Brown Sugar

I don't get it. Every song is 2-3 minutes too long. His voice is fine, but most of the songs are just him doing his best Michael Jackson impersonation. I hate giving 1 stars, but this is about as bad as it gets. Would be a 2 if the songs weren't 5-6 minutes each.

I'm sure this is great but unfortunately this genre of music sends me to sleep.

All these songs have the same energy, same emotion and little variation. I'm not a big fan of heavy falsettos either. There's no crescendo.

Not my style

There was nothing about this that I enjoyed.

Almost unbearable. So cloying it made my teeth hurt!

Apathy is the only word that comes to mind. I don’t exactly hate it, but I definitely don’t need it in my life.

This was unbelievably boring to me. Couldn't wait for it to be over.

Buuffff

Awful, generic mush. There was literally no reason to listen beyond the first few minutes, as there was no variety whatsoever. Every song involves lots of "wooing" and "oohing", with some bland instruments playing in the background. The singer sounds like someone has a tight hold of his testicles and is squeezing hard on them. I was expecting (and I quote) "earnest lyrics about love and romance", but what I got was "oohh, wahh, oohh, wahh, baby, oooh, yeaah, oohh, whoooo, waah, oohh, fly away, oooh, baby, ohh, oooh, oww!". It's drivel so bad that it goes through the stage of being so bad it's good, then back to being just bad again. It's so extremely bad, at times I thought this was some sort of parody, but sadly it's just fifty minutes of utter shite. One star.

Really like Sexual Chocolate (Coming to America)

In a nutshell: fuckboy music D'Angelo tries to vocally flutter like Mariah and croon like Prince. With minimal success. It sounds bland and try hard rather than sexy. If I was of dating age in the mid 90s and the gentleman taking me back to his place drops the needle on D'Angel's Brown Sugar, I'd make an excuse to leave. Call me shallow and judgemental - I don't sleep with people who listen to boring music. Overall: 2/10 *Music is a topic I love to talk about. You have my attention if our tastes align, you stoke a passionate debate or you pique my curiosity about your playlists/collection. Never underestimate the power of melolagnia. If you're in luck, you might pick me up ;)

Awful. That’s all I have to say about that.

Does music come any more beige than this? So bland.

Every song is 4-6 minutes of the same two lyrics until you jam a screwdriver in your ear and scream about how you’ve done nothing to deserve this torture.

1. zugar - 0 2. alright - 1 3. jonz - 1 4. eyez - 1 5. zhit - 1 6. zmooth - 1 7. cruizing - 1 8. uuhen - 0 9. lady - 0 10. higher - 0

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I am sure this is a good record for the genre. But I just can’t get on board. Sure, it's peak 90's R'n'B but is that really saying much? For what it is, it's good. It's just that what it is isn't my thing. This is a genre I just don’t like. There are many genres where I can find something that's interesting. But unfortunately 90's R'n'B/soul I just find so dull. D'Angelo may be a very good singer, but he is also a boring one. No excitement, the same energy the whole way through. The songs are okay but they’re all of very similar tone and they also go on for a minute or two longer than necessary. This album could have been cut in half easily.

Too samey

What an awful album.

Get fucked. Tedious, at best

My god, this is so shit. An album of music to have disappointing sex to. I ended up listening to this on YouTube because I didn't want to fuck up my Spotify algorithm. Perhaps the worst album ever thought of, recorded, and produced (very badly).

There are probably some very good 90’s R&B albums. This is not one of them.

I understand that at the root of R&B, this album is the epitome of what sets apart the boys from the men. The silly little attempts at sounding sexy versus those who FUCK. This album is 90s soul above all other albums. D'Angelo is smooth, rich, and probably what your mom and dad put on to conceive you. But, frankly, I think it sucks. Now, is this just a situation where I think 90s R&B production is second worst only to late 80s pop rock? Maybe, but save for some jazzy (yet simple) bass lines this album offers nothing to me but sleep inducing ballads where D'Angelo spends a quarter of each song MAX coming up with lyrics that attempt to say something, anything, before devolving into repeating the same five to ten words for the last three to four minutes, which feels more realistically like an eternity. The instrumentation doesn't bother notably changing between any of the ten songs over the course of an hour, and whenever I wasn't groaning for the song to end, I'd instead tune into to find lyrics about sex, sex, I'm sexy, I stabbed my significant other to death, and sex, and I just had enough by the end. I completely and utterly believe D'Angelo is a sex machine who knows his way around a smooth track or two, but I just personally can't be bothered to care. If this is something you adore, whether it be for its hints of funk or for the sheer energy (or lack thereof) more power to you, but this is not for me.

This sucks right? Am I missing something? What am I meant to do with this?

His ability to sing makes this not nothing but not by much. I don't get it. The arrangements seem kind of weak.

Beige flour.

drowning in molten treacle

Dullest album, wimpiest voice.

That's over.

Really did not enjoy this one. The music felt so purposeless and each song just seemed to repeat the same idea monotonously throughout. Not for me

An entire album that grated on me. Shit. Damn. Motherfucker.

possibly the most egregious example of 90's rnb I've heard. Reminds me why I hated it so much during this time period. trying so hard to be "sexy" music. 1 .4

Entirely forgettable. This is a genre I just cannot get into. It all sounds exactly the same to me, but D’Angelo does have a good voice.

