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"Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be…" — D'Angelo
c. 2014(Approximate date)· D'Angelo (speaker)
“Black Messiah is a hell of a name for an album. It can be easily misunderstood... For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can aspire to... 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.”
- Speaker
- D'Angelo
- Occasion
- Written statement / liner notes for Black Messiah, December 15, 2014
D'Angelo on the title of Black Messiah, which he released early in response to the Ferguson protests.
Sources & citations
- 1.rollingstone.comwebsite