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Studio album by D`Angelo
Released January 25, 2000
Recorded 1998–1999
Studio Electric Lady (New York)
Genre
Neo soulR&Bfunksouljazz[1]psychedelic soul[2]
Length 78:54
Label
VirginCheeba Sound
Producer
D`AngeloDJ PremierRaphael Saadiq
D`Angelo chronology
Live at the Jazz Cafe
(1998) Voodoo
(2000) Voodoo DJ Soul Essentials
(2000)

Voodoo is the second studio album by the American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist D`Angelo, released on January 25, 2000, through Virgin Records. D`Angelo recorded the album during 1997 and 1999 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, with an extensive line-up of musicians associated with the Soulquarians musical collective. Produced primarily by the singer, Voodoo features a loose, groove-based funk sound and serves as a departure from the more conventional song structure of his debut album, Brown Sugar (1995). Its lyrics explore themes of spirituality, love, sexuality, maturation, and fatherhood.

Following heavy promotion and public anticipation, the album was met with commercial and critical success. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 320,000 copies in its first week, and spent 33 weeks on the chart. It was promoted with five singles, including the hit single `Untitled (How Does It Feel)`, whose music video garnered D`Angelo mainstream attention and controversy. Upon its release, Voodoo received general acclaim from music critics and earned D`Angelo several accolades. It was named one of the year`s best albums by numerous publications.

D`Angelo promoted Voodoo with an international supporting tour in late 2000. While successful early on, the tour became plagued by concert cancellations and D`Angelo`s personal frustrations surrounding his sexualized public image from the album`s marketing. Voodoo has since been regarded by music writers as a creative milestone of the neo soul genre during its apex[3][4] and has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States, being certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Background
Following the success of his debut album Brown Sugar (1995), D`Angelo went into a four-and-a-half-year absence from the music scene and releasing solo work.[5] His debut album presented a musical fusion of traditional soul and R&B influences with hip hop vocal and production elements, serving as fundamental elements for the neo soul sound.[6][7] With its single-oriented success, Brown Sugar earned considerable sales success and defied the contemporary, producer-driven sound of the time, while earning popularity among mature R&B audiences and the growing hip hop generation.[5] Prior to its release, neo soul itself was undefined by a major artist or musical work, and was developing during the early 1990s through the work of artists such as Tony! Toni! Toné!, Me`Shell NdegéOcello, and Omar.[8][9][10] The album also earned D`Angelo recognition for producing a commercial breakthrough for the genre and giving notice to other neo soul artists, including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell.[7][11]

After spending two years on tour promoting Brown Sugar, D`Angelo found himself stuck with writer`s block.[12] On the setback, D`Angelo later stated `The thing about writer`s block is that you want to write so fucking bad, [but] the songs don`t come out that way. They come from life. So you`ve got to live to write.`[12] During this time, he generally released cover versions and remakes, including a cover-collaboration with Erykah Badu of the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell duet song `Your Precious Love` for the soundtrack to High School High (1996).[5] D`Angelo also covered Prince`s `She`s Always in My Hair` for the Scream 2 soundtrack (1997), as well as the Ohio Players` `Heaven Must Be Like This` for the Down in the Delta soundtrack (1998). He also appeared on a duet, `Nothing Even Matters`, with Lauryn Hill for her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998).[5] He also spent the time lifting weights, smoking marijuana, and making music.[13]

Inspiration
In 1998, he was inspired to write music again after the birth of his first child, Michael, with fellow R&B singer and then-girlfriend Angie Stone.[14] He also traveled back to the South, spending time in South Carolina and in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia, while reconnecting himself with the African-American musical history that had originally inspired him.[15] Shortly after his son`s birth and the release of his first live album Live at the Jazz Cafe (1998) through EMI Records, he began preparation for the recording of songs for Voodoo.[14] In several interviews after its release, he cited his son`s birth as an inspirational source and creative muse for him.[12][13][16] A dedication to his son Michael and daughter Imani was included in the album`s liner notes, which were co-written by D`Angelo and writer/musician Saul Williams.[17] In a press video accompanying the release of Voodoo, D`Angelo suggested that he was attempting to create a new sound for him that was in transition:[18] `My inspiration was just to go farther. To get to that next level. To push it even further. To work against the floss and the grain and to get even deeper into the sound that I`m hearing ... and the thing is, I`m just looking at Voodoo as just the beginning. I`m still developing and growing and still listening to that sound I hear inside my head ... So this is the first step`.[14]

In a February 1999 interview with music journalist Touré, D`Angelo discussed the album and elaborated on the events that had preceded its release, explaining how he had no initial plan for a follow-up.[16] He also discussed his attempt to focus on his original inspiration to produce music, stating `The sound and feel of my music are going to be affected by what motivates me to do it`.[16] On his visit to South Carolina, D`Angelo stated that he `went through this runnel, through gospel, blues, and a lot of old soul, old James Brown, early, early Sly and the Family Stone, and a lot of Jimi Hendrix`, and `I learned a lot about music, myself, and where I want to go musically`.[16] In the same interview, he cited the deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. as having a great effect on him during the period.[16] In another interview with Touré, D`Angelo said that he had lost his enthusiasm after Brown Sugar`s reception and `was gettin` jaded, lookin` at what go on in the business`.[19] On his purpose for returning, D`Angelo stated `I had to reiterate why I was doin` that in the first place, and the reason was the love for the music`.[19] Dissatisfied with the direction of R&B and soul upon making the album,[20] D`Angelo later explained to Jet that `the term R&B doesn`t mean what it used to mean. R&B is pop, that`s the new word for R&B.`[20] He also found contemporary R&B to be `a joke`, adding that `the funny thing about it is that the people making this shit are dead serious about the stuff they`re making. It`s sad—they`ve turned black music into a club thing.`[21] In the liner notes for Voodoo, Saul Williams examined the album`s concept and echoes D`Angelo`s dissatisfaction with the mainstream direction of contemporary R&B/soul and hip hop, noting a lack of artistic integrity in the two music genres.[22] In an interview for Ebony, D`Angelo said of his role and influences for Voodoo:

