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D'Angelo Brown Sugar Release Date: 1995 07 03 Running Time: 53:21 Label: EMI Music Distribution 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 Releases: Year Type Label 1995 CS EMI Music Distribution 1997 CD Manhattan Records 1995 CD EMI Music Distribution

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