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6 Facts About D'Angelo's Gap Between Brown Sugar and Voodoo

  1. The wait was four and a half years D’Angelo released Brown Sugar in 1995 and Voodoo in 2000.

  2. The gap was worth it Voodoo is widely considered a masterpiece and a high point of neo-soul.

  3. D’Angelo was a perfectionist He spent years refining the sound and production of Voodoo.

  4. He battled personal issues Substance abuse and creative pressure contributed to the delay.

  5. The album was recorded live Most of Voodoo was cut in jam sessions with a tight band, not tracked piece by piece.

  6. The gap set a pattern D’Angelo would take even longer between Voodoo and his next album, Black Messiah (2014).

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