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D'Angelo|Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

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By the mid-'90s, most urban R&B had become rather predictable, working on similar combinations of soul and hip-hop, or relying on vocal theatrics on slow, seductive numbers. With his debut album, Brown Sugar, the 21-year-old D'Angelo crashed down some of those barriers. D'Angelo concentrates on classic versions of soul and R&B, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn't cut and paste older songs with hip-hop beats; instead, he attacks the forms with a hip-hop attitude, breathing new life into traditional forms. Not all of his music works -- there are several songs that sound incomplete, relying more on sound than structure. But when he does have a good song -- like the hit "Brown Sugar," Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'," or the bluesy "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker," among several others -- D'Angelo's wild talents are evident. Brown Sugar might not be consistently brilliant, but it is one of the most exciting debuts of 1995, giving a good sense of how deep D'Angelo's talents run.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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Brown Sugar

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1
Brown Sugar Explicit
00:04:22

Ali Shaheed Muhammad, ComposerLyricist, DrumProgrammer - Bob Power, MixingEngineer - Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad, Producer - Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Latham, Engineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, RecordingArranger - G-Spot, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC

2
Alright
00:05:12

Bob Power, Producer, Guitar, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1994 Virgin Records

3
Jonz In My Bonz
00:05:55

Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - Tim Latham, Engineer - Chaz Harper, MixingSecondEngineer - Angie Stone, ComposerLyricist - Russell Elevado, MixingEngineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, RecordingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Rob Farrell, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

4
Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine
00:04:46

Bob Power, Producer, Guitar, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, MixingEngineer, MixingSecondEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

5
Shit, Damn, Motherfucker Explicit
00:05:14

Bob Power, Producer, Guitar, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, MixingSecondEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

6
Smooth
00:04:21

Bob Power, Producer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - Larry Grenadier, BassVocalist - Gene Lake, DrumKit - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, MixingSecondEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Whitfield, Guitar - Luther Archer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

7
Cruisin'
00:06:24

Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Levy, Cello - Seymour Barab, Cello - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Tarack, Violin - Matthew Raimondi, Violin - Olivia Koppell, Viola - Tim Latham, Engineer - Julien Barber, Viola - Sue Pray, Viola - Butch Jones, Engineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Marilyn Wright, Violin - Winterton Garvey, Violin - Masako Yanagita, Violin - Alexander Simionescu, Violin - Rob Farrell, MixingSecondEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Dunn Pierson, Conductor, RecordingArranger - Laura Vivino, Flute, PiccoloFlute - Eufrosina Railenu, Viola - Natalie Kriegler, Violin - Regis Landorio, Violin

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

8
When We Get By
00:05:45

Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - Tim Latham, Engineer - Chaz Harper, MixingSecondEngineer - Russell Elevado, MixingEngineer - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, RecordingEngineer - Bassy Bob Brockmann, Trumpet - Rob Farrell, RecordingSecondEngineer

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

9
Lady
00:05:45

Michael Archer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Latham, Engineer - Chaz Harper, MixingEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Russell Elevado, MixingEngineer - Raphael Saadiq, Producer, Guitar, BassGuitar, RecordingArranger - D'Angelo, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist - G-Spot, RecordingEngineer - Charlie Ray Wiggins, ComposerLyricist - Tim Christian, Piano - Rob Farrell, RecordingSecondEngineer - Darrin Harris, RecordingEngineer

℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC

10
Higher
00:05:27

Bob Power, Producer, Guitar, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Herb Powers Jr., MasteringEngineer - Will Lee, BassVocalist - Ralph Rolle, DrumKit - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist, VocalArranger, MusicProduction - G-Spot, MixingSecondEngineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Luther Archer, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Archer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1995 Virgin Records

Review: D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

By the mid-'90s, most urban R&B had become rather predictable, working on similar combinations of soul and hip-hop, or relying on vocal theatrics on slow, seductive numbers. With his debut album, Brown Sugar, the 21-year-old D'Angelo crashed down some of those barriers. D'Angelo concentrates on classic versions of soul and R&B, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn't cut and paste older songs with hip-hop beats; instead, he attacks the forms with a hip-hop attitude, breathing new life into traditional forms. Not all of his music works -- there are several songs that sound incomplete, relying more on sound than structure. But when he does have a good song -- like the hit "Brown Sugar," Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'," or the bluesy "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker," among several others -- D'Angelo's wild talents are evident. Brown Sugar might not be consistently brilliant, but it is one of the most exciting debuts of 1995, giving a good sense of how deep D'Angelo's talents run.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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