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Muslim-Bigfoot
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- #11
- Posted: 12/19/2014 17:28
- Post subject: Re: ALC #30: Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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| 19loveless91 wrote: | | It's got the same sort of smooth vibe that makes you want to get laid, but it's possibly more "immediate" track by track, and also explores a larger territory in its neo-soul/RnB genres. |
And here I thought that's the default mode for humans.
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19loveless91
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- #12
- Posted: 12/19/2014 20:55
- Post subject: Re: ALC #30: Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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| Muslim-Bigfoot wrote: | | And here I thought that's the default mode for humans. |
Well sure but I don't think about it all the time
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- Posted: 12/20/2014 01:04
- Post subject: Re: ALC #30: Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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| 19loveless91 wrote: | | Well sure but I don't think about it all the time |
if you're ever thinking in reference to anything involving sexuality you're either a gender theorist or doing it wrong
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- Posted: 12/20/2014 01:33
- Post subject: Re: ALC #30: Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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It's got the same sort of smooth vibe that makes you want to get laid. |
| Muslim-Bigfoot wrote: | | And here I thought that's the default mode for humans. |
You've known how many women exactly? 
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19loveless91
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- Posted: 12/20/2014 12:36
- Post subject: Re: ALC #30: Black Messiah by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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| satiemaniac wrote: | | if you're ever thinking in reference to anything involving sexuality you're either a gender theorist or doing it wrong |
I don't think I'm talking about what you think I'm talking about. And tbh I'm not sure what you're talking about.
That comment, which I in all honesty regret now, came from my experience of listening to Voodoo and Black Messiah back-to-back in my bed, and suddenly thinking "damn is it lonely in here?".
Having Richard on Skype just didn't suffice my needs.
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- Posted: 12/21/2014 06:41
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This album is amazing! On many levels. I love how when I listen to it I am kind of reminded of similar vibes from earlier greats like Sly Stone and Prince and Al Green. At the same time I am looking at a whole unique evolution and somewhat woozy experimental album at times too - an album that doesn't sound like the past but something NOW and into tomorrow. And at the same time the issues and the subjects at times totally reflect a vital "NOWness". It's a beautiful balance. And his vocals are just so strange at times. And at other times so traditional and affecting in either mode he goes into.
It's a brilliant record.
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alelsupreme
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- Posted: 12/21/2014 15:46
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I swear to god I've heard The Door on an advert...
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- Posted: 12/21/2014 16:17
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This album dropped just as I started really getting into D'Angelo, so it was a really pleasant surprise. Really good album, perhaps even better than Voodoo at times simply because it has the variety that Voodoo suffers from lacking. I certainly need to give it another listen, it could very confidently lodge itself into my top 5 for the year.
I wonder if there's any science behind why things can be so damn smooth.
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Skinny
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- Posted: 12/22/2014 17:20
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Definitely getting major Sly Stone and George Clinton vibes, but Prince sounds like the overriding influence to me. Some of the sweeter songs in that middle section sound like they could've come from Around the World in a Day. Anyway, the album is excellent, been listening to it quite a lot since it dropped. Difficult to say where it ranks among D'Angelo's other albums, but they're all of very high quality. I feel this album's greatest strength is the way it manages to sound so relaxed and spontaneous and yet still feels like it has been painstakingly slaved over, with every sound adjusted and readjusted down to the tiniest detail, which is exactly the same feeling I get from Aphex Twin's Syro. The mixing's fantastic, from the relentless unease brought about by '1000 Deaths' to the way 'Really Love' slowly unfurls from very little to feel like a lived-in classic. 'Another Love' is practically a Delfonics song, which I can definitely dig. Anyway, album is dope, easily Top Ten of the year, good to have D'Angelo back. (I wasn't joking with that Erykah Badu comment, though.)
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- Posted: 12/23/2014 17:49
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| Skinny wrote: | | I feel this album's greatest strength is the way it manages to sound so relaxed and spontaneous and yet still feels like it has been painstakingly slaved over, with every sound adjusted and readjusted down to the tiniest detail, which is exactly the same feeling I get from Aphex Twin's Syro. |
Great comparison. Been having a mini-obsession with that one too. Maybe my favorite James release, though I'm not nearly familiar enough with his catalog for that to carry much weight.
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