DAngelo and the Legacy of Voodoo (with Faith Pennick)
In the year 2000, D'Angelo released Voodoo\u2014with some help from Questlove, Angie Stone, Raphael Saadiq, and a band of jazz veterans\u2014an album that has cast a long shadow with its unique sound of stripped-down soul, Faith Pennick, who literally wrote the book on the record, joins to break how D'Angelo broke the "shiny suit" regime of R&B, explore how he conjured the spirits of J Dilla, Prince, and Roberta Flack, and consider how one video almost derailed his career.\nCheck out D'Angelo's Voodoo by Faith Pennick, from Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 Series\n\nSongs discussed:\n\nD'Angelo - The Line, The Root, Spanish Joint, Chicken Grease, Untitled (How Does it Feel)\n\nRev JC Burnett - Amazing Grace\n\nPrince - Kiss\n\nJustin Timberlake - Damn Girl\n\nThundercat - Them Changes\n\nSlum Village - CB4\n\nCharlie Hunter and Scott Amendola - There Used to be a Nightclub There\n\nRoy Hargrove - Strasbourg / St. Denis\n\nSolange - Cranes in the Sky\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices