 Genius Meanings
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D'Angelo – Lady
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“Lady” is a collaboration between soul men D'Angelo and Raphael Saadiq that was released as the third single from Brown Sugar. The gold single peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot
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D'Angelo – Brown Sugar
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Although it may seem so at first listen, “Brown Sugar” is not a love song about a dark-skinned woman. The track is an ode to marijuana, specifically the indica strain of the same
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D'Angelo – Spanish Joint
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“Spanish Joint” was one of the last songs to be recorded for Voodoo. In a May 2014 interview with Red Bull Music Academy, Russell Elevado describes how D'Angelo was wrapping up the
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D'Angelo – Africa
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“Africa” is a song dedicated to D’Angelo’s son. ?uestlove revealed in a blog post that borrowed the beat for this song from his favorite Prince song, the 1986 cut “I Wonder U.”
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D'Angelo – Playa Playa
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Voodoo’s opening track is a braggadocious, sparse funk track that kicks off the album on a slightly menacing tone. This was the first track recorded for the album when D'Angelo was
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D'Angelo – Cruisin'
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“Cruisin',” this quiet-storm love song by D'Angelo, is a cover of Smokey Robinson’s 1979 hit of the same name. The track was released as the second single from his debut album and
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D'Angelo – Send It On
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“Send It On” is dedicated to D'Angelo’s newborn son and was the first song recorded for Voodoo. Co-written by his former girlfriend and the mother of his son, singer Angie Stone
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D'Angelo – Lady (Live)
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[Intro] / Where all my ladies at? / All my ladies, make some noise / Ow / [Chorus] / You're my lady / (Shout-out to my queens) / You're my lady / (You're my, you're my) / You're my
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D'Angelo – Alright
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[Intro] / Oh / Yeah / [Verse 1] / That's alright (That's alright) / We may have a misunderstanding / That's okay (That's okay) / Because you're my girl and I'm your man / And that'
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D'Angelo – Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine
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On Brown Sugar’s fourth single, D'Angelo illustrates his feelings for his long-time crush in hopes of finally making the move to pursue her. This was one of the songs he created in
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D'Angelo – Smooth
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[Intro] / Yeah, woah / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / How do you retain your cool, babe? / Seems your love breaks all the rules, hey, hey, hey / You may think that I'm a pro / But I can
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D'Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)
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“Untitled (How Does It Feel)” became notorious for its sexually charged video featuring a series of lingering shots of D'Angelo’s nude body that split the difference between mass
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D'Angelo – When We Get By
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah / Hey, oh-oh, oh-oh / Yeah, yeah / Oh / Ooh, oh / Yeah, oh / [Verse 1] / When we get by, we'll make it by / When we get by with love / I look in your eyes
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D'Angelo – Devil's Pie
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“Devil’s Pie” is a sparse funk diatribe on the excess of money and materialism in Hip Hop, with a minor reference to Five Percenter philosophy A Spin magazine columnist later cited
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D'Angelo – Higher
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[Intro] / Yeah, oh-oh / Hey, oh / Hey / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / Ooh-ooh-ooh / Oh, woah / Ooh / Hey / Hey / [Verse 1] / Feels like Heaven, yeah, when I think about you
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D'Angelo – Shit, Damn, Motherfucker
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“Shit, Damn, Motherfucker” details a man coming home to find his wife in bed with his best friend. In anger, he shoots both of him, leading to his arrest. The lyrics are
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The Game (Ft. Big Sean, Fabolous, Jeremih & Lil Wayne) – All That (Lady)
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This song samples D'angelo’s song “Lady,” and deals with the quintet of superstars describing their women.
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D'Angelo – The Root
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[Intro] / (Talk to y'all, tell you a story, namsayin?) / (One, two, three, four) / [Verse 1] / She done worked a root, ooh-ooh / Done worked a root that will not be reversed / Yeah
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D'Angelo – Jonz in My Bonz
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“Jonz in My Bonz” is a sultry track that sees D'Angelo profess his desire for his woman. “Jones” is a term for a “strong desire or craving;” in D’s case, his woman.
