“I want” “To put a lot of music out there,” D'Angelo said. Rolling Stone In 2014, shortly after the release of his widely acclaimed and long-awaited third album, Black Christ“I feel like in a lot of ways I’m still at the beginning.” He has yet to release a new album, however, and has been largely silent since touring behind it. But now, D’Angelo has begun recording his next album, according to his longtime friend and bandmate Raphael Saadiq.
“The letter D is in a good place,” Sadiq says in the new episode of the show. Rolling Stone Music Now “He's excited. He's like, 'You gotta play guitar. I got this track. I'm telling you, you gotta play it. He's got your name all over it.' … He's working on six tracks right now and he seems really excited.”
Among the songs D'Angelo is working on is a surprise: a song recorded years ago by Linwood Rose, the short-lived band that was supposed to feature D'Angelo, Saadiq and Q-Tip. “I think it's going to be on the new D'Angelo album when it comes out, which we all recorded together,” Saadiq says. “Linwood Rose is still alive. I play guitar, D plays, D and I sing background vocals. It's just great music. It sounds like D is a bad boy… It's aging well. Good music ages well.”
Sadiq and D'Angelo have been working together since “Lady” from D'Angelo's debut album, and Sadiq produced and co-wrote his biggest hit “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” from the 2000 classic film VoodooIn his book Rolling Stone Music Now In a new interview, Saadiq says the two artists bonded over their shared gospel influences. “I think his spirit came more from his gospel roots, not Prince,” Saadiq says. “But Prince also had a huge gospel background. He was able to hide that a lot in his songwriting. And I think D’Angelo does, too.” Elsewhere in his new interview, Saadiq talks about working with Beyoncé on her new album, “The Secret Life of the Life.” cowboy carter And much more.
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