This arrangement is from a musical galaxy still yet undiscovered. The level of genius and skill exhibited here from the vocal to the musicality, to the timing and background harmonies are utterly incomprehensible. To say this is mind blowing is a massive understatement.
This song is a movie, a painting, a poem a movement. When something is a real as this......it's more than physical, more than spiritual, it's a peek into other dimension we can't comprehend the energies at force here
Hear hear! People sleeping on the depth of this masterpiece. The Charade is my fave, for reasons, but this one is a musical gem of the rarest quality. It's overflowing with artful, tasteful excellence. Just lovely. 💙
I still don't think D'Angelo realizes how big of an impact he is, dude is an icon....... and I'm from Virginia lol so we were all excited for him when he first stepped on the scene..... wish another album was on the way.......
Boy, I live in Europe and D'Angelo was a legend for me ( us) in the 90's already. I love his music, I love his amazing timing.. I don't know if more success would do him a favor, although he deserves it in every way..I mean, I like the life instruments and the realness that he could maintain in his music over the years. A huge label would maybe screw up his sensitive and unique sound, you know what I mean? Just guessing.
idk who sees this but im 19 years old and i play this song everyday i love music and dangelo is just the reason why im making music not for money or fame but for the love of it , id like to thank him and everyone .
I had this whole album on while I was on my laptop working. Caught myself smiling HARD as this track played. Lord I miss this man's music. I don't know what this nonsense is they play on the radio these days.
Its amazing how Motown and Black Soul still sounds good in this era..if anything, Black Soul is a breath of fresh air with all this new music coming out!
This album is making me feel grown...I'm in my 40's and I have not felt this way in a very long time about music...yasss..D'Angelo is giving me life right now.. can't wait to rock this for my hubby!
Amazing. We have lost touch w real instruments. No shade to the levels of production these days, but sonething other worldly comes thru the real vibrations of string instruments.. the banging of the snare. Beautiful
3:53 - 4:46 is my favorite part of the song, ESPECIALLY 4:28 - 4:46...I find myself crying tears of joy...listening to the music climax just FEELS so damn good to my soul.
"Betray My Heart" LYRICS As the day must have it's sun And the night must have it's moon Sure as both must rise and fall I'll be there to see you through Just as long as there is time I will never leave your side And if ever that you feel That my love is not sincere [Chorus:] I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart Like the breeze that blows in June I will steady keep you cool This I swear with all that's true I'll take nothing in place of you When you're feeling down, down, down You, my soul, can depend on me You don't ever have to fear That my love is not sincere [Chorus:] I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart [Bridge:] Through the storm, through the rain I'll come running to ease your pain Like the rails that cross the trains Like the blood in your veins [Chorus:] I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart I will never betray my heart
The lyric "I would never betray my heart", along with the melody, is one that sticks with you. D'Angelo hit a monster home run with this new "Black Messiah" LP & this track is one of many highlights.
Oh....my.....WOW! D'ANGELO please do not keep me waiting for you and your musical genius this long EVER again!!! I need this music therapy in my life like I need water. This gift is what God gave to you to move through you & keep the world spinning. Thank you for this!
Hands down my favorite song on the album!! I have already made it my ringtone. Yes I am that corny! If I could make it my theme music as I walk into a room -- I would do it too! God I love this song!!!
There are a few in music who have had an impact on me such as D'Angelo. His releases always leave you in deep thought and anticipating for more. Pity that genius such as this cannot come annually. It has to take time to be brewed in perfectly.
The best way to listen to this album is through stereo headphones. Even if cheap ones are used... to get the full effect of this genius, use stereo headphones!
Simple the man a is genius in his own right. no need for comparisons to any one. He is awesome, awesome, awesome. Did I say Awesome God Damn awesome. I love you Michael Eugene Archer.
I LOVE this cd, there's elements of spiritually good & wickedly bad overtures, the rhythm of the drums, his voice, all meshed together for a great listening experience...
I'm not one for favourites..However...'Root' from Voodoo would have to be up there on my most loved list...Now, this track!!!....It finishes and I can't stop replaying.....GOLDEN
This and Mary J Blige's "The London Sessions" are the first two albums that I will purchase in 5 years. Music is love, I believe that music and food can remind us of our common ground.
Evan Redmon That's an interesting concept because technically, this is not quite today's music in a sense because D'Angelo is an established artist who busted on the scene about 20 years ago so he really wouldn't quite be "today's music". I would like to see music of this caliber come from the actual new artists who are truly architects of "today's music". There is no new artist even close to D'Angelo's musical standard, which is sad actually.
