D’Angelo/PA,USA 2013

The signal for D’Angelo’s revival, a live performance entitled Brothers In Arms, a phantasmagoric classic cover contest with his ally Questlove, was recorded in a high-quality audience recording. It has also been remastered and is very easy to listen to. A series of covers of Gang Starr, Sly, and Bobby Womack that show the depth of their musicality, Fantastic by Slum Villagen, who is cooler than J Dilla, and Ohio Players, a cover of an old song from the Westbound era, sounds like a new song by D’Angelo. And Prince’s Pop Life is a 12-inch version. They also played She’s Always In My Hair, an early live version of Really Love with Questlove’s MC saying it was the first single, a beautiful piano of Tell Me If You Still Care by SOS Band with the audience singing along, and an encore of a clever medley of Lady and Parliament’s Do That Stuff. This is a live performance full of their charm, where D’Angelo and Questlove’s music lovers explode. “Brothers In Arms” July 3, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts Disc 1 01. Intro (Questlove Speaks) 02. Ex Girl To The Next Girl [Gang Starr cover] / Brown Sugar > Go Back 2 The Thing > 03. Let Me Have It All [Sly & The Family Stone cover] 04. Woman’s Gotta Have It [Bobby Womack cover] > 05. The Line 06. You Caught Me S milin・[Sly & The Family Stone cover] > 07. Africa Talks To You / The Asphalt Jungle・[Sly & The Family Stone cover] > 08. No Head No Backstage Pass [Funkadelic cover] > 09. Fantastic [J Dilla / Slum Village cover] > 10. Pop Life [Prince cover] > 11. Greatdayndamornin’ 12. Our Love Has Died [Ohio Players cover] > 13. The Root > 14. She’s Always In My Hair [Prince cover] 15. Quest Speaks / Really Love Intro 16. Really Love 17. Tell Me If You Still Care [The S.O.S. Band cover] > 18. Africa 19. Encore Break (Crowd Noise) Disc 2 01. Lady (Extended Intro) 02. Lady > 03. Do That Stuff [Parliament cover] Notes: Encore with The Roots (Kirk Douglas, James Poyser & Mark Kelley + 2 bg vocalists)