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard (Ft. Gina Figueroa) – Really Love
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“Really Love” sees D'Angelo croon over a girl who has been with him since day one. The song is believed to be one of the earliest to be recorded from the album. In 2007, Questlove
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D'Angelo – Feel Like Makin' Love
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“Feel Like Makin’ Love” was released as the final single from Voodoo and is a cover of the June 1974 soul classic of the same name by Roberta Flack. Lauryn Hill was originally
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D'Angelo (Ft. Method Man & Redman) – Left & Right
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“Left & Right,” the second single from Voodoo features guest vocals by hip-hop duo Method Man and Redman who also co-wrote the song.
The song contains a sample from Eric B. & Rakim
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D'Angelo – She's Always In My Hair
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“She’s Always In My Hair” is a cover of the May 1985 Prince song of the same name. The track was recorded for the Scream 2 soundtrack and D'Angelo also played it live as a closing
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D'Angelo (Ft. Redman) – Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine (Def Squad Remix)
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[Verse 1: Redman] / I be the Funk Doctor Spock, originator of wreck shop / The type brotha to give your stolen car a test drive / So hold your brown sugar, because the way I pound
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D'Angelo – I Found My Smile Again
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This song, which first appeared on the 1996 Space Jam soundtrack, was actually an outtake from D'Angelo’s debut album, Brown Sugar.
?uestlove said they recorded “Playa Playa
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D'Angelo – The Line
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[Intro] / Let me tell you about it (Oh, yeah) / I wanna tell you about it (Yeah) / Let me tell you / [Verse 1] / I've been gone (Yeah, huh), gone so long / Just wanna sing (Huh
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D'Angelo (Ft. Kool G Rap) – Brown Sugar (King Tech Remix)
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[Verse 1: D'Angelo] / Let me tell you about this girl, maybe I should / I met her in Philly, and her name was "Brown Sugar" / See we've been making love constantly / That's why my
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D'Angelo – Chicken Grease
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“Chicken Grease” was originally intended) for Common’s March 2000 album, Like Water for Chocolate, but after writing it, D'Angelo wanted it for his own album.
It contains an
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D'Angelo – Brown Sugar (Soul Inside 808 Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Let me tell you 'bout this girl, maybe I shouldn't / I met her in Philly and her name was Brown Sugar / See, we be making love constantly / That's why my eyes are a
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D'Angelo – One Mo' Gin
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“One Mo' Gin,” with a sonic similarity to someone stirring a humongous pot of gumbo somewhere in Haiti, is a vaguely Prince-inspired musing that finds D'Angelo singing to “the one
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D'Angelo – Greatdayndamornin'/Booty
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Part 1: Greatdayndamornin' / [Intro] / Oh-woah / Oh-woah / Oh-oh-oh, oh / Yeah, yeah / Yeah / Oh / Woah / Yeah / [Verse 1] / Today, I played it safe / Cards are in my favor, yeah (
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Raphael Saadiq (Ft. D'Angelo) – Be Here
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Teaming up with the elusive godfather of neo-soul D'Angelo, the two artists float across a hydraulic bassline to let their respective ladies know that they’re more than just good
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Nipsey Hussle – Count Up That Loot
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[Intro] / Yuh, sound like some AZ shit / What / [Pre-Chorus] / Count up that loot, count up that loot, nigga / Count up that loot, that's just what I do / Count up that loot, nigga
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D'Angelo – Brown Sugar (Live at the Jazz Café, London/1995)
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[Intro] / Yeah / Two, two, four / [Verse 1] / Let me tell you 'bout this girl, maybe I shouldn't / I met her in Philly and her name was Brown Sugar / See, we be makin' love
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D'Angelo – Cruisin’ (Wet Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Baby, let's cruise away from here / Don't be confused, baby, the way is clear / And if you want it, you got it forever / Oh, this is not a one night stand, baby / [Pre-
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D'Angelo – Girl You Need a Change of Mind
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[Intro] / Ooh la, la, la, la, la, la, la / Baby, (Let me tell you) girl you need a change of mind / [Verse 1] / Why march in picket lines? Ooh / Burn bras and carry signs? Ooh, oh
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