Brown Sugar

Nice/smooth/raw

ok R and b with a jazz influence.

// Sugar, you're so fine, and the day is fine, and we'll be fine. When we make it by and we get by with love. //

Enjoyed enough but I'm not sure it'd be something I'd turn to

Vibed, but not so much that I'd go out of my way to vibe again... Ygm?

I liked most of this but hated the vocals. Would never put this on again but this list was all about expanding my taste and I didn't hate this as much as I thought I would so this was a win in my book

Not really the kind of music that I choose to listen to but, this is a very nice album. I like his version of Crusin' but it isn't unique enough from the original Smokey Robinson version to make it stand out. It is nice that he is able to bring the song to a new generation of fans. 2/5

Love the album

I've never been a big fan of slow jams, but I do have to recognize D'Angelo's talent here as singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. It's good to hear his neo-soul version of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'" as a way to connect his style with more classical soul and show off his work. Overall, I just don't enjoy the slow, repetitive style of most of the album. It does intrigue me, however, to listen to "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker" as its slow, cool style is so contrary to the content. "I got a jonz in my bonz" is one of my favorite lyrics, but I am left really wanting to know more details about exactly what for. In any case, I engaged with this album more than most of its genre.

I have heard the name D'Angelo...maybe even a track or two, but I didn't really know this album at all. It was a smooth soulful ride that I enjoyed. The album has that sexy R&B feel with some funk sprinkled in. It sounds like what an album titled "Brown Sugar" should to me.

I'm not too keen on this many songs containing what sounds like earnest let's-get-it-on-ness. I liked the cover of Cruisin' and the smooth and jazzy When We Get By.

This album is very smooth and well-produced, but not really my bag. I didn’t connect much with with the themes of the songs. The music was well done but I got bored well before a song ended and found myself waiting for the next one. Not long into the next song the feeling repeated. The talent on this album is really high, and I wouldn’t mind hearing this played somewhere in the background I guess. It isn’t something that connected with me really at all and I have any desire to put on again.

Takin me back

WAOUH!!!

This album was definitely a cornerstone for the genre, pulls in a lot of great ideas, and D’Angelo is a competent singer. But man, I just did not enjoy this. He may be a good singer, but he is also a boring one. No excitement, the same energy the whole way through. And the melodies don’t help either. What’s the opposite of an ear worm? They seemed to slide off the folds of my brain and out my ears before the songs even ended. If they ever would end; the songs all go on for two or three minutes doing nothing new or interesting. I see why people like this, but it has so many of my pet peeves baked into it.

Well, what a boring but enjoyable ride. The sound was solid, but it never moved anywhere interesting. The songs were great by themselves, but consecutively each song is way too long.

It's rhythmic, not unnecessarily profane, and kind of works as an ode for his beloved... but there's just way too much cliche going on here. Way too much... not sure if his version of "cruisin" is better than Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow's version...

Completely fine and seemingly representative of the style. Nothing too great and other than the somewhat annoying lyric of jonz in my bonz, everything seems like pleasant background music.

some good neo-soul, looking forward to checking out voodoo

Overall mid 3/5. Brown Sugar was my favorite by far. A bit to slow for me. Good instrumentals.

Enjoyable 90s r&b album. Pretty interesting that D’Angelo only has three albums. This was a solid 90s r and b that feels like how r and b should be made. Listened to it a few times. The cruisin cover is nice and most the songs are good. 7.6/10

Not awful, but not my jam.

5/10

Not for me

This is cool, groovy, definitely something to have to put on, but I don’t think it’d get a lot of play

Я не дослушал. Не моё. Можно поинтереснее? Что бы песни были разные например?

4.5/5. Very swag, very good production

I’ve never listened to soul/R&B stuff, but this is what I think of when I think of zoning out. Really nice, smooth like silk. 8/10

Some fun tracks and some bland ones. Overall I do enjoy the sound, soul/funk is becoming one of my favourite genres on this list

Having never actually listened to D’Angelo before I enjoyed this as a first listen, nice easy listening groves and beats. Peak 90s RnB but maybe sounding a bit dated now.

NOT MY KIND

Not exactly the best part of the 90s

Just not very entertaining. Smooth production, respect for that, but the songs just aren’t there. A lot of the run time sounds like falsetto vocal acrobatics rather than singing a song.

Not my cup of tea and a bit boring but objectively not a bad album. But also not really a good one either

Sadly, this is really boring. I'd never heard anything besides the infamous video of his and I gotta say...meh

Little to slow for my liking. Good melodies though.

