This has to be one of the smoothest tracks ever written.
I’d even go as far as to put it on a 1990s par with the likes of Let’s Get It On…or Sexual Healing (both Marvin Gaye).
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Featured on D’Angelo’s 1995 album, Brown Sugar, the song’s intoxicating harmonies and velvety falsettos must’ve provided the musical backdrop for many a seduction during that decade…and possibly even still!
It’s a cover of a late-70s Smokey Robinson classic draped in effortless neo-soul (Maxwell, Erykah Badu, India.Arie are also often included within this sub-genre of rnb).
The album was the precursor to the critically acclaimed Voodoo, winner of two Grammy Awards (Best R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance) in 2001, and also featured Brown Sugar, Lady and Me And Those Dreamin’ Eyes Of Mine. All available to stream on we7.com.
