“With the shock release of Black Messiah, soul singer and multi-instrumentalist D'Angelo returns with his first album of new material in 14 years. Black Messiah is a study in controlled chaos, and D'Angelo is the rare classicist able to filter the attributes of the greats in the canon into a sound distinctly his own.”
“Here's to messiahs worth waiting for. D'Angelo has kept the world fiending 14 years for the follow-up to his Crisco-thick R&B classic, Voodoo, but as the man himself purrs in "Sugah Daddy," "Can't snatch the meat out of the lioness' mouth/Sometimes you gotta just ease it out." Black Messiah shows how deep easy can go. D'Angelo and his band have built an avant-soul dream palace to get lost in, for ”
“After 15 years of studio album silence, D'Angelo returns with a fantastic comeback record.”
