| D'Angelo | Primary Artist, Vocals, Multi Instruments |
| Mark Whitfield | Guitar |
| Dunn Pearson Jr. | Conductor |
| Seymour Barab | Cello |
| Julien Barber | Viola |
| Bob Brockman | Trumpet |
| Tim Christian | Piano |
| Winterton Garvey | Violin |
| Gerald Tarack | Violin |
| Regis Iandiorio | Violin |
| Olivia Koppell | Viola |
| Gene Lake | Drums |
| Will Lee | Bass |
| Jesse Levy | Cello |
| Bob Power | Guitar, Multi Instruments |
| Sue Pray | Viola |
| Matthew Raimondi | Violin |
| Ralph Rolle | Drums |
| Marilyn Wright | Violin |
| Masako Yanagita | Violin |
| Eufrosina Railenu | Viola |
| Laura Vivino | Flute, Piccolo |
| Raphael Saadiq | Bass, Guitar |
| Alexander Simionescu | Violin |
| Dunn Pearson Jr. | Arranger |
| D'Angelo | Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangements |
| Darrin Harris | Engineer |
| Butch Jones | Engineer |
| Tim Latham | Engineer |
| Kedar Massenburg | Executive Producer |
| Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Programming, Producer, drum programming |
| Bob Power | Producer, Engineer |
| Herb Powers | Mastering |
| G-Spot | Engineer |
| Raphael Saadiq | Arranger, Producer |
| Henry Marquez | Art Direction |
michaels debut was amazing! the year was 94 and i burned that joint 4 like ever all year and the next! this piece iz real serious! d reminds me of marvin gaye the way he sreams and stacks his back ground voocals! he's and old soul.by the way he's from va! and my ex wife met him b4 he got famous! she used 2 tell me about mike archer.plus she used 2 date his cuzz! when i heard him she was like" what did i tell u! and i was impressed with his music and his playing of all the instrutments.prince did this on his first lp,soft and wet! he was 17.so i quess michael studied the greats,marvin,prince andmaxwell!i still bump his joints till this day!pleaze believe me! if u don't own this u been under a rock !4 the 90's mike(d'angelo) has left an impression on the music world.i wish him well as drugs have took there toll on him! his genius iz still revelent.get back in the studio mike and hit us wit sum more of that old funk that u have.i'll b waiting 2 cop that joint!
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Posted October 1, 2010
This is perfect marriage of Funk, hip hop Soul and some Jazz. I don't like it when Critics put a label on music and call it Neo Soul or something. Because I think it takes away from it good music is just that good music. But everything time I listen this CD it takes me back to the time when music was about the art of seduction wooing your woman and Love. This CD captures that, D'angelo's talent is unbelievably impeccable from producing and writing these songs. I can't say enough good things about his talents. Hopefully Im praying he blesses us the fans with another gem like this. Someday
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Posted October 1, 2010
From the moment this album started spinning in my CD player, the head was bobbing, the hands were drumming, the feet were tapping ang the hips were shaking. This is the funkiest album from the funkiest man on the scene at the moment, bring on some more.
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Posted October 1, 2010
Everyone should own this record! VooDoo was good, but it just can't touch Brown Sugar!
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Posted October 1, 2010
Imagine yourself emerged in a hot bubble bath with scented candles and incents burning in the background. Your next thought would be what CD can I play to complete this mood? Well look no further D'Angelo is here to save the day. He combines old school Prince and coffee house jazz. He not only writes and produces his songs he also plays instruments on them also. Can you say prodigy? From begining to end this CD will make you want to just relax and chill.
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Editorial Reviews
All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
By the mid-'90s, most urban R&B had become rather predictable, working on similar combinations of soul and hip-hop, or relying on vocal theatrics on slow, seductive numbers. With his debut album, Brown Sugar, the 21-year-old D'Angelo crashed down some of those barriers. D'Angelo concentrates on classic versions of soul and R&B, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he doesn't cut and paste older songs with hip-hop beats; instead, he attacks the forms with a hip-hop attitude, breathing new life into traditional forms. Not all of his music works -- there are several songs that sound incomplete, relying more on sound than structure. But when he does have a...