Tag: d’angelo

  • My Favorite R&B Song From Every Year (2003 – 1974)

    My Favorite R&B Song From Every Year (2003 – 1974)

    Recently, I thought about what people meant in YouTube comment sections when they say “this is REAL R&B” (this is usually under a Leon Bridges or Coco Jones visualizer/video), because it just sounds stupid. R&B is multi-faceted.

  • D’Angelo Appreciation Entry

    D’Angelo Appreciation Entry

    After watching Digging the Greats’ amazing breakdown on D’Angelo’s Voodoo, I felt inspired to listen to the Virginia native’s discography once more. And, like everytime I listen to those three albums, my love for D’Angelo, and the entire Soulquarian subgenre, grows exponentially. D’Angelo has a level of musicianship not seen since Stevie Wonder (I am…

  • My Favorite R&B Song of Each Year 2024 – 2004

    My Favorite R&B Song of Each Year 2024 – 2004

    My favorite R&B song 2004 til now. Criteria is simple: only one song per year, artists can pop up twice, and we will be going in backward chronological order.

  • 4Batz and D’Angelo: The Same?

    4Batz and D’Angelo: The Same?

    For the past few years, the R&B world has been looking for a new male heir to the throne for when The Weeknd retires (who took the crown from Frank Ocean). And, there have been many artists that are up to the challenge: Bryson Tiller, Brent Fiyaz, Don Toliver, etc. Then, in late 2023, a…