D'Angelo - Voodoo

D’Angelo’s Voodoo is indisputably the first classic soul album of the 21st century. Released on January 25, 2000, it was the follow-up to his impressive debut, 1995’s Brown Sugar. Twenty years after its release, Voodoo has aged magnificently, and its influence has been profound. Many, many soul singers and musicians — particularly men — have adopted D’Angelo’s potent swagger, clipped melodic phrasing, gospel-laden keyboard chords and implied jazz-rooted swing. What’s more, the album’s deliriously laidback rhythmic feel and hazy atmosphere transformed the language of jazz, hip-hop and neo-soul — and opened up an expansive musical space shared between them.