I think he could genuinely go top.
I like him but sometimes the grooves are too locked in and I just want him to loosen it up a bit:
But then he does and thereās probably nothing better in the world
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You know how the most classy and fun footballers are the ones who live in the half-spaces? DāAngelo is the musical version of that
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Never heard of him
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Easy 5 - best gig Iāve ever been to. Heās just the complete triple threat - songwriting, singing and stage presence. That gig was 8 years ago and if it was still going on I wouldnāt be bored. Can imagine itās similar to how people felt after walking out and seeing Prince and James Brown.
EDIT - absolutely lovely moment at 5mins 25secs where it cuts to Nicki Minaj who just looks devastated sheāll never be anywhere as good as he is
think sheās just enjoying the show
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I mean, thatās just definitively the vibe of Voodoo right there. Itās pure grooves. Groovy, yet just a little sloppy, and human rather than mechanical. Delighting in negative space. I think itās part of what makes it such a great record. Might take you a while to get into it, but once your locked into those grooves youāll literally never tire of them. An album that took a while to click for me but then has literally never left rotation. Thereās not many other records I can say that about.
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Itās the Jamie Foxx one āMotherfuckerās too goodā
No idea, abstain.
Massively recommend giving Voodoo a spin at least - think youāll absolutely love it
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I think I have listened to at least one or both but maybe just once. Yeah will have to get on it.
Think itās his best one. Greatest thing for me about Black Messiah was that it still sounded like a follow up to Voodoo even though it came out 14 years later. Black Messiah is incredible for sure, but he (and all the people he was working with) were on another plane when he did Voodoo.
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Someone give me a song of his to listen to as I have no idea who this guy is
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I need to go to sleep but hopefully Iāll have some time to write a bunch tomorrow.
Quickly thoā¦ voodoo is my favorite album of all time and itās been that way for 20+ years.
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Think Iāve heard a couple of songs, but didnāt really like them
Heās really great. A bit of bridge between the more commercial end of neo-soul and the more experimental wave of people like Frank Ocean and Solange. Even his most straightforward stuff is exquisitely crafted and beautifully sung with hints of something more profound about it, but Black Messiah still really stunned with its ambition and scope.
Like a lot of similar artists (including Frank and Solange) I wish he made more music. A very high 4.
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Thanks but that is dreadful
Yeah I love him, 5
Try a couple of earlier ones - not sure Black Messiah is the best place to start tbh. Doesnāt even begin to tell the whole story, but if you donāt them, heās probably not for you
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5/5. Never made a record thatās anything less than āvery goodā (I know heās only made 3 but still). Like Tone said above, thereās a certain subtlety to his music thatās kind of understated but impactful, and thatās a very very hard thing to get right.
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