublejs07]

I hope he's on the straight and narrow...LONG overdue for another masterpiece.

I saw this on another board (when folks were going back and forth on a D'Angelo/R.Kelly debate)...and I have to agree

D'Angelo not so much. He is a different kind of artist,....more complex. Less about commercialism and more about artistic statement.


Got flamed here on NT, but I've ALWAYS felt he's the superior talent.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

R Kelly has sold more records & has more hits, but D'Angelo is much more talented & soulful. Shoot, he help define soul music again.