D’Angelo was raised Pentecostal. Speaking in tongues. The Holy Ghost coming down on the anointed. Shouting and tarrying. Sanctified. Pentecostalism is to Christianity what hip hop is to black music.
Along the way, we ask all the most important questions about 2000 D’Angelo: Does the myth overwhelm the reality when it comes to Voodoo? What did people get wrong about the “Untitled” video? Who were ...
As D’Angelo fans wait anxiously for a soulful follow-up record to the R&B singer’s 2000 sophomore stunner Voodoo, the label that released that record is now issuing a 12-song live set recorded in 1995 ...
D'Angelo had already proven a transformative R&B figure as a 21-year-old with his 1995 debut LP Brown Sugar, scoring hits and winning awards and growing the movement that would ultimately be known as ...
This Vintage Almost-Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at the late great D'Angelo's brush with pop culture centrality, and how he immediately recoiled from it. By Andrew ...