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Beschreibung

Voodoo, D'Angelo's much-anticipated 2000 release, set the standard for the musical cycle ordained as "neo-soul," a label the singer and songwriter would reject more than a decade later. The album is a product of heightened emotions and fused sensibilities; an amalgam of soul, rock, jazz, gospel, hip-hop, and Afrobeats. D'Angelo put to music his own pleasures and insecurities as a man-child in the promised land. It was both a tribute to his musical heroes: Prince, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, J Dilla...and a deconstruction of rhythm and blues itself.

Despite nearly universal acclaim, the sonic expansiveness of Voodoo proved too nebulous for airplay on many radio stations, seeping outside the accepted lines of commercial R&B music. Voodoo was Black, it was definitely magic, and it was nearly overshadowed by a four-minute music video featuring D'Angelo's sweat-glistened six-pack abs. "The Video" created an accentuated moment when the shaman lost control of the spell he cast.

Voodoo, D'Angelo's much-anticipated 2000 release, set the standard for the musical cycle ordained as "neo-soul," a label the singer and songwriter would reject more than a decade later. The album is a product of heightened emotions and fused sensibilities; an amalgam of soul, rock, jazz, gospel, hip-hop, and Afrobeats. D'Angelo put to music his own pleasures and insecurities as a man-child in the promised land. It was both a tribute to his musical heroes: Prince, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, J Dilla...and a deconstruction of rhythm and blues itself.

Despite nearly universal acclaim, the sonic expansiveness of Voodoo proved too nebulous for airplay on many radio stations, seeping outside the accepted lines of commercial R&B music. Voodoo was Black, it was definitely magic, and it was nearly overshadowed by a four-minute music video featuring D'Angelo's sweat-glistened six-pack abs. "The Video" created an accentuated moment when the shaman lost control of the spell he cast.

Über den Autor
Faith A. Pennick
Zusammenfassung
Includes first-hand interviews with the musicians and songwriters involved with the album
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Track Listing
Acknowledgments
Note on Text

What Is Past Is Prologue
1. The Spell Is Cast
2. Home Cooking
3. Finding the Groove
4. The Means of Survival
5. The Feminine Mystique
6. Video (Almost) Killed the R&B Star
7. Radio Silence
Epilogue

Notes
Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: 33 1/3
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781501336508
ISBN-10: 1501336509
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pennick, Faith A.
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
33 1/3
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 165 x 123 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Faith A. Pennick
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.04.2020
Gewicht: 0,133 kg
Artikel-ID: 117361951

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