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Studio album by D`Angelo and the Vanguard
Released December 15, 2014
Recorded 2002–2014
Studio
MSR, Sear Sound, Avatar, and Quad Recording in New York CityHenson Recording and The Plant in Los AngelesHydra SF
Genre
Progressive soulfunkR&Bneo souljazz-funkrock
Length 55:54
Label RCA
Producer D`Angelo
D`Angelo chronology
The Best So Far
(2008) Black Messiah
(2014)

Black Messiah is the third studio album by American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist D`Angelo, credited to D`Angelo and the Vanguard. It was released on December 15, 2014, through RCA Records, more than a decade after his previous solo release Voodoo.[2] The album was produced and mostly written by D`Angelo, who collaborated with musicians including drummer Questlove, bassist Pino Palladino, guitarist Isaiah Sharkey, and horn player Roy Hargrove. He pursued an entirely analog and murky funk sound for the record, lending it comparisons to the 1971 Sly & the Family Stone album There`s a Riot Goin` On.[3]

Black Messiah was among 2014`s most highly anticipated albums and was released to critical acclaim, later being ranked as one of the year`s best albums. The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard charts and number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling over 117,000 units in its first week. Black Messiah was promoted with the release of the single `Really Love` and a tour called The Second Coming.

Background
D`Angelo released his critically acclaimed album Voodoo in 2000. Towards the end of his worldwide tour in support of the album that same year, D`Angelo`s personal issues towards performing had worsened.[4] He became more conscious of and uncomfortable with his status as a sex symbol, and after the tour D`Angelo returned to his home in Richmond, Virginia, disappearing from the public eye.[5] Following the suicide of his close friend, MTV-affiliate Fred Jordan, in April 2001, he started to develop an alcohol addiction.[5] As his alcoholism escalated, plans for a live album and a Soulquarians studio effort, both originally set for after the tour, were scrapped, and impatient Virgin executives cut off funding for the expected 2004 solo album.[5]

By 2005, D`Angelo`s girlfriend had left him,[6] his attorney had become displeased with him, and most of his family was out of touch with him.[5] He also parted ways with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds.[5] After a car accident and an arrest on DUI and marijuana possession charges, D`Angelo left Virgin Records in 2005 and checked into the Crossroads Centre rehabilitation clinic in Antigua.[5] In 2005, his recording contract was acquired by J Records,[7] following rumors of D`Angelo signing to Bad Boy Records.[8] Despite no solo output, D`Angelo collaborated with some R&B and hip hop artists during his period between albums,[5] appearing on other albums such as J Dilla`s The Shining (2006), Snoop Dogg`s Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006), Common`s Finding Forever (2007), and Q-Tip`s The Renaissance (2008).[9]

Track listing
No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. `Ain`t That Easy`
D`AngeloQ-TipKendra Foster
D`Angelo 4:49
2. `1000 Deaths`
D`AngeloFoster
D`Angelo 5:49
3. `The Charade`
D`AngeloFoster
D`AngeloQuestlove
3:20
4. `Sugah Daddy`
D`AngeloQ-TipFoster
D`AngeloPino PalladinoJames Gadson
5:02
5. `Really Love`
D`AngeloGina FigueroaFoster
D`Angelo 5:44
6. `Back to the Future (Part I)` D`Angelo D`Angelo 5:22
7. `Till It`s Done (Tutu)`
D`AngeloFoster
D`Angelo 3:51
8. `Prayer` D`Angelo D`Angelo 4:33
9. `Betray My Heart` D`Angelo D`Angelo 5:55
10. `The Door`
D`AngeloFoster
D`Angelo 3:08
11. `Back to the Future (Part II)` D`Angelo D`Angelo 2:24
12. `Another Life`
D`AngeloFoster
D`AngeloQuestlove
5:58
Total length: 55:54
Sample credits

“1000 Deaths” contains a portion of the audio from the film The Murder of Fred Hampton.
“Really Love” contains a sample from “We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue”, written and performed by Curtis Mayfield.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[19]

D`Angelo – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, electric sitar, drum programming, percussion
Spanky Alford – guitar
Jesse Johnson – guitar
Mark Hammond – guitar
Isaiah Sharkey – guitar
Pino Palladino – bass, electric sitar
Ahmir `Questlove` Thompson – drums, drum programming, percussion
Roy Hargrove – trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
James Gadson – drums
Chris Dave – drums, drum programming
Kendra Foster – background vocals
Jermaine Holmes – background vocals
Ahrell Lumzy – background vocals
Gina Figueroa – spoken word
Brent Fischer – arranger, conductor (strings on `Really Love`)[64]
Russell Elevado – mixing, engineering
Ben Kane – mixing, engineering
Tony Rambo – engineering
Benny Allen – engineering
Dave Collins – mastering
Alex De Turk – mastering (vinyl)