I’ve never quite grasped where best to listen to Nu Soul. It’s not for the club, it’s not for the car, it’s not for house parties, it’s not for dancing in your room. It might be background music - study music? A whole gig’s worth seems like a chore… It goes without saying he’s got a great voice. But I can’t stand the organ wail and the artificial finger clicks that have to be on every track. It’s just not a style of music I’m ever in the mood to reach for.

I'm pretty indifferent about this album. Nice singing and funky or jazzy at times with splashes of R&B but not really my thing. Nothing really stood out as far as the songs go. 6/10.

Buena voz. Ritmo tranquilo. Mucho soul. Buena música de acompañamiento

Smooth

Fine, nothing special but nice as background music.

This is excellent. Great feeling RNB that strikes the right balance sonically. Jonz In My Bonz is a song that I don't fully get, maybe its just a song about boning. Cruisin' is good but When We Get By is waaaaayy good

I mean, this is all very strong. Not always my vibe, but there's something about all of it that I love. 'Shit, Damn, Motherfucker' woke me up for a second, for sure.

Didn’t get to finish it, but liked what I heard! Very sexy week indeed.

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So damn good. S-t Damn Motherf-ker and Higher are the highlights. But several more great ones. The bass sound on Lady is dreamy. I dismissed this guy as some basic R&B crooner in the 90s. First, the music is better. Second, he wrote it. Third, he plays not just sings. I'm sorry D'Angelo, I did not give you a chance until now.

Finally a hip-hop album that is less than an hour long. Not really my type of music but the production is good and there is a sophistication to the sound and to the songs especially that I like and that sets it apart. Some really interesting production touches and instrument choices, Is that vibes I hear in Me and those Dreamin' eyes of Mine? Not sure but that jazzy guitar is really cool. Has a classic soul sound that I like but remains modern. On the negative side; the songs tend to be too long. I don't think it's a coincidence that my favorite song also happens to be the shortest one; Smooth, with it's smooth jazzy piano 3.75 stars

Neo-soul, noemt Dr. Angelo zijn muziek... Ik hoop dat ie mij wat stevigs kan voorschrijven want ik word hier wel neerslachtig van.

Mja, dit soort r&b is niet aan mij besteed

D'Angelo - D'it is d'us zo'n album waarbij ik na d'rie nummers al meer d'an genoeg gehoord heb. D'ie aalglad'de met veel honing overgoten muziek, d'aar heb ik echt niet veel mee. D'us: niet meer d'an 2 sterren voor D'Angelo.

Het is waarschijnlijk niet eens slecht, maar ik kan er gewoon niets mee. En het lijkt ook allemaal zo op elkaar!

Butter smooth but a bit boring

Fanar!’mmmm

Plenty to enjoy here if you like R&B

Will need to listen again, still, definitely enjoyed it. D'Angelo sounds very cool and collected, and the instrumentals were great.

First listen. Ok for me.

Freakin music lol

Aww man the band here is so in the pocket it's ridiculous. Love that jazzy keys sound. First time hearing this album, and it just works straight outta the gate. What a talent! Can't wait to listen to his other albums. Bonus points for naming one song "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker". Is that the greatest song title of all time?! Every track here is awesome.

This album is so silky smooth, from start to finish. I love every single song, there's not one on here that I don't love. I think I've fallen in love with this album. 5/5 stars.

A really good album in a genre I practically never want to listen to

That's a smooth album.

Po bialym albumie dla rownowagi musialo wylosowac czarny album, niestety nie rap czy jazz, funk, blues, soul, ale najbardziej popowy z czarnych gatunkow muzycznych, to jest r&b, nie pamietam kiedy tak ostatnio walczylem zeby skonczyc odsluch, tak potezna dawka ultra skoncentrowanego meskiego r&b to przepis na to jak zlamac czlowieka, tak sobie wyobrazam zamysl pana D'Angelo, ktorego nie kojarze, ale skad mialbym znac r&b od ktoremu brazowe cukry robia sie lepkie, tak jak tytul wskazuje, no i gatunek bedzie spiewanie do brownowej widowni, zenskiej czesci glownie, nie odczulbym roznicy gdybym zapetlil drugi kawalek i przesluchal go 10 razy, a przesluchal cala plyte, od poczatku do konca jest nawijane tym r&bowym wokalem, ktory w rapie jest utozsamiany z homoseksualnymi ciagotami go uzywajacych, a powszechnie stanowi jakos kiepskiego brzmienia, jedynym elementem ratujacym album jest jego strona instrumentalna i beaty jakie pan Angelo wykroil i wymasterowal, bo slychac, ze jest to rok 95 i rownie dobrze moglby ktos na tym cos rapowac, zamiast zmarnowac material na love songi, ktore prawie calkowicie wypelniaja krazek, wyjatkiem jest otwierajacy brown sugar, ktory ma byc metafora dla marihuaninenu, mocno wysuszonego skoro taki kolorek nabrany, moze w innych trakach takze sa zakamuflowane tresci podprogowe, ale takich progow lowo songowych nie chce sie przekraczac wiecej niz raz, na plejke funkowa leci tytulowy kawalek

