>and the second one (NY Times) was clearly written by someone
>who is a BIG D'Angelo fan... and as much as he sort of disses
>the audience for not getting the complexity of D's new music,
>he also makes it pretty clear that D offered a pretty
>lackluster, unengaging performance, not addressing the
>audience or trying to draw them in any way.

but he needs to go all the way with it. like play with his back to the audience and make them all but hate him lol.