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Rachel Scarlett

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Baseball loving Trans Girl // Los Angeles born and raised (Go Dodgers! Go Lakers!) // Yapper // 6 feet of adorable and awesome // She/her

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 51m

What D’Angelo said Black Messiah means. It came out at the end of 2014 and it was so needed.

Article (Nolan Feeney; TIME) excerpt reads: “Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.

It's about people rising up in Ferguson and in Egypt and in Occupy Wall Street and in every place where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen, D'Angelo writes in a statement about the album It's not about praising one charismatic leader but celebrating thousands of them. Not every song on this album is politically charged (though many are), but calling this album Black Messiah creates a landscape there these songs can live to the fullest. Black Messiah is not one man. It's a feeling that, collectively, we are all that leader.”

“D’Angelo’s First Album in 14 Years Is Finally Here, and It’s Surprisingly Timely” via TIME.

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An Okie @ashirley.bsky.social · 2h

The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince

RIP a(nother) legend

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

Voodoo remains my favorite album of all time. I still listen to it constantly. Everything about it was brave, from how it was made to that one note in Devil’s Pie. This is tragic. RIP.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2h

D’Angelo, the neo-soul trailblazer and modern visionary whose three albums were all heralded as classic works of art, has died at age 51.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Bradford William Davis @bwd.bsky.social · 2h

You're part of my identity
Sometimes I have a tendency
To look at you religiously
Cause nothing even matters to me

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Lauryn Hill - Nothing Even Matters feat. D'Angelo

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Rachel Scarlett @rachelscarlettg.bsky.social · 3h

Ok this one hurts really bad

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 3h

I am about to go for the longest walk. Heartbreaking. balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

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Rachel Scarlett @rachelscarlettg.bsky.social · 13h

These are all great!

Rachel Scarlett @rachelscarlettg.bsky.social · 15h

Hardened by his rough and tumble UCLA days iktr

Josh Thomas @joshthomas.bsky.social · 15h

Utley was a college guy though, Turang was a 1st rounder out of high school

like, unless it’s part of your MiLB culture, which it isn’t, for any org, pretty much only former college guys and catchers are going up there with wearing it in mind