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    Brown Sugar

    07/03/1995 | Virgin Records Us 

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    All Music Guide Review

    By the mid-'90s, most urban R&B had become rather predictable, working on similar combinations of soul and hip-hop, or relying on vocal theatrics on slow, seductive numbers. With his debut album, Brown Sugar, the 21-year-old D'Angelo crashed down some of those barriers. D'Angelo concentrates on classic versions of soul and R&B, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn't cut and paste older songs with hip-hop beats; instead, he attacks the forms with a hip-hop attitude, breathing new life into traditional forms. Not all of his music works -- there are several songs that sound incomplete, relying more on sound than structure. But when he does have a good song -- like the hit "Brown Sugar," Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'," or the bluesy "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker," among several others -- D'Angelo's wild talents are evident. Brown Sugar might not be consistently brilliant, but it is one of the most exciting debuts of 1995, giving a good sense of how deep D'Angelo's talents run. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Brown Sugar
  • 4:22

  • 2
  • Alright
  • 5:15

  • 3
  • Jonz in My Bonz
  • 5:56

  • 4
  • Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine
  • 4:46

  • 5
  • Shit, Damn, Motherfucker
  • 5:14

  • 6
  • Smooth
  • 4:18

  • 7
  • Cruisin'
  • 6:28

  • 8
  • When We Get By
  • 5:48

  • 9
  • Lady
  • 5:47

  • 10
  • Higher
  • 5:27

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    Credits

    • Bob Power
    • Guitar, Mixing, Multi Instruments, Engineer, Producer
    • G-Spot
    • Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing
    • D'Angelo
    • Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Main Performer, Vocal Arrangement, Multi Instruments


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