Archive for February 11th, 2010
Playlist of the Day – D’Angelo “Brown Sugar”
by Seth on Feb.11, 2010, under MUSIC!!!!
If you enjoy Jazz or R&B and are not familiar with D’Angelo, well…..you have a lot to learn. D’Angelo made his fam in the Mid 90’s. Since his debut album “Brown Sugar” he has been rather quite, only appearing on other hip hop artist albums (most recently Q-tip’s “The Renaissance”) . There has been a strong demand for D’Angelo to return to the studio and create another classic for the soul. Rumor has it, D’Angelo has been back in the studio for years but has yet to complete his album…he has been known to be a perfectionist. Enjoy Ya’ll….This kind of music heals the soul.
Artist Bio:
Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D’Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
D’Angelo is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influencers, Marvin Gaye, and Prince. D’Angelo was one of the most influential artists during the rise of the neo-soul movement.
His first two studio albums, Brown Sugar and Voodoo, have garnered much commercial and critical acclaim, and have been cited as “two of the most excellent and singular R&B albums of the past 15 years” . Rock critic Robert Christgau has dubbed him as “R&B Jesus”.
Since the year 2000, D’Angelo has conducted no interviews, live performances or released any new material, save for minor collaborations with other artists, and sporadic unfinished demos leaked to the internet. A follow up album to Voodoo, has been rumoured and speculated since the mid-2000s (decade) but is still pending release or announcement. -wikipedia.org



