D’Angelo’s Voodoo

Faith A. Pennick (Independent Scholar, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic USA
05 March 2020

Music reviews & criticism; Soul & R 'n' B; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: 33 1/3

Voodoo, D'Angelo's much-anticipated 2000 release, set the standard for the musical cycle ordained as ""neo-soul,"" a label the singer and songwriter would reject more than a decade later. The album is a product of heightened emotions and fused sensibilities; an amalgam of soul, rock, jazz, gospel, hip-hop, and Afrobeats. D'Angelo put to music his own pleasures and insecurities as a man-child in the promised land. It was both a tribute to his musical heroes: Prince, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, J Dilla...and a deconstruction of rhythm and blues itself.

Despite nearly universal acclaim, the sonic expansiveness of Voodoo proved too nebulous for airplay on many radio stations, seeping outside the accepted lines of commercial R&B music. Voodoo was Black, it was definitely magic, and it was nearly overshadowed by a four-minute music video featuring D'Angelo's sweat-glistened six-pack abs. ""The Video"" created an accentuated moment when the shaman lost control of the spell he cast.

By: Faith A. Pennick (Independent Scholar USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 121mm,
Weight: 132g
ISBN: 9781501336508
ISBN 10: 1501336509
Series: 33 1/3
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 05 March 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Track Listing Acknowledgments Note on Text What Is Past Is Prologue 1. The Spell Is Cast 2. Home Cooking 3. Finding the Groove 4. The Means of Survival 5. The Feminine Mystique 6. Video (Almost) Killed the R&B Star 7. Radio Silence Epilogue Notes Bibliography

Faith A. Pennick is a Chicago-born, Los Angeles-based filmmaker and writer. Pennick's fiction and nonfiction films have aired on U.S. television and screened at film festivals throughout the world. She has written for National Public Radio and the pop culture website The Learned Fangirl, among other outlets.

Reviews for D’Angelo’s Voodoo

A part of the influential '33 1/3 Series' ... Filmmaker and writer Faith Pennick's new book is a pop culture passion project that digs deep into music, race, masculinity, and the enduring power of one particular music video. * LSA Magazine *