WHAT IS D'ANGELO? | ATLANTA SEASON 4 | EPISODE 3 (REVIEW)

[@Labcabin96]

Dasani is the worst

[@thegreensget]

Aquafina too.

[@dwayneadamsworld]

I stood up and clapped at the dasani scene

[@T_Dot94]

As a huge D'Angelo fan and being an Indian boy who constantly has their mother forcibly putting that white stuff across my forehead, when dude put peanut butter across Donald's forehead while inducting him into the D'Angelo spiritual society, it hit on a whole bunch of levels.

[@chasep1310]

😀 enjoy your tunes dude

[@Al_Anon_Marly]

Rare we get to see Black surrealism or maybe Black Hyperrealism because many of the situations are more than relatable on so many lvls.

[@regg217]

Could be interpreted as black expressionism as well.

[@vanatiwoods]

Great insight! Also, there’s an inside joke most won’t get that Donald was making, the fact that D’Angelo doesn’t look like D’Angelo 😂 My big brother plays his character is this episode and I’m so proud of him! Thank you for this!

[@altheaharris]

Your brother is the guy making the sandwich?

[@LouMurk]

Death has been a very big talking point this season as well as purpose of life. Something about what Blue Bloods wife said about how he didn't rap for fun, but he rapped so he can be "The realist" yet he alienated people from his art, to Earn not wanting success out of ambition but out of spite, and now seeing Al's ambition in his career shift, theirs a lot of parallels happening.

[@devzeppalin]

A possible reason why Earn wasn’t bugged out by “D’Angelo” knowing his dream (he looked shocked initially) was the “what makes you think the hands are doing you harm?” revelation. That’s definitely gonna affect his perspective from this point on.

[@devzeppalin]

Also, listen to his entire discog but especially “Voodoo” by D’angelo. I can’t give that album any more praise it hasn’t already received but be patient with it; it’s a slow burner.

[@BarryMarz]

I’m so glad someone brought up the D’Angelo character bringing up Earn’s dream. I was literally jaw dropped watching that scene and thought I was the only one who noticed it.

[@123SWAGGY]

I feel like the d’angelo thing was a counter to al’s story on how tryin to be super deep is just as clout chasing but also weird like when the mask falls and his like “you really want to sign me?”

[@Srtcuz]

I’m going to miss this show when it’s gone

[@BlacktionHero]

I've been to that Rally's. It is weird as hell just from the outside. Rundown looking, but fully automated ordering. I think there was only one person inside and they just handed me my food and didn't say anything to me.

[@loganstacer]

the dream is the same dream he describes to Van in ep 101

[@phvros]

Right. I’d also argue that season 3’s opening scene takes from Earn’s dream as well-two guys in the boat.

[@devzeppalin]

@@phvros Literally and now he has a new revelation about the hands after meeting “D’Angelo”.

[@jcnot9712]

A lot of great analysis packed into 5 minutes. The D'Angelo portions were very confusing, even while being familiar with him so I'm glad to see you were able to garner meaning from it.

[@ginpak7037]

I got to this video all confused about the scene, I read all these comments and I'm even more confused

[@Zigmosh]

This dude put chicken skin in between a peanut butter sandwich. Wtf was up with that?

[@jadacampbell9331]

I tried it since watching. It's actually pretty good 👍🏾

[@tapptin]

real ATL shit

[@justsid]

Don't forget the generous sprinkle of Lawry's.

[@timbobfisher]

Your comment literally made me tear up laughing

[@meimjustatenet]

S/O D’Angelo; Voodoo is literally my favorite album ever.

[@_jaded]

this show is so amazing it never fails to crack me up. just love the absurdity of it

[@aminahstarseed2257]

It's not a dream but it is the second secret door he goes through. If it's what I'm thinking he will have one more to go.

[@malcolmtaylor4922]

YWA even extends to Jim Carrey even all the comedians that backed him.

[@Isekaiser]

I think the scene where earn leaves D’Angelo With im not gonna sign you but you have a good voice basically details how earn could be 50/50 on exploitation or he could be protecting It. He could be wanting to subconsciously exploit the image of D’Angelo like the industry did hypersexualizing him. But the talent is there. Same with Alfred he knew It was image of the ywa not the talent . Earns was opposite he wanted the image not the talent . Exploitation comes in 2 ways i suppose.

[@thaconqueror777]

Yes I agree. It makes me think when paper boi ask Earn *hence his name* about how does he do it….being a manager. His answer gave off I’m all about the money imo.

[@uchemessiah4846]

First off, I love how well your voice mixes with this video. Thank you

[@Dig.it.thadope1]

Dreaming Eyes is one of my favorite D’Angelo tracks.

[@binoblocka]

Listen to the (Dream Remix) much much better than original

[@DJ-iu5bb]

When Hurricane Ian was coming in I went to pick up the Water in case things go bad in South Carolina guess what was still left on the Shelves 😂

[@Isekaiser]

Also may not be an earn dream if we think about how the show ended that might be another reality .

[@vitortedesco2173]

This was the most "american" epi of atlanta. Don't catch you slippin' now

[@CoelhoJonas]

Heheh you’re really young if u didn’t knew D’Anglelo before this

[@phvros]

yeah bro, 22 😂 He sound good though. I got put on fr

[@jadacampbell9331]

It also depends on what you grew up listening to. Selective exposure

[@binoblocka]

@@phvros and lmk what you think bruh lol

[@amiraameera8302]

My guy said "why is the water dry?" 🤣🤣🤣 I can't 😭

[@HDAspen]

I’m just surprised you just got hip to one of the greatest artists of all times lmaooo great vid tho

[@yas1977]

I dont think that Gaga and Eminem apply to thw YWA stuff cuz different from those on the episode, they got real talent. Of course, I believe Usher and Akon saw an opportunity since is much more easy to make money and sucess with a white person than a black - unfortunaly is how the industrie works. But Gaga and Eminem aren't getting reconized by appropriating black music/culture. Of course, Eminem is a rapper and he is not black, but his lyrics are abt his real life issues and stuff, smt we see in 8Mile and that's why even OG rappers respect him. I'm still tryng to understand the D'Angelo part, I feel that there is so much symbolism in every aspect since the room Earn was waiting, all the details ..

[@pahwraith]

Never heard danglelo? Ok, bye. 😂

[@phvros]

yeah, Atlanta put me on though 😅

[@skylar8685]

this episode was brilliant

[@real_eyezjames1487]

That chicken skin sandwich 😅

[@suleimanmustafa1473]

Donald Glover does the voice of Simba in the 2019 Lion King so that was meta

[@yasminetarr3162]

so everybody thinks earns gonna die but honestly i think it could be him or al

[@JeffreyLKemp]

NKOTB the OG YWA's

[@lolivingston6827]

So Ye not crazy huh🤔 Lol

[@dwayneadamsworld]

I think they are all dead

[@Dominucastro47]

Thanks. Cool show

[@БелыйХолм]

Ни хера не понятно, но очень интересно

[@radspiderjackson]

i think you missed the mark on the white avatar concept just based on the examples you gave. Those were icons that birthed new icons as opposed to a fading star helping the come up of a random tiktok star.

[@radspiderjackson]

and this shit been feeling ominous lhh

[@phvros]

I’d agree, partially however. All the examples I mentioned besides Akon and Gaga I knew of. In the case of the latter, apparently Akon made millions off of the success of Gaga upon signing her. So much so, it’s thanks to Gaga he was able to sell his shares to Interscope and retire. He explained it being a business move because he understood the lifetime of artists in the industry. To my understanding, the purpose of the YWA meeting was to establish a contingency plan in the event an artist (or Alfred) loses relevancy and still has ways to eat.

[@johnindigo5477]

It's also easy to call these singers and rappers icons now but who knew about gaga or Justin beiber in 2007, or em in 98. They were talented definetly but was thier massive success guaranteed, aside from thier whiteness promising a large audience?

[@phvros]

When you put it that way, it’s up for discussion. There’s probably a handful of upcoming talent who’ve gotten nowhere despite having that industry push.

[@jeremiah50justice33]

Atlanta reminds me if Dave Chappelle made a show for this age.

[@sfumatomind1818]

Eminem is a' exception

[@thegreensget]

Dasani and Aquafina did to water what Keyshia Cole and Ashanti did to R&B. don't @ me.

[@vision176]

I ain’t trying to be mean or funny are you white

[@phvros]

LMFAOOO, no i’m not white 😂