Extended: Voodoo: How D'Angelo Created a Masterpiece
Added 2025-01-24 16:30:01 +0000 UTCIf we played "Desert Island Albums" and I could only pick 10 records to listen to for the rest of my life, D'Angelo's "Voodoo" would absolutely be on the list for me. In fact, even if you made it 5 records, I'd probably still pick it.
Voodoo is 25 years old now, so I had to break down everything that's so incredible about this album and why I love it so much.
NOTE: This is the Extended Edit that is 8 mins longer than the YouTube Version
Here's the link to check out the full Charlie Hunter Interview
Comments
I know right? I’d never heard about the Little Richard influence on prince before, but of course, that makes perfect sense. Even Aesthetically
Daniel Hoskins
2025-02-04 16:57:58 +0000 UTCI'm with you on that. Love the originals and those who add originality to what the masters did. I like all three of your examples actually. And if you really want to go the distance, Prince's main influences were from Jimi Hendrix and Little Richard - but he added enough musicianship and style to make his music his own. Not too many can do that...😉
Ambree Williams
2025-02-03 20:58:09 +0000 UTCI understand Ambree. I actually (controversially) feel meh about Prince! I also have the same reaction to Stevie Ray Vaughan-I’d prefer to just listen to Albert King and Jimi Hendrix. But it’s healthy to reevaluate every once in a while isn’t it?
Daniel Hoskins
2025-02-01 22:22:28 +0000 UTCSuper L take
Vader
2025-01-31 23:04:35 +0000 UTCGreat video. 10/10. No notes.
Eric Holmes
2025-01-27 20:48:07 +0000 UTCThis record has been on my turn table for 4 months. I’ll listen to everything else, but VOODOO goes right back. Damn thing is part of my decor. Great video.
Chuck
2025-01-26 14:41:55 +0000 UTCI appreciate the honesty Ambree! There’s actually a story Questlove and Pino talk about in an interview when they were touring and went to Minneapolis and stopped by prince’s house. He vibed them HARD
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-26 08:17:44 +0000 UTCOkaaaaaaaay....I'm going to be brutally honest here.... I watched the whole video. When you mentioned that Prince was a big influence, I had to laugh because to me, he seems to be his ONLY influence. After 'Brown Sugar', I didn't listen to much D'Angelo because all I heard was him singing like Prince. If I want to hear Prince, I'll put on Prince. So even though I'm not all that big on D'Angelo anymore, I went ahead and watched this hoping you'd change my mind about Voodoo, which I've NEVER HEARD by choice...sooooo..... BShaw, you did a bang-up job as always! But it all sounds the same to me, so it didn't work and I'm still as agnostic to D'Angelo as I've been since Brown Sugar (which I liked at the time) I was into Prince in the late 70s before he blew up mainstream, so when I want to hear that kind of vibe that D'Angelo is imitating, I go to the originator. Others will disagree, but that's fine too. The video was really good, but D'Angelo is just meh to me.
Ambree Williams
2025-01-26 00:51:25 +0000 UTCI'm gonna need that Pino video poste haste. He is at the peak of Mt IfYouKnowYouKnow
Dylan Smicklas
2025-01-25 19:52:05 +0000 UTC🤯🤯🍩
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-25 16:50:12 +0000 UTCMan you don’t even know how much I love this album. This breakdown is everything.
Robert Young
2025-01-25 15:40:36 +0000 UTCAll comes back to Dilla. Like a circle in time (a donut in time?)
Gerard Blair
2025-01-25 09:16:06 +0000 UTCFantastic again. Black Messiah please
Matthew Paprocki
2025-01-25 04:33:28 +0000 UTCOh boy what a video and what and album. I've just been commissioned to make some "neo soul" hop hop beats this was the perfect inspiration. This is timeless.
Adrian
2025-01-24 23:10:57 +0000 UTCForgot to say, great video as always! I always knew about this album, but your early YT video on chicken grease got me to sit down and give it a proper listen. It’s now one of my all time fave albums.
Sia Gholami
2025-01-24 22:56:52 +0000 UTCSend it On is special man
Zjahi
2025-01-24 22:48:55 +0000 UTCThat was idea number 1 😂
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 22:47:15 +0000 UTC25 years tomorrow!
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 22:46:47 +0000 UTC😂 I’M SORRY
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 22:46:28 +0000 UTCThe absolute worst!
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 22:40:23 +0000 UTCWhen the quantized playa playa beat kicked off I got whatever is the opposite of stank face. That was painful. It sounded like “soul inspired elevator jazz”.
Sia Gholami
2025-01-24 22:30:41 +0000 UTCYessir. My Favorite album of all time!!!! Across all genres and artists, this is number 1!!!!
Zjahi
2025-01-24 22:02:16 +0000 UTCWe're just gonna talk about 'how it feels' HA see what u did there
Justin Lyons
2025-01-24 21:44:09 +0000 UTCBrown Sugar was a shining light welcoming a bunch of folks w/shell necklaces and sandals into a new world we called "Neo-Soul" & as a resident, I was eagerly anticipating, and then disappointed by, our founding father's next project, Voodoo. It contains so very little of the wink-and-nod lyricism of its predecessor. It was hard to understand and far more eclectic than the "Sugar but even more Brown" album I expected. A good friend of mine, a decade later, heaped loads of praise on Voodoo & called it D'Angelo's greatest work. It made me go back and listen to it w/fresh & more mature ears. He was right (obviously) & the more I listen to that album the more I fall into its warm embrace. This video articulated all of the things that "dumber" me missed & you two got right away! I texted my friend & sent him the link to the YT video while also telling him that the director's cut is on Patreon. I hope to see him in these comments soon! Thanks again, for reminding me why I love music so damn much!
Cicero
2025-01-24 21:20:35 +0000 UTCAmazing vid as always bshaw. and now, im gonna go listen to voodoo. and try to forget that aweful quantized version... yuck lol.
Andrew Sanchez
2025-01-24 19:14:29 +0000 UTCThank you, thank you, thank you,
Steve Barnett
2025-01-24 19:01:13 +0000 UTCI KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE VOODOO LETS GOOOOO
prod_tfm
2025-01-24 18:45:39 +0000 UTCOooooh, can’t wait to view this!!!
Josh Nelson
2025-01-24 18:16:34 +0000 UTCCool visual but I know part of you was contemplating pulling out the ol grid drawings 😜
Steve McNamee
2025-01-24 18:08:50 +0000 UTCMade that visualization to show the bass and drums and keys lining up vs not, and it ended up being one of favorite parts of the video!
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 17:01:29 +0000 UTCLove the quantized version comparison!
Thijs Leufkens
2025-01-24 16:57:29 +0000 UTCGinuwine? Ginuwine is Ginuwine!
Brandon Shaw
2025-01-24 16:40:25 +0000 UTCLast summer I formed a one-off band for a house party. We called ourselves "The Oh No Nos." Yes, we did Pony by Ginuwine.
Steve McNamee
2025-01-24 16:37:21 +0000 UTC
