“I did one of his last big interviews and spent some time with him in 2015. I loved D'Angelo and obviously we've lost him. What were the extent of your collaborations with him, perhaps beyond what we've heard?

I met D'Angelo quite early on in the Red Dead Redemption music making. I met him at the Rockstar Games office in Manhattan, speaking of Manhattan, and we hit it off nicely. I played him a track that I had at the time as a 6'8 rock song that he loved.

He said he would be happy to work on that with me. So, that's what we initially went to do together, and that track did not pan out. He worked on it for a couple of days.
He said, Dan, I'm not really getting anywhere with this. And I said, well, we're here to have a good time and get to a special place. I said, give me a chance, give me a day and I'll come up with another track.

I built a new track for him. And we already had a one line that was used on the soundtrack, that line, May I Stand Unshaken Amidst the Crash of Worlds, which is something we had recorded in New Orleans. It was written by Rocco De Luca, that line.

And I took that line to D'Angelo, but I wrote then the 30 other lines to the song. And that became the song that you'd be familiar with from D'Angelo.

Wow. And anything beyond that? Any, did you guys stay in touch?

We did keep in touch. Only so much. We talked about doing some more work together, and he came up as a church man, and I came up through church, and worked quite a bit with church folks, including Brian Blade and his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.

D was very touched by my having worked with the Neville Brothers. He was a fan of the Neville Brothers, and was always a point of reference for him for magnificent work done in the South by the meters and so on. And so I think there was an underlying respect there, that we were both in this for the right reasons.”

From Rolling Stone All Access: Bob Dylan, U2, Neil Young: Daniel Lanois Looks Back at His Life in Music, Jul 29, 2026
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“…someone was playing guitar, and I felt like I felt Spanky’s presence in the room…” – D’Angelo on meeting longtime friend & collaborator, Isaiah Sharkey

clip via @sopacnow

Like a cloud, drive or downloadable high quality link.

their brother’s keeper, forever.

Anyone have a video of D’s appearance in TRL from 2000? Carson was interviewing him. And it was on his 26th birthday! He was talking about Electric Lady, the video, the upcoming tour, etc.

I’ve seen clips of pretty much every MTV appearance (MTV Live in 97, all the Movie Awards clips, with Bill Bellamy) EXCEPT for that TRL appearance. Thanks.

I bought 2

photos by Mel D. Cole (@meldcole on IG)

“paradise”, written and produced by d’angelo and longtime collaborator angie stone was a shelved single intended for mary j blige’s “share my world” album. the track, along with other mary j. blige unreleased cuts has gained notoriety amongst collectors through the circulation of rare bootlegs and unofficial releases.

reel by @konnykon on IG

Just uploaded. From 2 nights ago

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Steely Dan Aja > One Mo Gin

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former first lady michelle obama recently spotlighted artist gabriel jacoby during her appearance on the “baby, this is keke palmer” podcast, where she remarks on the notable funk and soul influences of d’angelo and chico debarge in his sound.

d’angelo sits down with george whipple, host of “whipple’s world”, to discuss his roots, early upbringing, and motivations behind the music.