J'adore . . .

racerintherain:

Hip Hop Portraits- ?uestlove

bueller:

Badu

funnybunchesofoats:

deezyville:

kidkoni:

lacquerandcandy:

funkyeahdangelo:

D’Angelo in GQ Magazine (June 2012), Out now in Print. Online version should be available around May 22, 2012.

Pick up a copy for a good and thorough interview.

Photographer: Gregory Harris

Stylist: Stefan Campbell

Hair: Roxanne George

Grooming: Holli Smith using MAC cosmetics

Shirt, Pants and Belt from Versace

Tie from Title of Work

Large Bracelet and Ring from Burkindy

Other Bracelets from David Yurman

     D’Angelo was photographed in Manhattan on March 30, 2012—his first photo shoot in more than a decade.

Hey.

Zamn.

I’m actually proud of this dude for getting his shit back together.

Damn. Just…. Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm.

eroti-ca:

We’re all driven to premieres or nightclubs and seen the rope separating those who can enter and those who can’t. Well, there’s also a velvet rope we have inside of us, keeping others from knowing our feelings. In this album I’m trying to expose and explore thsoe feelings. I’m inviting you inside my barrier. During my life I’ve been on both sides of the rope. At times, especially during my childhood, I felt left out and alone. At times I felt misunderstood….But no human heard those feelings expressed. They stayed buried in the past. But now the truth has to come out, and for me, the truth takes the form of a song.

- Janet Jackson on recording The Velvet Rope

soul-is-amazing:

Common with Mos Def in 1999

what-is-sfl:

#art #BADU

ayeyoabstrakt:

Waddup

— (via unshakeablefaith)