Brown Sugar is the debut album of American R&B; and neo soul musician D'Angelo, released July 3, 1995 on EMI Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1994 to 1995 at Battery Studios and RPM Studios in New York City and at the Pookie Lab in Sacramento, California. While the album featured contributions from record producers including Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Bob Power and Raphael Saadiq, the majority of its production, instrumentatio...
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Brown Sugar is the debut album of American R&B; and neo soul musician D'Angelo, released July 3, 1995 on EMI Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1994 to 1995 at Battery Studios and RPM Studios in New York City and at the Pookie Lab in Sacramento, California. While the album featured contributions from record producers including Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Bob Power and Raphael Saadiq, the majority of its production, instrumentation, arrangements and songwriting was handled by D'Angelo. Consisting mostly of romance and love-themed lyrical content, Brown Sugar features a fusion of gospel and classic soul music with contemporary R&B; and hip hop elements. D'Angelo's singing style on the album ranges from his predominant falsetto crooning to sensual vocals with hip hop influence in flow and production. Since its initial reception, the album's sound has been dubbed as "neo soul".
Following the formation of his native-Richmond, Virginia musical group, Michael Archer and...
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