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...fortyish woman stops D'Angelo. "You look like D'Angelo," she announces...
...knew it, I knew you were from around here," she says. She leans in close. "Thank you for that video." In D'Angelo's video Untitled (How Does It Feel), he is shown seminude, and the camera holds tight on his tattooed, muscular body as he sings and sweats. He mumbles something to the woman that sounds humble and appreciative. The woman replies with a lusty laugh--kinda the way you imagine a character in a Terry McMillan novel might laugh after seducing a younger...
...Angelo and his crew--Brian, Pee-Wee and a third member, Malcolm--stop off at the Jackson Ward Cafe. It's a modest, cafeteria-style place. D'Angelo orders chicken, corn bread and greens, and you sit down. You have a lot to ask. Voodoo is a richly imagined CD with an all-star supporting cast: drummer Ahmir ("?uestlove") Thompson (his nickname is pronounced "Questlove") of the hip-hop band the Roots, jazzman Roy Hargrove, rappers Method Man and Redman. The music blends hip-hop with smooth soul and gritty funk. The songs don't rush to please, like puppy...
...what took him so long to finish? D'Angelo says he was following his own rhythm, doing it his way. He admits freely that for the past few years he has done only three things: 1) lift weights, 2) smoke weed and 3) make music. He was searching for something. "I got something I'm seeing; I got a vision," he says, explaining how he wants to bring back artistry to hip-hop and soul. "This album is the second step to that vision." The birth of his son Michael, 3, inspired him. (D'Angelo, who is unmarried, also...
...Angelo just does that sexy humble thing, and mumbles at his plate...