Listen to The Devil's Pie the song encapsulates all
those themes u guys aren't listening with open ears,
u seem to be expecting what u already are used to,
free your mind and your arse will follow.
t
--- "Manire, Aaron D" <amanire@indiana.edu> wrote:
> >and I'm having serious doubts about the D'Angelo
> album now after that
> >rather negative review..anyone with a different
> opinion?? Sholud I persist
> >in hunting it down??
>
> Forget the hype and listen for yourself:
>
http://play.rbn.com/?url=okayplayer/okayplayer/g2demand/voodoomix.rm&pro
> to=rtsp
>
> I think "Spanish Joint" is a good tune.
>
> But the thing that bothers me about the album (and
> the reigning commercial
> rap/r&b mentality) is D'Angelo's overweening
> narcissism. I don't hear
> D'Angelo singing about "The Ecology" "Machine Gun"
> or a "Higher Ground" or
> "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is". The comparisons
> are desperately
> exaggerated but can you blame the exaggerators,
> given the status quo?
>
> A Dario
>
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