 Genius Meanings
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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 and the Vanguard – Really Love (Live)
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[Intro] / Everybody in that chat right now / Type in the king's name "D'Angelo," let's go / Light it up / [Verse 1: D'Angelo] / When you call my name, when you love me gently
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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 and the Vanguard – Sugah Daddy
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[Produced by D´Angelo, James Gadson & Pino Palladino] / [Verse 1] / It's just the way she's so raw and uncut / She needs a spankin' to shake her up / And I just wish that I could
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Another Life
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[Verse 1] / How does one attempt to be / The kind of friend that you would want to keep? / I just want to say to thee / Even though it might be hard to believe / The candy-coated
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Betray My Heart
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On “Betray My Heart,” D'Angelo addresses someone he loves and promises in a reassuring way that he will always be there for him/her, feeling a sincere love.
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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 and the Vanguard – The Charade
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One of the most explicitly political songs on Black Messiah, “The Charade” discusses the Black experience in America and the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
From engineer Ben
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Lauryn Hill (Ft. D'Angelo) – Nothing Even Matters
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“Nothing Even Matters” is a duet performed by Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo. It’s the 12th track on Hill’s classic album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
The song fluidly brings back
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D'Angelo – Give Me Your Love
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[Intro] / Yeah / Give me your love / Yeah / [Instrumental Break] / [Chorus] / Give me your love, give me your love / Give me your love / Give me your love, give me your love / Give
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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 and the Vanguard – Till It's Done (Tutu)
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[Verse 1] / In a world where we all circle the fiery sun / With a need for love / What have we become? / Tragedy flows unbound and there's no place to run / 'Til it's done
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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 and the Vanguard – Ain't That Easy
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[Verse 1] / Take a toke of smoke from me as you dream inside / Let your days slip away come with me and ride / My darling, you aren't the average kind / You need the comfort of my
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – The Door
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I told you once but twice / You wasn't very nice / In your hands you held my life / I told you once but twice, my love / Don't lock yourself out that door / No, no, no / Don't lock
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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 & H.E.R. (Ft. Daniel Caesar) – Best Part (Live)
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[Intro: H.E.R.] / I'ma start it off / Oh, oh, hey / [Verse 1: H.E.R. & D'Angelo] / You don't know, babe / When you hold me / And kiss me slowly / It's the sweetest thing (Mm-mm
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D'Angelo and the Vanguard – Prayer
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[Verse 1] / Soul prayer, soul prayer / Hallowed be thy name / Kingdom come, will be done, oh yeah / I do... the devil on your feet / I know that he will, he will try to stop you
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Erykah Badu (Ft. D'Angelo) – Your Precious Love
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[Intro: Erykah & D'Angelo] / Um, say baby, won't you play that old song that we used to— / Yes, that's the one / That's it? / I love that / Ah, this is what's coming up right here
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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 – 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 – 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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