Black Messiah
by D'Angelo And The Vanguard
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D'Angelo And The Vanguard bestography
Black Messiah is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by D'Angelo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by D'Angelo is Voodoo which is ranked number 518 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,387.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Black Messiah track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2025 16:47 |  covecove | 6,491 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 23:48 | jcornejo | 60 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 19:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 5,846 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 13:13 |  DommeDamian | 7,297 | 49/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 20:58 | Goodrump | 41 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 81.2/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Album Rating: 79.25
(951/12)
1.Ain't That Easy. 86
2.1000 Deaths. 93
3.The Charade. 74
4.Sugah Daddy. 76
5.Really Love. 87
6.Back To The Future (Part I). 78
7.Till It's Done (Tulu). 72
8.Prayer. 83
9.Betray My Heart. 84
10.The Door. 70
11.Back To The Future (Part II). 68
12.Another Life
VictorVale 07/27/2022 17:53 | #287895
Genial em vários aspectos. Não tem uma música que sem um brilho criativo. Filhote de Prince e isso é um baita de um elogio.
D'angelo came out of nowhere and showed us that age is merely just a number with this project.
An album that starts out great with the first few tracks but slowly drifts away in terms of quality. At times it is just too slow and there isn't enough substance to proper delve into the album. The tracks and the album could do with being cut down as there is a lot of filler. Despite this, the album has got an incredible groove and they definitely create some fantastic rhythms. When they get it right, they smash it and if they kept that up the album could be phenomenal. Overall, just lacking in a few key things that hold this record down.
Brad1770 10/18/2021 18:54 | #275157
Seminal R&B / funk release from D’Angelo and the Vanguard which also manages to meld hip hop, soul, gospel, blues, jazz and rock into a beautiful recipe
Timestarter 08/17/2021 18:13 | #272601
Highlights: All of Them.
I didn't understand the hype of this album, maybe I got to listen to it more.
planetneutral 01/23/2021 15:50 | #264928
Maybe it's just my mood, but I vibed with this more than the other D'Angelo albums.
Montpejo 04/04/2020 18:33 | #249530
Highlights:
Sugah Daddy`
Ain't That Easy
Really Love
Another Life
Back To The Future (Part I)
buzzdainer 11/03/2018 22:13 | #223797
Black Messiah is a low-key album, one that takes time to fully absorb and that can be difficult to categorize. It contains elements of neo-soul and hip hop, but it's the smoky, sexy grooves that D'Angelo sinks into on tracks such as "Really Love" that sets this album apart from its peers. Pitchfork calls it "a study in controlled chaos," which seems about right, given that the album was over a decade in the making. Given the enormous talent that D'Angelo obviously is, I hope for his sake that his artistic achievement on this excellent album help him to overcome the personal struggles (DUI's and arrests for possession of illegal drugs) that so far have caused so many hiccups in his otherwise brilliant career.
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