Gutes Album, wüsste aber nicht bei welcher Gelegenheit ich sowas hören soll!

Ich bin ein alter weißer Mann. Wie ekelhaft, dass ich hier nicht über 3 hinauskomme

Härlig neo-soul. D'Angelo sjunger fint, och låtarna är vackra, men har ändå svårt att helt känna något för det. Shit, Damn, Motherfucker är en rolig låt om hur D'Angelo upptäcker hur hans tjej har sex med hans bästa vän, och skjuter dem båda i röven, för att sedan fråga sig själv: "Why the both of you's bleeding so much?" Bästa låt: Smooth. Lite mer jazzig.

no

WHAT A VIBE

I liked this one! Not that complicated lyrically but for what it is, it's beautiful :)

Nice! I like it! Easy to listen to and not something I'd normally bring up. 3.5/5 for me.

You gotta love soul/jazz and prince for that one. And I def. do

The Songs are pretty similar. From the album you could hear his influences like Prince(not last his falsetto crooning) and Marvin Gaye. (6/10) Favourite Tracks : Lady

Very soulful!!

Somewhat good soul and R&B. Its almost an hour long, and with it only being 10 tracks its kinda annoying when these songs draw on to be like 6 minutes. There are some really great songs that showcase D'Angelo's talent. He is a really good singer, especially in "Brown Sugar", "Higher", or "Smooth" And yeah, its a very great chill album but it's just very hard to pick up sometimes as how long the songs are. 7/10 As of July 11th 2021 Best Tracks: Brown Sugar, Alright, Jonz In My Bonz, Shit Damn Motherfucker, Smooth Worst Track: Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine (I Guess)

Musically, a really beautiful album, and D'Angelo's vocals are heavenly. Soulful, sexy, great mood music. Some of the lyrics are a bit much for my old lady ears, but that's me. Fave track: "Alright."

probably good for sex! but people doing this 1001 generator thing dont have sex so HA guess we suck!

My goodness, I love neo-soul. D'Angelo's voice is nothing short of heavenly. That voice combined with groovy, soulful instrumentals makes Brown Sugar an R&B classic. Some standout tracks include Alright, When We Get By, and Brown Sugar.

Delicious R&B. Chill and rythm.

I didn't believe sex music existed before this album

There's no doubt this music is expertly crafted - and influential. It has that enjoyably boring pace that permeates lo-fi these days. A sticky repetitiveness that I got a bit tired of. Listening to it feels a bit like wading neck-high through a thick, sweet syrup while browsing stalls at a garage sale selling quirky memorabilia and also trying to keep up conversation with a distant relative who you like, but who keeps bringing up the same conversation topics. You're also wearing very cool-looking sunglasses. It didn't really /transport/ me or anything. But it sounds great, it feels warm to the ears. I love the jazz influences. Great and versatile voice. 3.

Jazzy hiphop. Too mild for me.

Lyrics generic and every song sounds the same. All the backup vocals and Adlibs are boring and it gets old real quick. Meh.

memories of being in my ex's bunk bed age 14! Very smooth, lovely rich sound. Great voice. Some bits were definitely the inspiration for some Flight Of The Conchords songs.

Not my typical genre, but enjoyable R&B.

Good album. It's weird but I somehow couldn't shake the feeling that the lyrics were nonsense. Maybe something about them being so literal made me feel that way. Honestly I have no idea. His cover of Cruisin' is pretty damn good though.

