D’Angelo has enlisted Prince and Cee-Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley to help with his long-awaited comeback album, James River, which is expected to finally drop this summer on J Records.

D’Angelo already has collaborations with Raphael Saadiq, Roy Hargrove and Mark Ronson in the can.

James River will be D’Angelo’s first studio album since Voodoo in 2000.

D’Angelo’s also planning his first major tour in several years; he will perform in Europe this summer then tour the United States.

The dates and venues are still being lined up.

Billboard.com reminds that in recent years the troubled artist has endured a serious car accident and drug-related arrests, and in lieu of new music of his own, he’s made sporadic guest appearances on albums by Common, Snoop Dogg, Q-Tip and J Dilla.

“He’s able to smile again and he’s ready to connect [with fans],” Guion told Billboard last summer. “He’s coming back. And he looks great, by the way.”