D’Angelo, J Dilla & the “Lauryn” Track that Never Was 

So actually according to ?uestlove in his Red Bull interview, the “Lauryn track” was NOT “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, it was a completely different set of MULTIPLE beats that could’ve been a track with Lauryn but they never decided on which track (meaning Jay Dee beat) was gonna be used. And Lauryn never committed her vocals to tape that we know of. So in a last stitch effort they decided to cover “Feel Like Makin’ Love” , which is why Jay Dee isn’t credited, because it replaced the Lauryn track. It wasn’t actually the track she was supposed to be on. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yCxVzCe2N1Y.html he starts talking about it at 42:38.

That blend was absolutely 🔥🔥🔥 you need to make an entire feature on just you blending JDilla tracks!!!

Really appreciate how much you discuss D'Angelo. It's criminal how underrated he is in today's landscape, but I'm sure when he returns it'll be to his rightful place on the Soul throne.

Bro, these videos never disappoint with the information that construct most of my favorites from this time, as for the mashup…🔥. It’s nice to see Alien Family getting some love and it was the very first beat that I ever heard after actually discovering J Dilla. It’s been love ever since. It was at a pivotal moment for me and it literally changed my life. He was already gone 🕊️and I remember the tears that fell when I found out. I just wanted to pay my respects. I always felt J Dilla presence in Voodoo and when I looked on the back of the CD cover for him, I was disappointed. But yo, you brought what I already felt was real out in the open. Thank you for what you do. You the GOAT!! 🐐

There’s a lot of “Lauryn Hill Problems” lmso😅. Great work , per usual .

Great video as always! Nujabes and DJ Shadow would be awesome artists to dive into.

as someone who’s been listening to brown sugar almost religiously for over 2 decades still, i love how much you talk about d’angelo.

The passion, music knowledge, artistic skill and awesome voice makes this an amazing channel. Thank you for the cool content and early congratulations to your inevitable 100,000 subs and beyond.

Your videos make me so happy and remind me why I love music 😊 you’re gonna blow up soon no doubt

These videos are heavily influencing my taste in music and I have absolutely no problem with that

Thanks for turning me on to D'Angelo's Voodoo, Questlove, and Dilla. So much music, so little time...

I bought the book “Dilla Time” because of your recommendation in a previous video and DEVOURED it. I learned, I laughed, I cried… it was an amazing book. Gonna be gifting it to multiple friends!

Dope video! Would love to see you dive into a nujabes track like Lady Brown or a luv(sic) and bring us into the world of 60s and 70s Brazilian music

I had wanted to read dilla time it was on my wishlist but due to these videos I actually purchased it and am 7 chapters or so deep. Thank you very much for motivating me to do something I needed for my music. ❤

Aye man that smash up u did is dope....love ur passion for this music..down to the smallest details

THANK YOU MAN. Jesus Christmas. I'm in the middle of Dilla Time now. I bought two copies. One to abuse, mark and highlight in and the other for my book shelve. Keep em coming man. I gotta share this link. Salute.

Bro I'm SOOOO GLAD that your channel popped up in my suggestions. I was always considered the source of most things "Dilla" in my circle, but you took me to school! I now recommend your channel now for further insight when asked about Dilla's story. Keep up the amazing work, bro.

Brother you litteraly made me cry!!!...thank you for this, your channel is probably the best I terms of content work and research materials I have ever seen.I mean wooow!!!

bro your videos are so great, thank you for putting in the effort to make truly entertaining videos my friend

Yep. Another dope video. My new favourite channel. Keep ‘em coming. 😊

Bro. I just recently found your channel and have to say that your content quality is off the charts. I had my 16 year old daughter, who loves Voodoo but doesn’t have the ties to it like I do because I was 20-21 and heartbroken when this album dropped (voodoo was the soundtrack to the breakup but one mo gin was the my script if I was ever to see her again [I haven’t lol]) and she sat through the soulquarians video and the chicken grease video, and the D Angelo Voodoo documentary. These music history lessons are incredible! I love the lessons, the playing, the mixes, and most importantly, the dancing. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next installment. I have a suggestion. Can you cover Madlib and all of his aliases? All of him as jazz musicians and as Quasimodo. There has to be a ton of content surrounding him. Oh, did I mention that I absolutely love the dancing in these videos?? Also, she said that you have an amazing beard.

never leaving this channel ever

THIS SONG IS SO UNDERATED!!!! An INCREDIBLE cover that doesn't get enough due!!!!

Last time I jumped on your video you had under 1000 subscribers. You’re going to blow up

love this channel! please never stop!

Well-researched appreciation imbued with nuance and clarity. Keep doing what you're doing. We love it!!

Congratulations on 100k!!!

Not even sure why I wait until the end of the video to “like”. I should know by now as soon as you put something out it’s gonna be fire lol

That remix of yours really swings. Thanks man. Love your videos.

i cant believe this channel has less than 100k subs, this is my favorite channel

You are a genius. I am staggered by every one of your videos. You help to remind me how much I love music

the algo wins today, this is awesoem il be following for more

Suuuuch a great channel! Awesome discovery I've just made!

Please never stop doing D'angelo videos 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

This has to be a track.... beautiful video

Not ONLY Do I Appreciate, All The Knowledge You Put Forth, But Then The Muzic, You Put Together, Showcasing, What You Told Us To Imagine………..Pure Fire 🔥 Dawg😮!!!

I'm learning so much from your channel. Amazing

glad you popped up on my recommended man favorite new channel 🙏🏾

Avengers of Neo Soul looool couldn’t have said it better. Just came across your channel and have binge watched several of your videos already like the lectures I wish I could stay awake in during college . Such great quality and love how much homage you’re giving to these legends!

love to see the channel growing!

Bro, you killed this video! New Subscriber here and I'm catching up on ALL your old vids now. Keep it up, SALUTE!

Absolute mustard my friend 👍🏿

My favorite D'Angelo song off the album. Thank you for covering it!

The more I watch your channel, the more I realize that you are a Soulquarians stan. lol. Can’t blame you though! Keep up the great work, brother.

Bruh you fr talented af

Thank god for this channel .

Thank you so much for putting the remix out for free on your site, you did great job on this🙏

You been doing da lawds work here and with you channel. Love the deep dives

shout out to you for putting this together man. great work

Dude you always make videos about songs or artists I love to death. Such unique and thoughtful content, keep it up and don’t stop man✊

That remix is still banging you should make a full length track a upload it,!

I would like to see you do a video on The Neptunes! Your research is incredible and I appreciate the time and effort you put in the music and it’s history💜

Thanks for showing D’Angelo’s to those who don’t know

My man... THANK YOU.

You did a GREAT job with this brother.

Love the focus on Dilla. He is a known name to heads, but is not as household as he should be. You should do a piece on the lost scrolls or the slum village arc. Both are tragic and legendary. Slum village were poised to be the second coming of a tribe called quest.

Dis channel feels good

One of the great things about this channel, aside from learning a ton of new stuff about music that I love, is imagining what other topics you can draw inspiration from to make more videos. I'd love a deeper dive into Voodoo, especially the instrumental alchemy between Questlove, Charlie Hunter, and Roy Hargrove on "Spanish Joint". The acoustic demo for that song is on RU-vid as well and it's amazing!

This channel is gold and this is one of the few decisions the youtube algorithm did well :) Will you break down MF DOOM & Madlib in the future? Would love to see that. Greetings from Berlin, Germany

Love your vibe and insight man, and your playing isn't slack! Big up from the UK!

youre a genius! love your break downs and context...

You always deliver with these deep dive episodes on neo-soul lore! Love your work man, thank you

OK my dude, I see you and I subbed! I see that you are heavily into the same artists that I love, and you tell the stories behind the art that is just as interesting. Dope track by the way!

I would really love to hear your take on the Neo-soul supergroup that didnt happen… and boy for the album to drop 17 years after the fact: Jon B’s “Jack Herrera”. The history behind it is crazy!

You should check out the recording of D’Angelo playing everybody loves the sunshine

The beat reminds of the joey bada$$ song called snakes on 1999 mixtape

Ok, so when are you going to release a full length album of mashups inspired by the Soulquarians?? I can listen to these types of tracks all day man 🔥

there is never enough of dilla

another great one :) you're the boss ! Have you ever of thought of puttin' all of your videos and stuff in a form of stage show ? (maybe you already did ?) Bring the video-projector, your apc, the bass, your knowledge and your humor... what else ? :) can't wait for your TED !

Love your vids!

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

Look man that mix slaps

Great job bro!!! I think they all would be proud if they heard this. SALUTE!!!! RIP Trugoy and DILLA!!!

YO!!! That shit was Dope…..You A Bad Man!!

I was walking around NY, on the periphery of the business, during that time. I had always heard that the label was struggling with Voodoo before it dropped because "it was too dark" and it was being delayed as they tried to find a single. I heard there was a song they were trying to do with Lauryn, but Rohan killed it. I never said this before because it always felt like unfair gossip. To this day, idk what is true and what is not...but so much time has passed for this little bit of gossip to matter. So, I'm just letting it fly here.

Incredible 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Another great video man, please keep it up. I'd be lying though if I said I didn't hear Snakes the second you started that remix. Second you hit the drums I heard "Sometimes I feel alienated because I'm not up in the stadium playing or on the radio saying"

That lil mix was 🔥🎶

So who are the artists now that are continuing to make neo soul music that you can recommend. Watching ur videos has made me fall in love again w/ all the music the soulquarians made. Commons like water for chocolate is in my top 10 all time fav albums btw.

🔥🔥🔥🔥 amazing content

luv ur vids man! There’s always a smile on my face when u upload

Literally my fave song from D’Angelo 😭

Wow! I was surprised that Dilla did not have any credits on Voodoo especially since Questlove was talking about altering his drum feel based on Dilla's unquantized time and D'Angelo's guidance in the Red Bull Music Academy interview

The way you hold the bass is in the fashion of "alright now, let's go" while stomping it down with a cigarette hanging out your mouth. Brother brother you doin it.

Amazing video!

Nice work

This is awesome

Questlove got D’s attention by playing a Madhouse track which was Prince’s jazz outlet. It was a Prince track :)

Great mix!

Bro same beat as joey on 1999 I cant bro that beat is way too 🔥

would've been my favorite song of all time

Everyone of your videos I've watched have been great--thanks for the insights!

Don’t forget the Erykah and D duet covering “Your Precious Love”

Questlove actually "got D'Angelo's attention" by playing the intro to "Four" by Madhouse (Prince's side project) at a Roots concert. Video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8tp5BHK8m5w.html

I use a browser extension that removes embedded video annotations from the end of videos, so at the end you just kinda awkwardly pointed at the wall before walking off 😂😂 Makes it funnier that way lol.

Listen!!!!! That track!!!!!! You’re a fucking beast!!!!!! Great video! Picked up my holiday spirit fast!!!!!!

Omg!!! This is sick! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 7:21

Interesting to note, in the original post on OKayplayer, Quest says: "jaydee did the lauryn track. and it has an al green feel to it mixed with a little ''got til it's gone'' (jaydee did that too...)." And now we know definitively (from Charnas's research) that Dilla didn't do *that* either...

Outstanding

Your'e a cool dude :) Thanks for the content