Well the mainstream music industry is certainly not interested in this. The traditions from which D'Angelo emerged are going extinct like a species of fish swimming in a sea of toxic waste. Apprenticeship and creative genius has given way to The Voice and video game musicians. The powers that be like it that way. Makes people easier to control. Why waste all that effort being clever when you can just make millions by regurgitating the same robotic pop slop every year? D'Angelo just bought real music back. The man is a hero as far as I am concerned. It's far too complex and introspective, and the lyrical themes are too controversial and nuanced, for most people. The industry's favorite puppets - white teenage girls - wouldn't even begin to comprehend what this is (the vast majority anyway - imagine a 17 year old Snooki clone, adrift in the emptiness of One Direction and Taylor Swift, and this hits her? Please.) Yes, it's based in the R&B traditions going way back, but this is a explosive layer cake of creative genre bending. Heck I'm 45, and a musician, and I'm just coming to terms with I have heard. I hear as much Parliament as I do Prince here, but then Spanish guitar drops? Why the heck not. And accessible pop sensibilities? Just because he can. And Marvin Gaye, and Hendrix, and bebop, and acid jazz, and progressive rock...give me a few days and I'm sure more will be revealed. I mean, just listen to "Prayer". Do you hear those subtle off-time signatures? I don't even know what to call that. Plus there's a very intentional, spiritually-based response to the cesspool of gratuitous occult shock pop out there. It's also a firm, confident bitch slap across the face of our culture's hypocritical morals and industrialized lies. This EXACTLY what the industry does not want, and EXACTLY what we all need. It's new alright.
This album up there with greatest RNB / soul albums ever made. This guy is one of the best in our generation , safe to say his songs will live forever . If you haven’t listened to his song on Red Dead Redemption 2 please enjoy .
This is reminiscent of 70's soul music. You can even visualize the bell bottom slacks and afro hair style. Hopefully its a trend back to good music by real talented musicians.
On another level in every aspect of the words!!! I have always been and always will be in awe of this man's gifts to do what he was obviously born to do. I needed this album so very much....OMG!!!!!!
I just shared this on Facebook because if underrated could be atrociously underrated, that would describe D'Angelo!!!! Been riding with him since 1998 in middle school when I started buying my own music; avant-garde instrumentation and vocalization!!!!
This arrangement is from a musical galaxy still yet undiscovered. The level of genius and skill exhibited here from the vocal to the musicality, to the timing and background harmonies are utterly incomprehensible. To say this is mind blowing is a massive understatement.
Bro...
Its Wes Montgomery in 3D Imax
Those bass lines are truly a killer
Word!
Heart Filling ❤️
Everytime I listen to D'Angelo it's a spiritual experience. The bridge is heavenly.
This song is a movie, a painting, a poem a movement. When something is a real as this......it's more than physical, more than spiritual, it's a peek into other dimension we can't comprehend the energies at force here
The Whole Album A movie 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This.
Hear hear!
People sleeping on the depth of this masterpiece. The Charade is my fave, for reasons, but this one is a musical gem of the rarest quality. It's overflowing with artful, tasteful excellence. Just lovely. 💙
this is the best response ever
This is so spiritual, this song talk to the spirit ✨
This generation of "artists" seriously need to take notes. The smoothest song I've heard in YEARS.
I still don't think D'Angelo realizes how big of an impact he is, dude is an icon....... and I'm from Virginia lol so we were all excited for him when he first stepped on the scene..... wish another album was on the way.......
Boy, I live in Europe and D'Angelo was a legend for me ( us) in the 90's already. I love his music, I love his amazing timing.. I don't know if more success would do him a favor, although he deserves it in every way..I mean, I like the life instruments and the realness that he could maintain in his music over the years. A huge label would maybe screw up his sensitive and unique sound, you know what I mean? Just guessing.
@Wilson Moody and @Abena Awiti Dikeledi both of you have expressed yourselves well. I pray that D’Angelo reads both of your comments ❤😊
my (late) brother got me onto this . He looooooved this album! RIP Bro Kal! 5/20/16
🎼🎤🙏🏽
One of those songs that need to be recognized for generations
idk who sees this but im 19 years old and i play this song everyday i love music and dangelo is just the reason why im making music not for money or fame but for the love of it , id like to thank him and everyone .
@ckw_skye..
Hey, hope you good my Brother. I love that you love Dangelo.
