After a 12-year absence from the music scene, word on the street is that D'Angelo is set to make his musical comeback sometime this year. As of now D'Angelo's manager Kevin Liles of KWL Enterprises doesn't have a specific release date in mind, but he did reveal to Billboard that not only is he 90%-95% finished with his upcoming RCA album, but the R&B crooner will perform 10 concerts in Europe, kicking off with sold-out shows Jan. 30-31 at Club Paradiso in Amsterdam. Once the album is done then they will work out proper dates for U.S. shows.
D'Angelo's last album Voodoo came out in 2000 with 1.7 million albums sold, and he now holds the title of R&B singer who has taken the longest break between album releases (with both Maxwell and Sade taking 10-year breaks between albms).
"It's 12 years of emotion, passion and love for music that has been pent up," Liles says of the new album. "D'Angelo is finally going to share all of that. It's a special space where he's not searching for a song -- he's reaching for your soul."
D'Angelo is a member of the Liles management fam that represents Trey Songz, Estelle and Keyshia Cole.
"We will continue to transform as an industry," Liles says of the year ahead. "Content will still be king: More people will have that entrepreneurial spirit and release their own material, be their own publicist and street team, create their own moves. We'll continue to make the tail longer. We're now on a pace of growth over the next couple of years. I look forward to providing a platform where creative people can be creative, businesspeople can be mentored and [forge] relationships, and we'll see more and more collaborations -- whether it's distribution systems, peer-to-peer systems, new sponsors -- as we continue to grow our business."
I've always enjoyed D'Angelo's music, and I do hope he shares everything with us including the extensive drug use, his many arrests and the alleged prostitution bust.
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