D'Angelo- Black Messiah

With this weeks shock release of Black Messiah, soul singer and multi-instrumentalist D'Angelo, the man music critic Robert Christgau once earnestly dubbed "R&B Jesus," returns with his first album of new material in 14 years. It was not, as many have suggested, 14 years of silence. The last D'Angelo album, 2000s Voodoo, was a near perfect communion of buttery soul, Crisco-fried funk, and hip-hop thump.