Way too much credit to compare him with Sly

Oh good, he's still alive. Where the hell has he been? the last album was a bit of a sleeper, but he was great live. I hope he can put a better mix of songs together on the next cd. He's got some talent and definitely star quality. He better hit the gym before March though..
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Dewrede said:

the comparison comes from a extremly talented artist pissing away time with drugs and stupidity.

WTF happen to him!

Soulchild82 said:

Hardly. Sly was the real deal and D is not. D has no where near the songwriting skill or passion of Mr. Stewart. If he did, he would have put out more than 2 CDs over the last 10 years.

Soulchild82 said:

Again, way too much credit.

Yes , my thoughts exactly , he's just trying to copy Prince
and has no style of his own
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JackieBlue said:

I was about to post the same exact thing.

Yeah, way 2 much credit (damn, I sound like a parrot).

PurpleCharm said:

NAAAAWWW!!!!!
THIS CAN'T BE HIM!!!!!
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Dewrede said:

Come on D'lo deserves some props. True he does sound prince like but Untitled was still a great song & Brown Sugar and Vodoo were great Lps (PRince would sound better on it but anyways...). He did get music out of the mid -90's crap & B that ws destroying the world at the time. It was him and Erykah Badu that changed the times.

Anyone ever hear the AZUR unrealead LP: Its good if you can get your hands on it. Internet is your best bet her is some info on it:

Azur
As many Zender fans will know, Azur (pronounced as-you-are or az-u-r) was the project that never was. After Stuart's "I Quit" from Jamiroquai, he set out to return with his friend Don-E and the Azur project. They signed a £500,000 deal with Cheeba Sound of Virgin Records, and the album was to feature artists such as US R'n'B Soul star, D' Angelo and session bass player Pino Palladino. Although many releases were expected, the singles and album kept being put back until eventually the project disappeared. The bands name was taken off of the American Virgin Records site and although they were bombarded by e-mails from Zender fans still nothing arose.

Since, there have been rumors on why the band never made it, one quoting that the reason Virgin dropped Azur was because of artist/actor Tyrese's album release at that time. Maybe the style and sound was too similar, who knows! I guess only Stuart knows all the real facts why Azur never made it and although many of us now have a copy there has never been an official release of the album.

Below is an un-official track listing for the album:
01: Baby I've Got To Know
02: Say I Want You Back
03: Azur (As You Are)
04: Suddenly
05: Love Is So Cold (feat. D' Angelo)
06: Anything To Make It Through
07: All These Things Remind Me
08: Get To Heaven
09: Sunshine
10: Picture In My Heart

That's him alright!

Y'all didn't know he "let himself go"? ?uestlove even alluded to it a year ago.

CinisterCee said:

But we were gonna get married I can't believe even ?uestlove admitted D'Angelo's looking wrong. He looks just like ODB.

EmeraldCity said:

That's no problem unless, you're really shallow

btw, he probably doesn't sing like ODB just because he put on some weight.

CinisterCee said:

That's too bad. Might've made his sound halfway interesting.

RipHer2Shreds said:

hehe, I just meant I like D'Angelo's mumbly falsetto!

okaypimpn said:

i'm with you on that one. all that gettin' high and shit is played out. He's not a youngin' anymore. he should have more sense than that. when we get older we should put away childish things....
man oh man it don't enhance nuthin but a addiction!

No excuses for this man.

If he plans on spending his time doing this shit... he can kiss his career goodbye... if u call it one.

Soulchild82 said:

that kinda says it all, now doesn't it?

PurpleCharm said:

What the fuck happened to him? He used to be FINE!!! He look like Old Dirty Fucked Up Bastid



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I think the biggest culprit is the ungroomed "Jeru The Damaja" beard.



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D'ANGELO LYRICS

"Brown Sugar"

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 shade blood burgundy

The way that we kiss is unlike any other way
That I be kissin' when I'm kissin' what I'm missin'
Won't you listen

Brown Sugar babe, I gets high off your love
I don't know how to behave

[Chorus]
I want some of your Brown Sugar
Sugar [4 times]
Oohooh

Oh Sugar when you're close to me
You love me right down to my knees
And whenever you let me hit it
Sweet like the honey when it comes to me
Skin is caramel with those cocoa eyes
Even got a big sister by the name of Chocolate Thai

Brown Sugar babe, I gets high off your love
I don't know how to behave

I want some of your Brown Sugar
Sugar [4 times]
Oohooh

Now that'd be how the story goes
Brown Sugar got me open, now I want some more
Always down for a menage troi
But I think I'ma hit it solo
Hope my niggaz don't mind

Stick out my tongue and I'm bout
ready to hit this pretty gritty
bitty with persistence
Yo, I don't think ya'll hear me

Brown Sugar babe I gets high off your love
I don't know how to behave
Sugar [4 times]
Oohooh



who didn't see this coming LOL.....Hey Whitney, where's my rock at bitch?!!

wonder if he wrote all his songs being high

fartman said:

well, he ain't be hitting that note anymore.....(looking at how he put on... )

The new D'Angelo:

[imagine Barry White-voice] 'Shit, damn.....motherfucker!'

abierman said:

I'm sure he can sing the same, forreal

CinisterCee said:

fo'real?

Why are people so preoccupied with his apparent weight gain? It happens to entertainers like it happens to the rest of us. Unless you're willing to post a picture of yourself for the same scrutiny, it's probably best to just zip it.

RipHer2Shreds said:

because this guy threw us some abs and six-packs in our faces in a video that was unwatchable for a straight guy, a video that totally killed a more than average song!

Yes, I laugh about that fact that he now looks like a fat version of Ol' Dirty Bastard.....thank God, it means at least that we won't have such video's anymore!!!!

RipHer2Shreds said:

wer preoccupied about the fat-junkie image hes giving.

not a good xample 4 anyone

CinisterCee said:

He sure sounded a mess on Raphael's Live at The House of Blues CD.