D'Angelo - Black MessiahIt's almost two decades since D'Angelo laced us with 'Brown Sugar' and 14 years since he unleashed 'Voodoo' into the public domain. Now, completely scuppering everyone's end of year album lists, the elusive Michael Eugene Archer returns in a timely fashion, with the politically tinged 'Black Messiah'. Funkadelic's Kendra Foster and Tribe Called Quest's Q Tip co penned a few tracks, and Questlove, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer James Gadson help

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