I listen to him too..
Get I touch
5 years later, and I’m still bumping this joint like it just came out.
I heard it for the first time around five days ago.
Touch'e
Same here.......................
Just came over to listen to this classic after Masego mentioned it in his interview on R&B Money.
"Through the storm, through the rain
I'll come running to ease your pain
Like the rails that cross the trains
Like the blood in your veins"
-D'Angelo
Beautiful lines
I have never listened out his music. This is beautiful.
@@theMad_Artist hello
Oh yeah, how are you?
Peaches JAMAICA HARLEM 🍑 🇯🇲
Lovely name
Well this what heaven sounds like
I had this whole album on while I was on my laptop working. Caught myself smiling HARD as this track played. Lord I miss this man's music. I don't know what this nonsense is they play on the radio these days.
So glad they were awarded the grammy
Its amazing how Motown and Black Soul still sounds good in this era..if anything, Black Soul is a breath of fresh air with all this new music coming out!
I always find myself coming back to this song. Always.
Me to!
it's really dope
This album is making me feel grown...I'm in my 40's and I have not felt this way in a very long time about music...yasss..D'Angelo is giving me life right now.. can't wait to rock this for my hubby!
What an ear orgasm...I literally listened to the song on repeat ALL day! D'angelo is a music god.
This sounds so good, I may have to buy my first album in 10 years
BUY IT!!!!!!!!!
Buy it.
Ste'ven -Just Cruise. Y'all should look that up.
Really dope. Only listening to that song and D'angelo
right now.
missanamarie
BOUGHT IT :-)
SoulVibez lol
Amazing. We have lost touch w real instruments. No shade to the levels of production these days, but sonething other worldly comes thru the real vibrations of string instruments.. the banging of the snare. Beautiful
i'll bang your snare.......
True indeed!
Facts
@@cianb5764 gwarn cian
analog
I refuse to steal this....I'm going to the store to cop this.
Yes!
I'm sure D'Angelo will appreciate whatever is left over after the record label picks the bones clean.
This explodes my brain. Such a masterpiece of a song. Can't stop listening...
Matthew Phipps a masterpiece right?!!!
D' and The Vanguard killed this track, that baseline is intoxicating.
VERY VERY 'WICKED' BASSLINE!!!, UNIQUE!!!!!
Whwn he says "stay right there" that's exactly how I feel when this track escalates..shit is crazy. Can't wait for the tour.
The bass guitar and them horns are just sick.
What I love about the horns is how sensitive and softly stated they are... Just adds that extra bit of tenderness and love
3:53 - 4:46 is my favorite part of the song, ESPECIALLY 4:28 - 4:46...I find myself crying tears of joy...listening to the music climax just FEELS so damn good to my soul.
Masego, put me on. Giving a real musician his flowers! Underrated for sure….shoutout to r&b money pod cast. ❤
This album is very sophisticated. Not for everyone. He literally raised my musical IQ.
Definitely not for everyone. And everyone doesn’t deserve good music like this lol
sameness
Ich liebe den Groove, und die Vocal-Performance!!!
You are correct
Ora
I dont know i enjoy more. Listen to this phenomenal ulbum or the comments from all you genuine, old soul music lovers.
I know right!! I love the comments...
SO BEAUTIFL!!! - NO 2 WAYZ ABOUT IT!!!!
Both!
@@kitsontuli2713 yebo!
oh my god when this hits 2:53 it does something to me.
Yeah, man!! Exactly 1 min later, the song goes another level....Jesus!
One of the best songs I ever heard in my life!
Dare I say this is one of the best tracks I've ever heard in any genre! I'm high AF but this song (first time hearing it) hit special.
😂😂😂❤❤
D'Angelo just....gets...it
"Betray My Heart" LYRICS
As the day must have it's sun
And the night must have it's moon
Sure as both must rise and fall
I'll be there to see you through
Just as long as there is time
I will never leave your side
And if ever that you feel
That my love is not sincere
[Chorus:]
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
Like the breeze that blows in June
I will steady keep you cool
This I swear with all that's true
I'll take nothing in place of you
When you're feeling down, down, down
You, my soul, can depend on me
You don't ever have to fear
That my love is not sincere
[Chorus:]
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
[Bridge:]
Through the storm, through the rain
I'll come running to ease your pain
Like the rails that cross the trains
Like the blood in your veins
[Chorus:]
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
I will never betray my heart
Thank you for the lyrics....reminds me of Stevie Wonder "As".....instant vintage....LONG LIVE THE FUNK.
