D’Angelo has made his return back into the media, but I’m sure we’re all wondering what’s next for him. His fans know he’s way overdue for an album, but will he give it to them anytime soon? Will it be the same D’Angelo we once knew? Or has his style changed a bit? These are all the questions we want to know. Questlove recently sat down with Rolling Stone to talk about D’Angelo’s new album. Here’s an excerpt from the interview:

During the live jam session, D’Angelo surprised the crowd by grooving with Funkadelic singer Kendra Foster during a funky cover of the Beatles’ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and shredding guitar on Jimi Hendrix’s “Power of Soul.”

“He’s elated,” Questlove says. “He was just amazed. I wanted him to see how loved he really is, because he really doesn’t get it. He seriously doesn’t watch television. He’s not on a computer at all. He’s still listening to vinyl, cassettes and a Discman.”

The Roots drummer hopes the appearance will convince D’Angelo to finally release his first LP since 2000′s Voodoo. Questlove says roughly 30 tracks have been recorded over the last few years, with many sessions taking place at Electric Lady in New York, where the singer cut Voodoo. “He is about to take a radical 180 turn with this record,” says Questlove. “It’s going to throw people off the same way that Prince’s Dirty Mind threw his R&B fanbase off. In the past few years, he’s discovered Bowie and Zeppelin, the Beatles, Pet Sounds, Captain Beefheart and Zappa.

“My whole reasoning for doing [Bonnaroo],” Questlove says, “was to show him who his real audience is.”

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