Chill. Birth of late 90s RB

Not my type of music, ok to keep In back ground but nothing special

Whole album passed me by. It’s an acquired taste maybe? Not my thing at all but I’m sure there’s some folk would buzz off it. Two stars for me though. Never likely to ever want to return to it.

a bit slow for my liking but definitely good music

Not the best D'Angelo album but still very good

Nice chill soul music. Good for background listening

Nice chilled songs, good background listening

Düdeldü (oooooh aaaaaah)

👨🏿‍🦰🤷🏿‍♂️🔊

Not what I like, but it was consistent. 6.1/10

тупа один из самых позорных жанров. для вообще загадка, как это могло существовать. вроде как предполагаешь, что раз все песни такие сладкие, то это должен быть прямо попс попсом, но ведь наоборот же — почти нихуя цепляющего нет, только бесконечное нечеловеческое нытьё на ультразвуке. чтобы быть годным эрэнбэ артистом надо иметь личность (и композиторский талант) уровня викнда какого-нибудь, ну или хотя бы марка моррисона. У этого нигры, конечно, раздражающие завывания, но настолько ли они раздражающие, чтобы сделать его суперзвездой? да не очень, в основном скучал и ждал, пока это закончится. хз, для кого такое пишется, 4/10

Чтобы почилить вроде норм тема. Мелодичная, не претенциозная. Конечно, зацепить ей особо нечем, но и пустой не кажется. Какие-то мотивы улавливаются, и они довольно приятные. Подбор инструментов и партии для них довольно продуманы. У вокала есть лицо. Неплохое музло, только вот забуду мгновенно и не вспомню, вероятно.

оо музыка для спейс джема

R&B is one of those genres I always have a hard time getting into but this album really takes the cake. Lady and Brown Sugar really are 5 star songs. Mood: you're home alone on a Friday night and feeling yourself.

Good job of not being my thing.

Nicee

Smooth, groovy, very sexy. Love the jazz undercurrents.

Sounds like a Space Jam OST b-side album, admittedly with more mother fuckers and bitches. Decent album to ball to but nothing more.

Smooth and slick. Maybe a little too sugary.

Didn't offend me but it just ain't my thing. Best track: Brown Sugar

Really boring. Not annoying as such, but I can't imagine this as anything else but background music.

Great album! The epitome of cool!

Too smooth, not my flavour

Was a little underwhelmed by everything but the title track - I enjoyed how the album sounded and really liked the soul influences, but lyrically it felt lacking.

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Brown Sugar; Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine; Shit, Damn, Motherfucker; Lady Cutting Edge: Cruisin' Overall Notes: Smooth as butter. Didn't really think soul was my genre, but I've heavily fucked with the soul albums I've gotten thus far on this thing. Vibes on vibes on vibes.

Flunk. Not enough Funk.

Not my kind of music

3/5 this is an awkwardly erotic album

Not really my type of music but fairly inoffensive

Den va nice, I like it. Lite sensuell typ, blir def 4/5

Our of gis time.

Nope

Good revision music.

Err.....ooh.......Yeah..... one of the dullest albums I've ever listened to.

I know lots of people who rate this highly but not for me. Brown Sugar the track is a classic but the rest of the album has never stuck. Talented guy though.

Relaxing to have on in the background

Not as bad as I thought it would be, but still not my vibe.

Shite.

Impressed that he did almost everything on the album and he has fused a few genres in quite a pioneering way, playing a big role in the creation of "neo soul". Quite like the beats and the vibe. It's easy easy listening bordering on being a bit boring. 6/10

Wish I could give this a 2.5 as it was a better 90s R'nB album than Mariah's but not a whole star better. But a system is a system and every .5 I've rounded up so there we go.

The best bit was the wiki. I found this tediously dull

Interesting R&B. Nothing wrong with this.

Garbage

Good music for relaxin. I didn’t really love the vocals throughout

Pretty good album. Brown Sugar was a great track and liked Crusin’ more than I was expecting. A good mellow sound throughout. Shit, Damn, Motherfucker is an A+ name for a song

Not for me.

Pretty smooth listening. D’Angelo even makes “Shit, Damn, Motherfucker” an easy listening track. Good background music, but I won’t intentionally listen again.

Dated, but a couple of cracking shagging songs. 3/10

Very not my thing

Nice

not for me

Nothing. This is literally nothing. 90s godawful chill out R&B. The worst kind of music every imagined?

Better than expected but not my cup of tea

4.4 - Sophisticated R&B jams, smooth vocals with radiant falsetto, lush instrumentation. A vibe good enough to warrant an immediate repeat listen.

