Friday, November 13, 2020

Day 0804 - Brown Sugar

D'Angelo "Brown Sugar" (1995)


D'Angelo is another musical lifer, getting into music as a child, taking part in amateur nights at the Apollo Theatre, and eventually dropping out of school to pursue a music career.

D'Angelo handled most of the production and vocals on "Brown Sugar" himself, crafting a sound that was like a modernised Marvin Gaye.   Similar to (and probably a source of) a lot of current modern RnB but without the now seemingly obligatory rap guest spot.

The sound was dubbed 'neo-soul' and, slowly but surely worked D'Angelo into the public consciousnes.   Love his take on "Cruisin" and his own eloquent "Sh*t, Damn, Motherf**ker".

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