Cigani Ruzsa And Angelo - DelaDap

Advantages: Voice, music, lyrics
Disadvantages: Only 13 Tracks

...D Angelo is the subject of my latest review with his 2000 album Voodoo. For those of you not familiar with D Angelo let me tell you a little about him. He was born Michael D Angelo Eugene Archer on 11th February 1974 in Richmond Virginia. His first album was 1995's Brown Sugar which was critically acclaimed and he became a worldwide hit notably playing a live set on Later with Jools Holland that appears on several DVD's of the show. He is known most notably as a singer and keyboardist/organist but he also plays the bass, guitar and drums. He has also done some work as an producer for various performers in the Urban genres and has collaborated with the likes of Lauryn Hill on the fabulous "Nothing even matters" After working on several different projects it wasn't until Five years later that he released his second album which... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: all the things we expect of d'angelo, but darker.. yes a lot of children are going to be conceived to this album
Disadvantages: It doesnt quite live up to Brown Sugar, something that D'angelo is always going to have to live in the shadow of.

...Very rarely does the release of a Soul album attract the attention and anticipation that Voodoo did.. but then this wasnt any old Soul album, this was D'Angelo.. yeah that guy behind the quite simply classic 'Brown Sugar'.. Its hard to believe that 5 years has passed since its released.. and its equally hard to believe that D'Angelo is as young as he is, but how wise he was to take his time over the follow up. Most people would have fallen into that trap of releasing quickly over the hype, repeating a previous formula and no doubt producing overall poorer results. Voodoo is incomparibly different from Brown Sugar.. The title is a good indicator of what is to come.. Where Brown Sugar was smoothily sexy, Voodoo is much darker and somehow seems much sleazier. On first listen, thoughts of 'what the heck' come to mind.. But then you listen... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Original Sound, Special Guests, One in a million
Disadvantages: Don't buy it if your a 'chart' person

...Five years ago a groundbreaking r'n'b album called Brown Sugar was released by D'angelo. It was one of the smoothist, sexist albums ever. Now the time has come for D'angelo to release his new offering Voodoo, one of the most eagerly awaited r'n'b albums ever! But will Voodoo live up to his own legend? Well from the funky first track 'Playa Playa' it would seem that D'angleo has spent the last five years wisely. Voodoo is certainly not a repeat of Brown Sugar, more of the next step. D'angelo goes back to his roots and makes each of the thirteen tracks a pleasure to listen to. Voodoo mixes layers of Jazz, blues, soul and hip hop into one of the best albums of the new millenium. With guest apperances from Method Man and Redman in the cool 'left and right' and the thumping deep bass in 'devils pie' it urges you to turn... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful