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 D'AngeloBrown Sugar Release Date: 1995 07 03 Running Time: 53:21 Label: EMI Music Distribution Rating:  |
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, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | Brown Sugar | Muhammad, D'Angelo [1] | 4:22 |
| 2 | Alright | D'Angelo [1] | 5:15 |
| 3 | Jonz in My Bonz | D'Angelo [1], Stone | 5:56 |
| 4 | Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine | D'Angelo [1] | 4:46 |
| 5 | Shit, Damn, Motherfucker | D'Angelo [1] | 5:14 |
| 6 | Smooth | D'Angelo [1], Archer | 4:18 |
| 7 | Cruisin' | Tarplin, Robinson | 6:28 |
| 8 | When We Get By | D'Angelo [1] | 5:48 |
| 9 | Lady | D'Angelo [1], Saadiq | 5:47 |
| 10 | Higher | D'Angelo [1], Archer, Archer | 5:27 |
Other Releases:
| Brown Sugar [Clean] Release Date: 1995 Label: Capitol Records |
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