The Neo soul luminary will convene with presently unannounced friends on February 27th.
Neo soul luminary D’Angelo has been confirmed to feature in a forthcoming episode of popular webcast series Verzuz.
Set to unfold from within Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the looming episode looks geared to deviate from the show’s typical toe-to-toe and song-for-song format with the seldom seen musician instead slated to be joined at the famed music venue by a number of as-yet unannounced ‘friends’. Given the singer-songwriter’s sheer wealth of past collaborators – from hip-hop linchpins Lauryn Hill, GZA, Method Man and Redman to fellow Soulquarians Questlove, Q-Tip, Common, Erykah Badu and Bilal – no possible results seem likely to yield disappointment from viewers.
Verzuz is now in the midst of its second season with previous guests on the Timbaland and Swizz Beatz-fronted series including Brandy, Monica, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, RZA, DJ Premier, Snoop Dogg and DMX.
D’Angelo’s last full-length solo album Black Messiah arrived to acclaim in the final months of 2014. The ensuing years have seen D’Angelo resurface only on a fragmented basis to appear on releases from Rapsody and Slingbaum.
View the original announcement from Verzuz below.
D’Angelo’s episode of Verzuz will stream live in HD from 5pm PT on February 27th/1am GMT on February 28th via Apple Music and the VerzuzTV Instagram account.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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