The Making of D’angelo’s Voodoo – 10 Year Anniversary

Coming up on the 10 year anniversary since the release of D’angelo’s Voodoo album, here is a glimpse into the making of a modern day soul classic. The video was released as an electronic press kit and follows D’angelo as he explains some of his influences that contributed to the making of the album. Complete with footage from some of the sessions at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios where the album was recorded. You’ll see some of the folks who stopped by the studio sessions just to get a glimpse of the making of Voodoo.

Another great find is the April 2000 cover story on D’angelo and the Voodoo album by writer dream hampton in Vibe Magazine. In the article, D’angelo touches on everything from growing up the son of a preacher, his family’s experiences with actual Haitian Voodoo, the transitions made from Brown Sugar to Voodoo and an interesting account of D’s spiritual and haunting connection to Marvin Gaye. There’s also a great Q&A between D’angelo and ?uestlove of The Roots, who was a major contributing factor to the making of Voodoo. You can read the article in it’s entirety here:

D’angelo cover story – Vibe Magazine April 2000

And if that wasn’t enough, you can always check out the wikipedia page for the Voodoo album. By far the most in depth description of an album I’ve seen on wikipedia at a whopping 27 pages!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_%28D%27Angelo_album%29