Genre: R & B
Original Release: 7/27/1995
1. Brown Sugar (Edited)
4:22
2. Alright
5:15
3. Jonz In My Bonz
5:56
4. Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine
4:46
5. S.D.M.
5:14
6. Smooth
4:18
7. Cruisin'
6:28
8. When We Get By
5:48
9. Lady
5:47
10. Higher
5:27
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 Read More
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