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D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer on February 11, 1974 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American soul singer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.

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D'Angelo began performing as a young child, and recorded his debut album, Brown Sugar, in 1995. Though sales were sluggish at first, the album was eventually a hit, in large part to "Lady," a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and helped kickstart the burgeoning neo soul singers of the 1990s (along with Maxwell, Erykah Badu and others). The album was a critical success as well, and appeared on many critics' "best of" lists for the year.

In the five year gap between Brown Sugar and the follow-up, D'Angelo appeared on several soundtracks, including Belly ("Devil's Pie"), frequently singing covers like "Girl You Need a Change of Mind" (Eddie Kendricks, Get on the Bus), "She's Always in My Hair" (Prince, Scream 2) and "Heaven Must Be Like This" (The Ohio Players, Down in the Delta), as well as appearing on Lauryn Hill's landmark The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on the duet Nothing Even Matters.

D'Angelo in his music video for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
D'Angelo in his music video for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
The much-delayed follow-up to Brown Sugar, Voodoo, was finally released in 2000. It debuted at #1 and went on to win 2 Grammy Awards, one for Best R&B Album, and the other for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance. The lead single was "Left & Right" (featuring Method Man and Redman, but it was the album's second single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel?)" (a tribute to the legendary artist Prince), that became a huge R&B hit buoyed by an innovative yet infamous video featuring a presumably nude and extremely muscular D'Angelo (from his face to his hips) performing the song with no accompaniment or ornamentation. The video was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards and currently ranks #44 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Videos. He also performed "Be Here" (with Raphael Saadiq) from Saadiq's album Instant Vintage.

D'Angelo has a son, Michael Jr., with fellow neo-soul singer Angie Stone, and a daughter, Imani, born in October 1999.

In 2002, Q magazine named him in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die".

In January of 2005, D'Angelo was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, and driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty to the DUI and marijuana charge and, on April 13, was given a fine and suspended sentence and his driver's license was revoked. On September 12, he received a three-year suspended sentence on the cocaine possession charge.

On September 19, 2005, just a week after being sentenced for cocaine possession, D'Angelo was critically injured in Powhatan County, Virginia when the SUV he was riding in hit a fence, ejecting him from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seatbelt. He has now been released from the hospital and is recovering at home from multiple rib injuries and bruises. A followup release to Voodoo has yet to see the light of day; however, in recent months, D'Angelo is said to be hard at work on a third album, tentatively titled James River.[1] After a long period of inactivity, in recent months, D'Angelo has guested on several albums, including releases by J Dilla, Common [2], Red Hot & Riot and The RH Factor.

In August of 2006, D'Angelo is confirmed to have exited a rehabiltation stint on the island of Antigua and has begun collaborations with Common and Q-Tip. He also entered discussions with Jermaine Dupri on how to market what appears to be a forthcoming LP, though the official news of a release has not been made public yet. [3] Although music for his own album has yet to materialize, D'Angelo was recently featured on the song "Imagine", by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, which was released on November 21, 2006.

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  • Untitled (How Does It Feel?) (1999) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
    • From the album Voodoo (2000)

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    [edit] Discography

    [edit] Albums

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    		Brown Sugar
    • Released: July 3, 1995
    • Chart positions: #22 US
    • U.S. Sales: 2.0 Million
    • Last RIAA certification: 2x Platinum
    • Singles: "Brown Sugar", "Cruisin'", "Lady", "Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine"
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    		Voodoo
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    		James River
    • Released: N/A
    • Chart positions: N/A
    • U.S. Sales: N/A
    • Last RIAA certification: N/A
    • Singles: TBA

    [edit] Singles

    Year Title Chart Positions Album
    US Hot 100 US R&B/Hip-Hop
    1995 "Brown Sugar" #27 #5 Brown Sugar
    1995 "Cruisin'" #53 #10 Brown Sugar
    1996 "Lady" #10 #2 Brown Sugar
    1996 "Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine" #74 #25 Brown Sugar
    1998 "Devil's Pie" - - Belly Soundtrack
    Voodoo
    1999 "Left & Right" (featuring Method Man & Redman) - #18 Voodoo
    2000 "Untitled (How Does It Feel?)" #25 #2 Voodoo
    2000 "Send It On" #- #33 Voodoo

    [edit] Other musical recordings

    This list excludes recordings which only include samples of D'Angelo recordings.

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    [edit] Influences

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    Soulquarians
    Groups
    Black Star | Slum Village | The Roots
    Members
    ?uestlove | Bilal | Common | D'Angelo | Erykah Badu | J Dilla | James Poyser | Mos Def | Q-Tip | Talib Kweli
    Albums
    Amplified | Be | Baduizm | Black on Both Sides | Black Star | Brown Sugar | Can I Borrow a Dollar? | Champion Sound | Donuts | Eardrum | Electric Circus | Fantastic, Vol. 1 | Fantastic, Vol. 2 | Finding Forever | Funky Cousins (Demo) | Game Theory | Heartache | James River | Jay Love Japan | Kamaal the Abstract | Like Water for Chocolate | Live | Live at the Jazz Cafe | Mama's Gun | One Day It'll All Make Sense | Open | Quality | Relive The Moment | Resurrection | Ruff Draft | The Beautiful Struggle | The New Danger | The Shining | The Shining Instrumentals | Train of Thought | Tru3 Magic | Voodoo | Welcome 2 Detroit | Worldwide Underground


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