2913905, The only real answer is that Bilal is an alternative artist.
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Mon Dec-22-14 11:39 AM
He, admittedly, AIMS to be such.
He has soul origins, but even soul might as well be alternative in 2014/15.
Someone mentioned above that he's making music we've never heard before.
This is true. This also makes him "inaccessible" in such a depressingly formulaic climate.
I tend to share the opinion that Bilal is just as talented and, truth be told, more creative
than D'angelo (not sure how anyone could deny the "more creative" part), because
Bilal COMPLETELY CREATES something new. As I stated before, Black Messiah sounds
like Sylvester Nelson & Revolutionary Family. I really dig it, but it's an obvious stew of
influences with a personal spin on it. You can't say that about Bilal's stuff. He really does CREATE.
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