Black Messiah este cel de-al 3-lea album al lui D'Angelo (acreditat D'Angelo and the Vanguard) și a fost lansat în data de 15 decembrie 2014, prin RCA Records.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ain't That Easy" | D'Angelo | 4:49 | |
| 2. | "1000 Deaths" |
| D'Angelo | 5:49 |
| 3. | "The Charade" |
|
| 3:20 |
| 4. | "Sugah Daddy" |
|
| 5:02 |
| 5. | "Really Love" |
| D'Angelo | 5:44 |
| 6. | "Back to the Future (Part I)" | D'Angelo | D'Angelo | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Till It's Done (Tutu)" |
| D'Angelo | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Prayer" | D'Angelo | D'Angelo | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Betray My Heart" | D'Angelo | D'Angelo | 5:55 |
| 10. | "The Door" |
| D'Angelo | 3:08 |
| 11. | "Back to the Future (Part II)" | D'Angelo | D'Angelo | 2:24 |
| 12. | "Another Life" |
|
| 5:58 |
| Total length: | 55:54 | |||
Sample credits
- “1000 Deaths” contains a portion of the audio from the film The Murder of Fred Hampton.
- “Really Love” contains a sample from “We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue”, written and performed by Curtis Mayfield.
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- D'Angelo – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, electric sitar, drum programming, percussion
- Spanky Alford – guitar
- Jesse Johnson – guitar
- Mark Hammond – guitar
- Isaiah Sharkey – guitar
- Pino Palladino – bass, electric sitar
- Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – drums, drum programming, percussion
- Roy Hargrove – trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn
- James Gadson – drums
- Chris Dave – drums, drum programming
- Kendra Foster – background vocals
- Jermaine Holmes – background vocals
- Ahrell Lumzy – background vocals
- Gina Figueroa – spoken word
- Brent Fischer – arranger, conductor (strings on "Really Love")
- Russell Elevado – mixing, engineering
- Ben Kane – mixing, engineering
- Tony Rambo – engineering
- Dave Collins – mastering
- Alex De Turk – mastering (vinyl)