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...Intelligent, deadly, unique," says Pee-Wee. Before you can ask who was intelligent, who was deadly and who was unique, D'Angelo arrives. He gives you a handshake and a hug, and everybody heads out. You pass a bail bondsman's office, a few check-cashing joints. You're just hanging now, seeing some of the Richmond, Va., streets that helped make Michael D'Angelo Archer who he is. D'Angelo recorded most of his new album in New York City, at Electric Lady Studios, the recording home of Jimi Hendrix. "I believe Jimi was there," says D'Angelo. "Jimi...
Well, finally he is, and the brilliant, smoldering Voodoo (Cheeba/Virgin) is due in stores next week. Now you're waiting for the man himself. And waiting. And waiting. You make a mental note: Make some sort of reference in lead of D'Angelo profile to Waiting for Godot. Ten minutes later you make another mental note: Only pretentious journalists who aren't really very well read lead stories off with references to Beckett. Put Beckett reference in second paragraph...
Dooo-di-dooo-di-dooo! Your cell phone--which for some reason is programmed with the most ridiculous-sounding ring in all of telecommunications--goes off. It's D'Angelo's publicist...
Dooo-di-dooo-di-dooo! D'Angelo's manager this time. Still looking...
...blue North Face jacket, pulls into the parking lot in a Volkswagen. Brian takes you to his apartment, which is nearby. He introduces you to Pee-Wee, a solidly built guy in a FUBU jacket. Turns out both of them were in a hip-hop band with D'Angelo back in grade school...