And he's almost died at least once, when he drunkenly crashed through a fence and flipped his Hummer alongside Virginia's Route 711 seven years ago. He's also been arrested- for disturbing the peace, marijuana possession, carrying a concealed weapon, and driving under the influence in 2005, and then for offering an undercover NYPD officer $40 for a blowjob in 2010. This time last year, unofficial D'Angelo status updater and kindred spirit/collaborator ?uestlove told me the new album is 'pretty much 97% done.' And this year, D played a number of live shows, his first in a decade. During those dozen calendar runs, the Virginia-bred singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer has learned to play guitar and spent countless hours in various studios, trying to find his way to the next sound. It's been 12 years since D'Angelo released his dirt-encrusted soul opus in the first month of the new millennium, and we have yet to see a follow-up.
Or, more accurately, what hasn't happened since Voodoo. It's impossible to talk about Voodoo without talking about what's happened since Voodoo.