Not the music for me, of course it was made in Sacramento

Terrible

A dreary music genre is not going to be lifted by this example of its oeuvre. the first song drifts into a repetitive phrase, the second song drifts in with incoherency and I desperately want this to end. The third song barely makes an effort. Christ some of this is total rubbish. Randomly repeating words over dreadful substance free plinky plonking. Starts very badly and gets much much worse.

there's a track on this album called Shit, Damn, Motherfucker Shit - my review of this album Damn - I can't believe I listened to this album Motherfucker - D'Angelo I would also like to know what the fuck Jonz In My Bonz means - sounds painful

Hated it when it came out, still hate it not my cup of tea at all

Not for me

Sounded like the same song over and over. Can't understand why this should be listened to, other than as a warning of how bad R&B can be. Utter rubbish.

90's R&B... not for me

So, about song 2 my mind wondered. Song 3 (Jonz) I stopped paying attention. If I was attempting to get laid in my 20s, I could see throwing this one so I could feel the swagger and pray she was into it. However, just for a listen in my 40s feels…well, too “Shit. Damn.Motherfucker” for my tastes. I’ll pass.

Neo-soul/R&B/soul/funk/jazz = pretentious crap.

This sucks.

Not for me

Not really my kind of album. I can hear the quality in the musicianship and the smooth neo soul production, but it just does not connect with me in the way other genres do. The laid back grooves and mellow vibe never quite build into something that grabs my attention. If I had to pick a highlight, the opening track Brown Sugar is the most engaging. It sets the tone well and has a nice groove. Beyond that, much of the album blends together for me. Coming straight after listening to Meat Is Murder, this felt like a big tonal shift and perhaps a bit of a comedown. Completely different mood, different energy and not one that suits my taste as much. Favourite song: Brown Sugar Least favourite song: The overall sound feels too similar throughout Album artwork: Clean and understated, fitting the smooth tone of the record

What rubbish

Opening cut, BROWN SUGAR, boring and repetitive; don't want to hear his thoughts on having a menage a trois. Or his constant use of the word "Nigga." D'Angelo seems to find a groove, fit in a lyric, and put it on repeat for 5+ minutes per cut. While he's at it, he throws in as many "Ooooohs" as he can. Reminds me of Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, and Lonnie Liston Smith, all of whom I'd rather be listening to. I stopped listening in the middle of SHIT, DAMN, MOTHERFUCKER. This album would be much better without the vocals. ⭐ __________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 35 🎧 LPs left to review: 966 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 9 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 12 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 10

The guy can sing but R&B doesn't do much for me. It has the same sound on many of the tracks and just reminds me why I don't like R&B.

No comment

Did not listen to much. Sorry, just not my thing.

This was just painful to try to get through all of the songs. Some of the least creative lyric writing I have had to endure, especially 'Jonz in my Bonz' and 'S,D,MF'. Stunned it would even make a top 10,000 album list.

Did not like it at all.

Just not the type of music I like.

Endless repetition, but some interesting soloing. Couldn't get past the 4th track.

as enjoyable as a prison sentence

bzvz

Not for me. It was pretty boring and it seems like it doesn't have actual lyrics and instead it's just repeated phrases sung in fancy ways, which could be cool, but the background is too boring to hold my attention. 1.49/5

Hmmmm not hot

Not my type of sugar.

This was not for me the album just kinda lingered on and could not wait for the end. .5/5

I was not impressed by this at all. Every song had essentially the same beat and pretty much the same story of mumbly singing without much tone change. Nothing exciting or worth returning to. 1/5

Boring

I'm sorry, but I'm not able to be neutral in any way when rating rnb albums. DAngelo might be one of the greatest in the genre, but it's so physically painful to listen to it for me, that it's basically impossible. I survived 15 minutes in total, which is a nice achievement itself. Really not my type of music.

1.2 - I just hated it. Not saying it’s bad, just not for me at all.

Man this album just wasn’t it.

Not my vibe

3 songs in and I am bored to tears. Really quiet basic 4/4 beat. Nothing interesting at all about this album. This shouldn't have been included in the list. Found a decent part. There is a neat little guitar run in "Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine".

Já coloquei para tocar um desânimo enorme, e não aparaceu nada para mudar.

Not my thing

Oh dear, really, rather not.

meh

Nope. Shite.

All the songs are the same

Just not my type of music

Peurile AND putrid.

Not my vibe

Brown Sugar drags on and doesn't really separate itself from loads who tried this genre and didn't stand out. Super dull, not interesting, somewhat offensive. 1/5.

I have probably only heard one or two complete songs from D'Angelo. I don't follow the kinds of entertainment that might include this music. My impression of D'Angelo is that he's more than content to be D'Angelo, but I don't like "I'm so cool" as a theme in any genre of music. Some of the music on this album is... okay..., but why would I ever want to listen to the content? I don't want to listen to a guy sing about how much he wants to get physical with the ladies. Bleh.

About as musically interesting as listening to a bubbling pot.

NOT MY KIND

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

no

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

Düdeldü (oooooh aaaaaah)

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Nope

Shite.

Garbage

not for me

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

Nope.

Not for me

Shiiiiiit