D'Angelo : Voodoo

Albums like this don't come out often enough. On =Voodoo=, D'Angelo has create masterpiece fusion of soul, funk, jazz and hip-hop, certainly living up to his idols, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Sly Stone and Marvin Gaye. Only his second album, it signifies an extremely artistically fruitful future for D'Angelo.
- Mike Felknor, 10/08/2001, USA

The kind of album Prince wishes he was making now.
- Vincent Kargatis, 06/07/2001, USA

This is the next version of what'soul' will become. Unreal.
- Mburkert, 07/22/2000, USA

Full title is: Voodoo

Length: 78:53

  Ahmir Khalib Thompson - Drums (Snare)
  Charlie Hunter - Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Baritone)
  D'Angelo - Vocals
  Eddie Alford - Guitar (Baritone)
  Fat Joe - Performer
  James Poyser - Keyboards
  Method Man - Performer
  Mike Campbell - Guitar (Baritone)
  Pino Palladino - Bass
  Q-Tip - Percussion, Vocals
  Raphael Saadiq - Guitar (Baritone)
  Roy Hargrove - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Horn

Five years after his Brown Sugar album helped launch contemporary R&B, D'Angelo finally returned with his sophomore effort, Voodoo. His soulful voice is just as sweet as it was on Brown Sugar, though D'Angelo stretches out with a varied cast of collaborators, including trumpeter Roy Hargrove and guitarist Charlie Hunter, fellow neo-soul stars Lauryn Hill and Raphael Saadiq, and hip-hop heads like DJ Premier, Method Man & Redman, and Q-Tip. It must have been difficult to match his debut (and the frequent delays prove it was on his mind), but Voodoo is just as rewarding a soul album as D'Angelo's first. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide