d’angelo

With his live dates in Amsterdam and Paris already announced, we all hoped/strongly suspected this was coming. Still, my eyes almost popped out of my head on seeing it officially written in internet ink: D’Angelo. Brixton Academy, London. February 3, 2012. [...]

Do you have a spare couple hours to learn about Baduizm? Good… Erykah Badu covers a hell of a lot of ground in this two hour sit down with the peoples at the Red Bull Music Academy, which is happening right now in Madrid. She talks about her early days, influences and how her and D’Angelo were [...]

Following The Conglomerate‘s four keys to a balanced breakfast which came in the form of J-Doe and Busta Rhymes‘ “Coke, Dope, Crack, Smack,” rapper, producer, songwriter and musician J-Doe teams up once again with (the no introduction necessary) Busta Rhymes. This time they slow it down with their latest collaboration “So Easy” which recently hit [...]

After The Roots drummer/Musical Director ?uestlove threw propane on the flames of rumours that the long awaited third album from the AWOL modern soul legend D’angelo was actually in progress and on the way, Q-Tip has gone ahead thrown some more fuel on the growing inferno. The A Tribe Called Quest founding father tweeted earlier [...]

Whilst this week is fully underway with new music galore, let’s go back and big up some of the hottest picks from last week.. With news from Skepta and Spike Lee, long awaited music from Lil Wayne, new cuts from Wale x J Cole and open letter to Simon Cowell, videos from Bluey Robinson, Lowkey [...]

Finally some news on D’Angelo‘s long awaited, long rumoured, then confirmed [followed by another wait of nothing] follow-up album to his Grammy Award winning, platinum selling sophomore LP Voodoo, released in 2000. The Richmond, Virginia hailing modern soul icon’s new album is currently being recorded, if The Roots‘ drummer ?uestlove‘s recent tweets from a New [...]

The enchanting Oakland, California hailing Mara Hruby returns with the second video from her covers EP directed by SC familia Jesse Boykins III and edited by Dr Woo. “Stereolab (Lose Myself)” is Miss Hruby’s take on the The Roots’ “Stereolab” from the J Dilla tribute Dilla Joints and is the opening track on the From [...]

Brown Sugar was released on July 3, 1995 and it became a refreshing reminder of how potent the mixture of Soul and R&B can be on a record. Upon its release, Michael “D’Angelo” Archer had created quite a stir with his song “U Will Know” performed by Black Men United, from the Jason’s Lyric movie [...]

Producers Teeko & B. Bravo have made a stripped down, spaced out, funked up remix of Mark Ronson and D’Angelo’s “Glass Mountain Trust” – one of my favourite songs to drop in the last quarter of 2010, from Mark Ronson & The Business International’s recently released album, titled Record Collection. “This is insane right here,” [...]

Here is the debut video from Oakland, California hailing rising star Mara Hruby. Taken from her EP From Her Eyes, “Is This Love” the young singer’s beautiful Bob Marley cover is married perfectly with the visuals that were shot & directed by up and coming NYC director Slick Jackson. Crafted over a period of nine [...]