What will it take to make music videos popular again now that MTV keeps shutting down stations such as MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live in the UK? Will The Last Dragon have a sequel since it’s in theaters again, entertaining old fans andContinue Reading
D’Angelo has passed at age 51 after a private struggle with pancreatic cancer. He rose in the ’90s as one of the key artists of the Neo-soul movement, which marked a paradigm shift in R&B. A Pentecostal church upbringing and serious study of Prince and foundational Black music gave himContinue Reading
Jay-Z and D’Angelo’s “I Want You Forever” is from the soundtrack to The Book Of Clarence. The nine-minute song is an extended jam with a spoken word admission from Jay-Z. D’Angelo’s guttural croons are complemented by strings and a soft chorus. Jeymes Samuel directed the biblical epic starring LaKeith StanfieldContinue Reading
D’Angelo is the latest artist to launch a podcast during the pandemic. The R&B singer kicked off his Feverish Fantazmagoria show via Sonos Radio on January 13th. Of the title he says, “This is a curation of sorts – a collection of musical expressions that I call ‘Feverish Fantazmagoria’. ItContinue Reading