Un dels artistes més sobrevalorats del nou soul. El disc és corrcte, un compendi de temes r&b/ soul sofisticats i fets amb gust, però tots ells genèrics i de ràpid oblit

I think I liked a majority of the album (as in I saved almost 3/4ths of the songs.) But there wasn't any songs that really stood out and forced me to listen on repeat like "Girls just Wanna Have Fun", "Blue Suede Shoes" or "Tutti Frutti". I enjoyed listening to it and will revist it though, it's MORE OF A SOFT FOUR than a HARD FOUR LIKE the other two

Cremiger Soul dessen Instrumentierung stellenweise ein wenig an Zero 7 oder Airs „Moon Safari“ erinnert. Der Moment, mit dieses Album wieder hervor zu holen ist jedoch so klischeehaft fuck music, das ich lieber auf Kochabend mit Freunden ausweiche und zum Dessert einen ordentlichen Löffel Brown Sugar in den Espresso Schaufel. Aber Espresso saufe ich nicht wie Wein. Verstreute 2.3

Sweet und sommerlich, urban und zeitlos. Klingt für mein ungeschultes Ohr wie ein männliches Pendant zu Erikah Badu. Perlt, hat die richtige Menge Soul und Jazz. Top-Entdeckung hier, Digger, no diggity!

i can appreciate this but it just isn't my genre

sounds like 90s soul... not my cup of tea but a lot better than modern hip hop.

Smooth but a little same same

Soul. R&B. Agradable aunque aburrido.

This definitely isn't my thing. I mean I guess it's okay for what it is, but I still didn't like it.

Fine early R&B, I bet it was influential for the genre and fans, but just didn't do much for me.

Smooth n sexy n very good easy listening. Would listen again

1/2 really not my jam. the music itself is pleasant enough, the singing is a lot of moany noises.

Mellow, lovely sound

dear lord am i glad that's over.

Nope.

Lady, Cruisin, when we get by, sdmf

Ur-neo-soul. Have loved this record since day one. 4.5.

So good! Smooth as butter.

Solid, but not great

Very soulful and chill sounding. Great instrumentals create a true R&B experience. The lyrics weren't my speed, they were overly sexual without the nuance. It was very to the point where as other R&B achieves the same sensuality but in a more poetic way. His voice is great and I think for a debut this one was ok. It's like "getting in the mood music but for high-schoolers"(Which I might have rated higher 20 years ago)

Nice Jazzy music. A jazz form I could listen to.

Better than Maxwell's Hang Suite, would get away with it on a first date.

Decent.

Not for me

I found the music in this really good and interesting mixed with the vocals but I didn't find the lyrics that great.

meh, this was ok

Not really for me. Not enough old soul or 90's hip hop.

Excellent album, all the way through! Great voice, and great vibe.

I kind of love it.

Is this a stand out R&B album?

Bra vibe lite mycket ”nu ska vi fan knulla” kanske

Got them dope ass R&B rhythms. Okaaayyy D'Angelo

Not my music but nice when played in the background

Shiiiiiit

not my thing

Sopi päivään

Not my thing but not terrible music

Lol this was wank

Transante. Muito bom

Good one, sounds like relaxing lounge bar music. Nice mix of styles, genres.

Sure, it's peak 90s R&B but is that really saying much? For what it is, it's good. It's just that what it is isn't much, you know? It's an entire album of shallow sexism wrapped in a thin veneer of so-called romance. Nah. Pass.

90’er rnb, neo-soul, lækkert, fløde

He’s got a nice voice but I honestly hate this kind of music

Very nice! Smooth and everything flowed together, the instrumentals were catchy yet subtle and it was a solid late night album

1995: Brown Sugar, Lady

FIVE STARS!!!!! FIVE STARS!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!

8/10 smooth, buttery smooth, smooth, I feel made love to by D'Angelo's pure, primal, non-toxic, sexual, raw smoothness

Smoooooooth A little bit dated, not my usual thing Very slow, slow jams. Songs are done well this just isn't for me. A little bit repetitive/boring. Songs are a bit longer than necessary Feels like some of these songs just don't go anywhere? All very lowkey Great vocals! Faves - Brown Sugar No songs saved or added to playlists Overall - alright music, just not really for me Would I check out their other music - maybe but probably not Rating 3/5

This is sexy time music

I don't really like rnb/soul music but this floated my boat, pretty impressed. and reading wiki the dude is like a musical genius. wrote and played the whole thing himself, produced most as well. crazy that i'd never even heard of it before. 4/5.

Easy to listen to in the background

Bland unengaging RnB. Inexplicably popular