An R & B Jesus? D'Angelo challenges with 'Black Messiah'

2014/12/16 00:51:38 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

After a wait of nearly 15 years, D & #039;Angelo is making a Second Coming of sorts with & quot;Black Messiah, & quot; a hard-charging attack on racial injustice that challenges listeners both musically and lyrically. Released as a surprise Monday, the long-anticipated album moves D & #039;Angelo beyond his R & amp;B roots to embrace the passions of protest rock at a time that demonstrations have swept the United States over police killings of unarmed African Americans in New York and Ferguson, Missouri. D & #039;Angelo, whose career was launched as a teenager during an amateur night at New York & #039;s famed Apollo Theater, won acclaim for his funk-infused R & amp;B and soul on his two previous albums, 1995 & #039;s & quot;Brown Sugar & quot; and 2000 & #039;s & quot;Voodoo, & quot; but he retreated from public view after a global tour. & quot;Black Messiah & quot; defies easy categorization but shows clear similarities to his sometime mentor Prince, with the now 40-year-old D & #039;Angelo powering his funk beats with a strong dose of electric guitar and an impressive falsetto.
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