About damn time: New D'Angelo album *** "Black Messiah" Out Now on Itunes! *** (Stream)

[CaughtInTWebb]

Best songs to me

The Charade
Really Love
Til it's Done
Prayer
Another Life

But the whole album is just

 

[James Dean]

This nikka album is incredible.

 

[TezMilli]

Album is phenomenal!

 

[The D-List Vet]

Best songs to me

The Charade
Really Love
Til it's Done
Prayer
Another Life

But the whole album is just

yass the bold track

 

[Flay Mayweather]

Playing this while scrolling down my Pro-black tumblr dashboard

 

[NormanConnors]

felt this album right away , that might just be me though, I haven't listened to an album yet in my lifetime where I don't have a decision on it after 1-3 listens, 3 listens is a stretch sometimes.

 

[Why-Fi]

the only joint i don't like is 1000 deaths. but even that one is at least listenable. this album knocks like a mf'r

 

[Why-Fi]

Its not an easy record to fully digest, I'm surprised that more people don't feel the way that you do (maybe they are just not speaking up against the positivity mob)

The album is full of unfamiliar chord progressions, off key moments, unique verse/chorus/bridge song structures, and subtlety. These moments are jarring to your brain. Your brain may literally not even be able to process these unfamiliarities upon the first few listens. That is not a patronizing comment....it literally is science proven through behavioral studies.

Even people who liked this album immediately like myself are literally not able to fully understand it at first. We recognize the brilliance, but we will still be discovering new moments upon the 10th, 15th, 20th listens that deepen our appreciation for it.

I wish I could find the study I read years ago about how unfamiliarity with certain sounds can often be beyond our neurological capactiy to interpret upon the first listens. It was pretty fascinating. As someone who listens to a lot of jarring/noisy/difficult music, I know that melodies can remain hidden for a while. But once they expose themselves it becomes earth shattering.

Here is a quick video for anyone interested in this concept. It was the best I could find with a quick Google search:
http://video.about.com/neurology/Brain-on-Art--How-the-Brain-Reacts-to-Unfamiliar-Art.htm

truth...burt bacharach and james brown, for example leveraged this same shyt in their music...funkadelic also...bending melodies dipping left suddenly when everybody was expecting right, musically. bacharach was infamous for it, he had mad detractors

 

[YouMadd?]

Wow. This album....

Culture, art, us, we needed this. With all the shyt going on... This album just reminded me what was important... It's like dude is watching shyt like ferguson, the wars, thots, ISIS, death, despair, pain, everywhere etc...

D Angelo stepped in and just tried to bring a little love back in the atmosphere

I just copped itunes but I am copping the vinyl and CD... I have a feeling I'm going to remember this period in history in relation to my life, and this will be my soundtrack tht I remember.

 

[YouMadd?]

Its not an easy record to fully digest, I'm surprised that more people don't feel the way that you do (maybe they are just not speaking up against the positivity mob)

The album is full of unfamiliar chord progressions, off key moments, unique verse/chorus/bridge song structures, and subtlety. These moments are jarring to your brain. Your brain may literally not even be able to process these unfamiliarities upon the first few listens. That is not a patronizing comment....it literally is science proven through behavioral studies.

Even people who liked this album immediately like myself are literally not able to fully understand it at first. We recognize the brilliance, but we will still be discovering new moments upon the 10th, 15th, 20th listens that deepen our appreciation for it.

I wish I could find the study I read years ago about how unfamiliarity with certain sounds can often be beyond our neurological capactiy to interpret upon the first listens. It was pretty fascinating. As someone who listens to a lot of jarring/noisy/difficult music, I know that melodies can remain hidden for a while. But once they expose themselves it becomes earth shattering.

Here is a quick video for anyone interested in this concept. It was the best I could find with a quick Google search:
http://video.about.com/neurology/Brain-on-Art--How-the-Brain-Reacts-to-Unfamiliar-Art.htm

This is very true and really Jazz's bread and butter. How many times have you listened to a 7 minute miles Davis song and then you find yourself humming a small piece from that out of nowhere like I don't even remember listening to this shyt

 

[Easy-E]

This album is very BLACK, brehs. I expected something more "rough" & "angry" but to very"strong" & "smooth"

It different, but, moneywell spent.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Disappointing album after 14 years. The new versions of 1000 Deaths and Really Love sounds overproduced, The original versions were better imo.

There is always someone talking this elitist bullshyt...

 

[TheSwede]

What an album. Love it. Haven't listened to Voodoo or Brown Sugar in a while. I think i'm going to buy this and that's a the proof of this being a really great album, nowadays I never buy albums unless it's old classics to expand my collection.

 

[Flay Mayweather]

This album is refreshing

compared to the music im stuck listening to

Im 20, so its kinda hard for me resonate with soul music like this.

 

[Papa LaBas]

its coming nikkas