A posthumous album from D'Angelo is reportedly on the way

A posthumous album from D'Angelo could be on the way, according to the R&B and neo-soul legend's friend and collaborator Questlove.

The US musician made the comments during a red carpet interview at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday (November 8).

In response to a question from Entertainment Tonight reporter Courtney Tezeno around D'Angelo's unreleased music, Questlove said: "You'll see soon."

When asked to describe what would be D'Angelo's fourth album, he expanded: "It's always the sound of yesterday but for the future, and this record's no different."

Regarded as a pioneer of neo-soul, D'Angelo died following a private battle with pancreatic cancer last month (October 14), he was 51-years-old.

The untitled project would be the follow-up to his last studio album, 'Black Messiah'; released a decade prior to his death, the 2014 record saw D'Angelo awarded with the GRAMMY for Best R&B Album in 2016.

D'Angelo's 1994 album 'Brown Sugar' and 2000 follow-up 'Voodoo' were similarly huge critical and commercial successes.

Following his death in October, Questlove wrote a tribute to D'Angelo for Rolling Stone, in which he wrote: "D’Angelo, to me, was one of the last pure artists in Black music. I know we sold the mysterious seriousness well, but the truth is — we were a silly bunch."

Read the Mixmag feature on the controversial ethics of posthumous releases here.

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