![]() Okayplayer declared it “neo-soul’s most salient creation,” and no doubt this month there’ll be a flood of pieces examining the project’s importance in R&B music. In the years since, living up to its name, Voodoo has become something spiritual for many – a totem of musical greatness and genius. ![]() (In fairness, he’s only graced us with three studio albums in his 25-year career.) Upon release, the LP was widely celebrated it landed near the top of every major year-end list for 2000, and garnered the Grammy for Best R&B Album in 2001. Voodoo is considered by most as D’Angelo’s definitive work. Twenty years ago, poet Saul Williams posed this question in the liner notes for D’Angelo’s sophomore offering, Voodoo: notes that served as a listener guide while exploring the long-awaited follow up to 1995’s Brown Sugar. ![]() What sounds are evoked from a room where Jimi once slept? What are the rewards of those who tend to their God-given talents as they would have the Creator tend to their spirits and daily lives? What happens when the artist becomes the conjur man?” “Envision this: a lone man in a haunted room surrounded by glowing instruments.
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