
Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Levy, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Seymour Barab, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Powers Jr., Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Tarack, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matthew Raimondi, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Olivia Koppell, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Latham, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julien Barber, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sue Pray, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Jones, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - D'Angelo, Producer, Vocals, Vocal Arranger, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - G-Spot, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Winterton Garvey, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Masako Yanagita, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Simionescu, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Farrell, Assistant Mixer, Asst. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo More info 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. 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.

Not all of his music works - there are several songs that sound incomplete, relying more on sound than structure.

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. With his debut album, Brown Sugar, the 21-year-old D'Angelo crashed down some of those barriers. Buy the album Starting at £15.99īy 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.
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