That song is the truth
My God....the lyrics are so beautiful!!
+Laddy Gibbons How in the world did you come up with this? However you did it, good job.
Thank you.☮1⃣💜
Every song is love. This album reaches every depth of my soul.
an awesome album, teaches you how to love.
You have a beautiful smile. Random...but yeah this song stood out to me a few years back when it dropped. One of his best joints
I love rnb but will never neglect jazz and soul like this
What
Damn. Pino is so deep in this pocket ... he has to look up through binoculars to see lint.
Paddy Daddy-O truly underrated comment
This is so reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's "As". It's not an easy task to come close to that level of poetry yet here we are with this art!!!
I never thought of that but I hear it now!
i been under a rock for 5 years and you won grammys for this album toooooooo.wth fireeeeeee
Personally, this is my favorite from this amazing album. If this doesn't spell love, then I don't know what does.
That small soft cut at 0:30 just blows my head off. Awesome tune!!!
The lyric "I would never betray my heart", along with the melody, is one that sticks with you. D'Angelo hit a monster home run with this new "Black Messiah" LP & this track is one of many highlights.
Man I Love how he's off and on beat at the same time this is real smooth good music
He was always the master of that
Oh....my.....WOW! D'ANGELO please do not keep me waiting for you and your musical genius this long EVER again!!! I need this music therapy in my life like I need water.
This gift is what God gave to you to move through you & keep the world spinning.
Thank you for this!
Wow! I was sleepy but then I listened to this and now I feel like I have at least another two hours left in me!
Grammy!!! Best R&B Album
This is such a wonderful song. Exactly how D'Agelo had to sound for us real D'Angelo fans to know that he really is back. MAGIC!!!
Got to be the best track on what is a flawless album for me. Wish it was three time as long
Dangelo is KING!
Sure is!
Hands down my favorite song on the album!! I have already made it my ringtone. Yes I am that corny! If I could make it my theme music as I walk into a room -- I would do it too! God I love this song!!!
been bumping this in my car for the past three days and today i brought up youtube to play the goat all day at my desk. love is all love!
+Hipped Rebel It's been 8 months on continuous replay ( and 18 months of just D'Angelo). Good music doesn't get played out.
FAVORITE song on the album. Haven't stopped listening or singing since yesterday. The world NEEDS this!!!!
This song speaks to my soul...just wanna lay next to my love, look into his eyes, sing this to him and restore his faith in me x
HOW DOES THE MAN COME OUT EVERY 10 to 15 YEARS, GET SLEPT ON BY MAIN STREAM. AND STILL HAVE THE MOST EPIC SOUL MUSIC OUT. THE MAN NEEDS HIS OWN GENRE.
Cannot stop listening to this album. Thank God for D.
This is classic right here, I think this album is a combination of everthing we've come to love about D'angelo.
The bridge.....stay right here !
There are a few in music who have had an impact on me such as D'Angelo. His releases always leave you in deep thought and anticipating for more. Pity that genius such as this cannot come annually. It has to take time to be brewed in perfectly.
This is music at it's finest
I don't care what anyone says, this is his best song, it's just so pure and genuine. Sweet and simple, expressing undying love
Listen to the voodoo album then get back to me
@@okmswise8349 i love voodoo but this is still my favorite man
My heart iand ears are so happy right now...This is what love sounds like I swear!!
This song is freakin' beautiful!!!
The horns, the base, the guitar, the percussion, and the voice... 👌🏾
The BASS LINE is S E R I O U S❗️🎶❗️🎶❗️
sho iz
We needed this...its been too long. The musical arrangement is high quality...he picked up where he left off. Nice.
timeless music, I'll forever come back to this.
best album of the decade. hands down
Masego mentioned it on the R&B money podcast; I had to refresh my memory.🎶
sick sick groove
The groove is crazy! Pino is the man!!
A beautiful record and a beautiful album, D'Angelo. Congrats on the release and thank you for sharing it with us all.
The best way to listen to this album is through stereo headphones. Even if cheap ones are used... to get the full effect of this genius, use stereo headphones!
Probably my favorite song on the album.
This beat has so many different patterns and timing! Amazing.. I am speechless
Love this man's music, can't get enough of it. True Artist. Writes and produces his own music, they don't come like this anymore.
