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D'Angelo
Voodoo

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Based on 5 reviews

2000 Ratings: #3 / 107

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2000 Ratings: #4

Liked by 11 people

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January 25, 2000 / Release Date

LP / Format

Cheeba Sound/Virgin/EMI / Label

Neo-Soul / Genres

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100

It must have been difficult to match his debut (and the frequent delays prove it was on his mind), but Voodoo is just as rewarding a soul album as D'Angelo's first.

100

Not all music needs to be built to last, but Voodoo was designed and willed and technically optimized to be a testament for the ages; it captures empty space and heartbreak as well as it does rim shots and joy. The grooves deepen.

To simply call D'Angelo's work neo-classic soul, as per corporate diktat, would be reductive, for that would be to ignore the elements of vaudeville jazz, Memphis horns, ragtime blues, funk and bass grooves, not to mention hip-hop, that slip out of every pore of these 13 haunted songs.

The problem is, Voodoo sounds so loose and unfinished, it floats right off into the clouds.

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itsyahboinoah

100

Never ages for me

2y*

charlie17

The songwriting here is surprisingly loose and improvisational compared to his previous album which makes it sort of great in its own distinct way. I return to this one less but whenever I come back I think “why don’t I listen to this more.” One of the best RnB albums out there.

8mo