On Saturday night, the soul legend D’Angelo played the first-ever solo Verzuz battle. The event was billed as D’Angelo V. Friends, but for most of the night, the only friends onscreen were DJ Scratch and the guy who lit D’s blunts. (Method Man, Redman, and H.E.R. did put in appearances.) The event was mostly just a pleasant, relaxed, casual little D’Angelo show. D’Angelo played a new song, covered Smokey Robinson, and offered up quick and subtle musical tributes to past greats, but it was mostly just him singing along with his old hits, having a good time. It was fun! There was no competition involved! The next Verzuz battle might look something like that, too.