I was re listening to Illadelph Halflife literally a WEEK AGO, and was reminded how perfect this specific record is. I told my cousin how bad this made me miss home (I moved from Philly to ATL this past March).

for many millennial/early Gen Z black Philadelphians, neo soul was the soundtrack to our childhood - early adolescence, the likes of D’Angelo, Bilal, Musiq, Erykah, Jill, Maxwell, Lauryn, Vivan Green, etc often sounded like a Spring or Fall afternoon when things just felt right. neo soul was our sound, we resonated with and breathed it day in/day out.

thank you D’Angelo for leading the charge, your rhythms and sonics will forever be cherished.

One of the greatest albums of all time fr. I listen to this one all the time but I really get in my Black Messiah bag during the holidays and it’s def gonna hit different this year.

I'm still processing this, his music meant a lot to me

I posted a remaster of Africa (Acoustic) I did back in 2016

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He’s one of those artists who’s gonna be a myth in 500 years à la DOOM

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Simply elevated

same, and I do get why the other two are so loved over it because they're incredible, but bm is so special and personal to me. genuinely changed my life as a listener when it dropped. so many memories watching sunrises to another life

Nigga we livin the same rn lmfao

Was deadass boutta go on a t break aint no f***in way now

RIP to her mom and grandma as well, she went through insane loss this year too

damn didn't know

Between this and Roy I’m broken

My bad y’all I’m at work rn I’ll update OP later

so much to add and embeds lowkey being ass rn

Rip roy hargrove

This can't be real, RIP to a legend

We wouldn’t have TPAB, Lemonade, A Seat A The Table without Black Messiah. It deserves much more respect than it gets in comparison to Voodoo and Brown Sugar. D’s has always pushed the envelope and inspired those who came after him.

Dude wtf

NO

I told my dumbass self yesterday that I'm gonna go on a t-break til next spring lmao ima have to break that promise

We gon smoke one for the OG tonight fam

Sugah daddy still makes me laugh in awe. Never heard a song like that before or since.

Its so freaky and funny af. The instrumentation is so fresh yet vintage at the same time. The sparse mix n those kicks on that s*** man. F***

I just gotta get through the next hour of work this has me f***ed up. Messed up and scrolled instagram just feel myself ready to cry what a legend man

Time to blast Voodoo. Only way to do a proper tribute man. That record got me through high school man