there opinion/criticism matters when it comes judging artists and their music...

D'angelo will be just fine. Ppl forget that when he 1st came on the scene, he wasn't hailed as a great LIVE performer, in fact, he was roundly criticized for not doing much more than just sitting at his piano. He quickly, improved however as a live performer by the time he was ready to tour for 'Voodoo' but seeing as though he hasn't performed in over a decade, I wasn't expecting an earth shattering performance on a BET awards show.

^^^excellent post


>poor guy can't even mount a comeback without the nerd brigade
>wetting their pants. Untitled was def too predictable a
>choice, but no matter how much negativity he or we associate
>with it, it's a fucking great song. a
>tribute/homage/wateverthefuck, but great nonetheless.
>Sugah Daddy is TIGHT.
>not revolutionary, not rewriting the annals of funkdom,
>it's.just.tight. "pretty good", even. stop frontin.
>
>Af mentions his 'niche', which i agree was that 1st album
>sound (Angie's "Everyday" is another example of the
>'atmospheric keys' sound he had). but i guess now "Voodoo" is
>his niche sound. he's still clearly enamoured with it. maybe
>it's got to do with not doing much since then, i dunno.
>but i decided to make the decision NOT to cry foul if i get
>"Voodoo Pt. 2". cos a "Voodoo Pt. 2" would still cream so much
>other shit out today. specially watever new overly-praised
>piece of crap Kells has out this yr (he does shit JUST as
>corny, JUST as lounge lizard Vegas Act type, JUST as
>'unoriginal' these days but gets a pass because he's R. Kelly,
>because he sung about closets. HIS bland shit is ok to praise,
>but D makes a slightly funky song, with real instruments, and
>holy shit he's the fucking antichrist).
>
>"Write Me Back" is a fun record, but INESCAPABLY corny.
>INESCAPABLY a retreaded rehash of things he's done before.
>but it's cool cos it's him and we associate all things
>cornball with him now? i love both artists, but it makes zero
>sense no matter how u spin it, that Kelly should be so revered
>for doing HIS thing based on past music and not living up to
>the original sound while D does the same, but with a different
>genre, and gets righteously shitted on cos it's not stank
>enuf, not funky enuf, or HE'S not good enug to pull it
>off...like, MIND = BOGGLED over that one.
>
>i'm not EVEN saying the detractors are wrong, the points
>against D were well made. but this is happening. nothing we do
>or say is gona stop it. if D doesn't get back up and out there
>NOW, he probly never will again. i feel like yous get WAY to
>deep into Ds every single fucking move, that u lose the
>ability to simply enjoy his new shit, no matter how similar it
>sounds like to stuff he's done before. i woulda thought he
>earned a right to slink comfortably back into the last
>artistic skin he wore before goin MIA. maybe that was the
>easiest way to come back for him. maybe we should all stop
>being such judgmental fucks and let a dude sing.
>
>yikes @ this poast.
>i mean i love okp, and most okps, but...pull the finger out ur
>buttholes and ENJOY this moment if u call urself any kind of a
>D'Angelo fan.
>
>V.