D’Angelo Working On First Album in Nearly 10 Years

D'Angelo at the VH1 Men Strike Back concert at Madison Square Gardens in New York, USA on April 11, 2000. James Devaney/WireImage

D'Angelo is getting ready to release another album, according to the “Rolling Stone Music Now” podcast. Longtime friend and collaborator, Raphael Saadiq, said the singer is actively working on his next album, years after his last album Black Messiah. During a recent appearance on the “Rolling Stone Music Now” podcast, Saadiq said that the D’Angelo is in a good space.

“He’s excited. He’s like, ‘You gotta play bass. I’ve got this track. I’m telling you, you got to get on it. It got your name all over it.’ … He’s working on six pieces right now, and he seems super excited. I think it’s going to be a record on D’Angelo’s new album when it comes out, a record that we all did together. Linwood Rose lives. I’m playing bass, D’s playing, me and D is singing backgrounds. It’s funky as hell, too. It’s like, D is a bad boy… It’s aged well. Good music ages well,” he told the host Brian Hiatt.

The long time friends have collaborated since D’Angelo’s debut single, “Lady”. Also, Saadiq

produced and co-wrote D’Angelo’s renowned hit "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" from the 2000 album Voodoo. During his Rolling Stone Music Now interview, Saadiq said him and D’Angelo bonded through their gospel influences.

To hear Raphael Saadiq’s full interview listen below: