My favorite male R&B artist of All-Time. I'm a singer & D'Angelo has had the biggest influence on me. He was and still is an artist ahead of his time, and one of the pioneers of the neo-soul music genre. His voice is a national treasure and one of a kind. The Voodoo album is my favorite male R&B album and left a major impression upon me as a fellow singer.
@H Az I Mos Def respect your honest opinion but dose but you gotta admit do dat line wit him and Redman on Big Dogs he was like "johnny blaze da ghostwriter ghost storys by da campfire we night breed vampires" yo you gotta admit dat was genius
Together :) They both originally dropped their debut albums "Brown Sugar" & "Baduizm" & in '95 and 97' respectively and by the time they were recording their second albums, "Voodoo" & "Mama's Gun", they happened to be @ Electric Lady in NYC(Jimi Hendrix's Studios) at the same time. "Like Water for Chocolate", the Common/J Dilla collaboration was half recorded in Dilla's Detroit Studio and the other half also coinciding @ Electric Lady with the earlier two album recordings. All of these musicians we're adding to each others creations and often jumping into each other's sessions, so that's how you get the collective the "Soulquarians" which is comprised of Erykah Badu, Bilal, Common, D'Angelo, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Pino Palladino(bassist) James Poyser(instrumentalist), Q-Tip, Questlove, & J Dilla (RIP). If you wiki the albums/track listings you can see how they featured each other. Certain others like DJ Premier were also around for these times. All of these immensely talented individuals together were responsible for furthering that sound they call "Neo soul" :)
This album influenced me a lot as a musician. I normally refer to rock music like My Bloody Valentine and U2 for inspiration but Voodoo changed my life in many ways. I was really moved by the fact that D'Angelo runs the show himself, performing most of the instruments, singing, writing, and producing. Add to that the fact that his music always came out as exceptionally excellent every time. I'll always be grateful for discovering Voodoo.
Like sum of y'all out there, I 2 get a lil frustrated at the way the industry waters down the black experience in music. With that said, I know that the beauty of what we do is still here; it just ain't mainstream (n that's kool). If we want change n remembrance of who n what we r 2 not fade away, we must "each 1 teach 1" so that the youngbloods can carry on this rich n beautiful legacy that we possess. And it starts n ya inna-circle. Share this richness with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews n so on. Tell them about our history past 2 da present; then let it marinate n watch it grow. I luv all of God's creation, especially my blackness (the good, the bad, n the ugly of it all) cuz at the end of the day...we family. Luv y'all...peace
one of my favorite album of all fucking time! This is music to me... I love hip hop, reggae but soul music and RnB is my soul and my real passion for music. This dude is a master of his craft and I'm a big fan of his style of music. I got nothing but respect for D' and like me.. I love women with a passion.
The Voodoo album is a masterpiece! its definitely one of the best neosoul and R&B albums of all time top 20 for me and one of the best albums of the 2000s. D'Angelo is so handsome, immensely talented and gifted. He deserves his flowers he paved the way for neosoul music. This is a great song and collab with him, Method Man and Redman.
The Voodoo album came out the same year and month I was born but I love this man with all my heart!😍😍😍😍 I hope he does another album soon because Black Messiah is! 🔥🔥🔥
Damn, I loved this joint! Its a damn shame it took more than ten years for D'Angelo to release a follow up record but better late than never. This is probably one of my favorite ensemble records of the past decade, everything from the instrumentation to the guess verse from Meth and Redman was on point!
D Angelo was like fuck that smooth shit....I want to make music like Rick James, Prince, and George Clinton...stepped away from the keyboards and picked up the guitar!
I see this is labeled as the "clean radio edit". But I don't think I hardly ever heard this on the radio. Certainly jamming to it elsewhere and on my own!! But radio ain't take advantage of this jam!
+Eliana Sanchez Niice to know there are some soulful ladies here in Australia, ive been running into some really bland females since i landed, but again your last name hints to a central/south American background,