Roy Hargove's horn line at 4:29 knocks me over
Oh yeah, and I hope we ain't got to wait 10 years till the next
bought it immediately, instant classic!
me 2 man me 2 this album is soo good
Simple the man a is genius in his own right. no need for comparisons to any one. He is awesome, awesome, awesome. Did I say Awesome God Damn awesome. I love you Michael Eugene Archer.
Eish wow, this song nje kills me. The old funk in it like wow.
Zama Mlomo such a banger!
I LOVE this cd, there's elements of spiritually good & wickedly bad overtures, the rhythm of the drums, his voice, all meshed together for a great listening experience...
I'm not one for favourites..However...'Root' from Voodoo would have to be up there on my most loved list...Now, this track!!!....It finishes and I can't stop replaying.....GOLDEN
This and Mary J Blige's "The London Sessions" are the first two albums that I will purchase in 5 years. Music is love, I believe that music and food can remind us of our common ground.
Never betray my love for good music. 👌😁
The beat is crazy but so simple
Play this all day, errday
I'm gonna need present day artists to take note.
The next time I hear someone say "today's music sucks", I'm going to have an answer. A very positive answer.
Evan Redmon That's an interesting concept because technically, this is not quite today's music in a sense because D'Angelo is an established artist who busted on the scene about 20 years ago so he really wouldn't quite be "today's music". I would like to see music of this caliber come from the actual new artists who are truly architects of "today's music". There is no new artist even close to D'Angelo's musical standard, which is sad actually.
Well the mainstream music industry is certainly not interested in this. The traditions from which D'Angelo emerged are going extinct like a species of fish swimming in a sea of toxic waste. Apprenticeship and creative genius has given way to The Voice and video game musicians. The powers that be like it that way. Makes people easier to control. Why waste all that effort being clever when you can just make millions by regurgitating the same robotic pop slop every year?
D'Angelo just bought real music back. The man is a hero as far as I am concerned.
It's far too complex and introspective, and the lyrical themes are too controversial and nuanced, for most people. The industry's favorite puppets - white teenage girls - wouldn't even begin to comprehend what this is (the vast majority anyway - imagine a 17 year old Snooki clone, adrift in the emptiness of One Direction and Taylor Swift, and this hits her? Please.) Yes, it's based in the R&B traditions going way back, but this is a explosive layer cake of creative genre bending. Heck I'm 45, and a musician, and I'm just coming to terms with I have heard.
I hear as much Parliament as I do Prince here, but then Spanish guitar drops? Why the heck not. And accessible pop sensibilities? Just because he can. And Marvin Gaye, and Hendrix, and bebop, and acid jazz, and progressive rock...give me a few days and I'm sure more will be revealed. I mean, just listen to "Prayer". Do you hear those subtle off-time signatures? I don't even know what to call that.
Plus there's a very intentional, spiritually-based response to the cesspool of gratuitous occult shock pop out there. It's also a firm, confident bitch slap across the face of our culture's hypocritical morals and industrialized lies. This EXACTLY what the industry does not want, and EXACTLY what we all need.
It's new alright.
Evan Redmon Well said!!
Evan Redmon Yes please go in
My favourite song on the album, absolutely LOVE it
This track actually sounds like it was meant for Voodoo
you are correct. recorded in 1997. Great ear
Y'all Pino never disappoints and Roy Hargrove (RIP) on the horn * heart melts* I love this song its my Mantra. I sing this everyday to myself💜💜💜
This album up there with greatest RNB / soul albums ever made. This guy is one of the best in our generation , safe to say his songs will live forever . If you haven’t listened to his song on Red Dead Redemption 2 please enjoy .
This is greater than great piece of soulful song .Thank you Mr. DÁngelo .
This is reminiscent of 70's soul music. You can even visualize the bell bottom slacks and afro hair style. Hopefully its a trend back to good music by real talented musicians.
3:50 and beyond...all other musicians take a seat.
For real!
Man O'Neal Oh....I just get goosebumps listening to this part...especially as it builds in intensity....
Still listening to this track January 2020
Those horns are oh so right....
This music just feels too good.
i agree
On another level in every aspect of the words!!! I have always been and always will be in awe of this man's gifts to do what he was obviously born to do. I needed this album so very much....OMG!!!!!!
I just shared this on Facebook because if underrated could be atrociously underrated, that would describe D'Angelo!!!! Been riding with him since 1998 in middle school when I started buying my own music; avant-garde instrumentation and vocalization!!!!
CLASS this is how you TURN IT UP
This song was made 27 years ago Pino Pallidino said 😮
He moves my soul...
Love this track. Soulfully well done.