I consider myself very respectful of the masters who came before. In some ways, I feel a responsibility to continue and take the cue from what they were doing musically and vibe on it. That`s what I want to do. But I want to do it for this time and this generation.[23]
Track listing
All tracks produced by D`Angelo, except where noted.

Voodoo track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Playa Playa`
Michael ArcherAngie StoneAhmir Thompson
7:07
2. `Devil`s Pie`
M. ArcherChristopher Edward Martin
D`AngeloDJ Premier
5:21
3. `Left & Right` (featuring Method Man & Redman)
M. ArcherKamaal FareedReggie NobleClifford Smith
4:46
4. `The Line`
M. Archer
5:15
5. `Send It On`
M. ArcherLuther ArcherStone
5:57
6. `Chicken Grease`
M. ArcherJames PoyserThompson
4:36
7. `One Mo`gin`
M. Archer
6:15
8. `The Root`
M. ArcherL. ArcherCharlie Hunter
6:33
9. `Spanish Joint`
M. ArcherRoy Hargrove
5:44
10. `Feel Like Makin` Love` Eugene McDaniels 6:22
11. `Greatdayndamornin`/Booty`
M. ArcherHunterStoneThompson
7:35
12. `Untitled (How Does It Feel)`
M. ArcherRaphael Saadiq
D`AngeloSaadiq
7:10
13. `Africa`
M. ArcherL. ArcherStoneThompson
6:13
Personnel
Credits adapted from album booklet liner notes.[17]

# Title Notes
Voodoo
Executive producers: D`Angelo and Dominique Trenier for Cheeba Sound Recordings
Recorded by Russell `The Dragon` Elevado
Mixed by D`Angelo and Russell `The Dragon` Elevado, except `Devil`s Pie` (Elevado)
Assistant engineer: Steve Mandel
All songs recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, New York
Management: Dominique Trenier and Stan Poses for Cheeba Management

1 `Playa Playa`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Guitar: Mike `Dino` Campbell
Bass: Pino Palladino
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
Horns: Roy Hargrove
All other instruments: D`Angelo
Contains a sample from `Players Balling` performed by the Ohio Players

2 `Devil`s Pie`
Produced by D`Angelo and DJ Premier
Programming by DJ Premier
All other instruments: D`Angelo
Contains a sample from `Success` performed by Fat Joe
Contains a sample from `Interlude` performed by Raekwon
Contains a sample from `Jericho Jerk` performed by Pierre Henry
Contains a sample from `And If I Had` performed by Teddy Pendergrass
Contains an excerpt from `Fakin` Jax` performed by INI
Contains an excerpt from `Big Daddy Anthem` performed by Natruel

3 `Left & Right`
Produced by D`Angelo
Rap performed by Method Man and Redman
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Vocal percussion: Q-Tip
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
All other instruments: D`Angelo

4 `The Line`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Guitar: Raphael Saadiq
All other instruments: D`Angelo

5 `Send It On`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Guitar: C. Edward Alford
Bass: Pino Palladino
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
Flugel horn and Trumpet: Roy Hargrove
All other instruments: D`Angelo
Contains an interpolation of `Sea of Tranquility` written by Kool & the Gang

6 `Chicken Grease`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Bass: Pino Palladino
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
Keyboards: James Poyser
All other instruments: D`Angelo

7 `One Mo`gin`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Bass: Pino Palladino
All other instruments: D`Angelo

8 `The Root`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Bass and Guitar: Charlie Hunter
All other instruments: D`Angelo

9 `Spanish Joint`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Bass and guitar: Charlie Hunter
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
Horns: Roy Hargrove
Congas: Giovanni Hidalgo
All other instruments: D`Angelo

10 `Feel Like Makin` Love`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Bass: Pino Palladino
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
All other instruments: D`Angelo

11 `Greatdayndamornin` / Booty`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal arrangement by D`Angelo
Musical arrangement: D`Angelo and Charlie Hunter
Bass and guitar: Charlie Hunter
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
All other instruments: D`Angelo

12 `Untitled (How Does It Feel)`
Produced by D`Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal arrangement by D`Angelo
Musical arrangement: D`Angelo and Raphael Saadiq
Guitar: C. Edward Alford
Bass and Guitar: Raphael Saadiq
All other instruments: D`Angelo

13 `Africa`
Produced by D`Angelo
All vocals performed by D`Angelo
Vocal and musical arrangements by D`Angelo
Guitar: C. Edward Alford
Drums: Ahmir Thompson
All other instruments: D`Angelo
Contains a drums sample from `I Wonder U` performed by Prince