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The son and grandson of Pentecostal preacher men, D’Angelo was raised up on church music. His first professional music contract was a publishing deal. And his first work of note was the anthem “U Will Know” - written for the movie Jason’s Lyric, sung by an all-star group under the moniker B.M.U. (Black Men United), and featuring Gerald Levert, Brian McKnight, Aaron Hall and Stokley of Mint Condition, among a sea of many more soul men.
However, once D’Angelo began recording his own music, he deftly integrated defiant slabs of hip hop attitude, collaborating with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest on his debut “Brown Sugar,” rappers Redman and Method Man on “Left & Right,” and Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson - leader/drummer of The Roots - a heavy presence on D’s sophomore Voodoo sessions. Perhaps most potent of anything in his canon is “Devil’s Pie,” a scathing yet swinging rundown on runaway hedonism - produced by DJ Premier of Gang Starr, introduced in the urban flick, Belly, and a worthy successor to the soundtrack classics of Curtis Mayfield.
Also of note were D’Angelo’s obvious homage to the sensual vocal layering of Marvin Gaye, the falsetto flights of Prince, and the bulls-eye of Al Green’s unfettered soul. Then there were his lyrical gifts, such as the sticky-icky/sexy-sexy double-entendres of “Brown Sugar” and the more literally lovely “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine.
However, once D’Angelo began recording his own music, he deftly integrated defiant slabs of hip hop attitude, collaborating with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest on his debut “Brown Sugar,” rappers Redman and Method Man on “Left & Right,” and Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson - leader/drummer of The Roots - a heavy presence on D’s sophomore Voodoo sessions. Perhaps most potent of anything in his canon is “Devil’s Pie,” a scathing yet swinging rundown on runaway hedonism - produced by DJ Premier of Gang Starr, introduced in the urban flick, Belly, and a worthy successor to the soundtrack classics of Curtis Mayfield.
Also of note were D’Angelo’s obvious homage to the sensual vocal layering of Marvin Gaye, the falsetto flights of Prince, and the bulls-eye of Al Green’s unfettered soul. Then there were his lyrical gifts, such as the sticky-icky/sexy-sexy double-entendres of “Brown Sugar” and the more literally lovely “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine.
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Brown Sugar
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Live at the Jazz Cafe
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2000-07-08: Live at Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden
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Smooth
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Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine
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When We Get By
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The Root
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Shoutbox
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Vhien wrote:
An okay-remake from the Space Jam soundtrack is one of the worst things for tiding over ever. >> Thank goodness ?uesto leaked Really Love at least. Because at least...it was new.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Summer 2010? Album is probably finished, but likely has a sweltering, swampy, funky, festive feeling to match with the season. Truth be told, Voodoo felt awfully out of place during its January 2000 release.
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superwomanL wrote:
damn
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Funkadelicer wrote:
very lame
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Vhien wrote:
His Manager updated his own myspace thing with this: Signed to the both RCA and J Records, D’Angelo’s album is slated for release summer 2010. In the meantime, fans are enjoying a “The Best So Far…” collective that features the buzz single, “I Found My Smile Again.” The promotion and marketing of the single has been spearheaded directly by Black Ops Media. LAME Summer 2010 now? =____=
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mackypaige wrote:
Check out this video from Nneka called "The Uncomfortable Truth"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBbF0gwt8tU
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Funkadelicer wrote:
+ d's website is down.
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msJBoogie wrote:
hmm yesterday Q-Tip twitted "d'angelo OLD epk... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU1CS_NKhlM&feature=related his new album... CRAZY! " crazy! i want his new record so bad, i hope that something has started ...
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Mandalola wrote:
No-one near him, no-one like, no good without him. Waiting on you, D.
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jlegend369 wrote:
Damn! D, get your life together! Today's music is deteriorating without you and Lauryn Hill. [2]
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Vhien wrote:
>_____> A 2009 Single or Winter Tour is looking less and less likely. 2010 release still...I..hold out hope kinda.
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trueiopian wrote:
Damn! D, get your life together! Today's music is deteriorating without you and Lauryn Hill.
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thedailygrind wrote:
voodoo is amazing!
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jakobdorof wrote:
Al Green meets Prince? yes PLEASE
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skitzotsp wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Cannabis+Soul
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futhamucka wrote:
When we get by with love....
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superwomanL wrote:
GOD
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jackpot1021 wrote:
His cover of "Cruisin'" is too good
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theapril-sea wrote:
brown sugar is genius
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Funkadelicer wrote:
Good god almighty!
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