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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 9h

DoNormaal & friends were amazing too. It really had the energy of a prime era DoNo show but the new and evolved next level version

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 9h

Bilal was incredible tonight and dedicated his show to D’Angelo. It felt so right to have someone who was connected to him in town tonight and bringing some of his energy ✨

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 15h

Lauren Hill to D’Angelo❤️🙏🏽

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Denise Ferreira @ferreiraeng.bsky.social · 14h

He really was extraordinary. Voice. Musicality. Charisma. That voice, though, was amazing. A gift to us, really. Gone far, far too soon. Strength to his family and loved ones.
💔🖤❤️

renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 20h

Sadly I never got to see D’Angelo in person but my favorite live D’Angelo moment was when he sang “How Does It Feel” for the first time in a decade in Paris (after leaving it out of early shows on that tour) and they went nuts just from the first chord then went on to sing that chorus pitch perfect:

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Live @ Zénith Paris) [2012-01-29]

YouTube video by foxysoul94

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 10h

I don’t give a fuck, I ain’t goin out for a slice of the devil’s pie

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 17h

18 years Old D'angelo singing "Tomorrow" by The Winans in Church ⛪️🙏🏽❤️

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Arepa Auntie @breadbae.blacksky.app · 22h

This is fire.

Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · 22h

Wanna get one of these made with the real fabrics...

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𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐦 💋💜 @jessijeannie.bsky.social · 21h

to the nurturers, the fixers, the ones who hold everyone together, make sure you’re holding space for you too.

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𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐢 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 @venuskiithomas.bsky.social · 1d

Black trans people across this land are grieving and celebrating. These are all the words I have for right now. We are grieving and celebrating the memory and life force of this ancestor. Asé. Well done.

𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐢 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 @venuskiithomas.bsky.social · 1d

All of us are feeling the loss of Miss Major right now. All of us.

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

The internet went nuts just from an illicit picture of a box of CDs!

Sean Padilla says #ProtectJhordin and #FreeLink @seanpadilla.blacksky.app · 22h

I remember the collective cultural exhale when D’Angelo resurfaced with “Black Messiah” and the album ended up being as good as the title announced it would be

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

I’ve been coming back to this one over and over for years

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 20h

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

YouTube video by twinbreed

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

Noooooooo (I gotta bounce out early on an event I’m technically working at 🤐)

renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

Tonight at Tractor Tavern!

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

Chanceux!

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 19h

I’m seeing Bilal tonight and I know he’s gonna do some sort of beautiful tribute

(also my girl DoNormaal is opening, performing as part of a jazz trio for the first time with two of Seattle’s best, Evan Flory-Barnes & D’Vonne Lewis!)

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 20h

Singing “Sex Machine” with Tom Jones is close tho (completely wild that Tom is alive and D is not):

Tom Jones (2000) - Sex Machine (w. D'angelo) (VH1's Men Strike Back, april 11)

YouTube video by tigertom1011

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 20h

Same 😭

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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 20h

Sadly I never got to see D’Angelo in person but my favorite live D’Angelo moment was when he sang “How Does It Feel” for the first time in a decade in Paris (after leaving it out of early shows on that tour) and they went nuts just from the first chord then went on to sing that chorus pitch perfect:

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Live @ Zénith Paris) [2012-01-29]

YouTube video by foxysoul94

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 21h

An hour and 11-minute long mix of nothing but D'Angelo live tracks from various shows during the Brown Sugar and Voodoo eras. It's so well done. Also downloadable.

D'Angelo Live, by Ian Wallace

15 track album

ianwallaceproductions.bandcamp.com

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Southern Gothic @thesuburbanthug.bsky.social · 21h

Yall keep praying to God and she keep telling us to get in the field.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 21h

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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renee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 20h

I’m not even ready to process D’Angelo passing on top of Miss Major

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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