On October 14th, the visionary musician D’Angelo passed away at 51 years old. Only releasing three albums during his lifetime, he synthesized influences from gospel, jazz, rock, and hip-hop to create a singular and transcendent sound artists still try – and fail – to emulate today.
On this special episode of Switched On Pop, Charlie and Nate are joined by producer Reanna and engineer Brandon to celebrate D’Angelo through his music, discussing one song from each of his albums and highlighting his musical genius.
Songs Discussed
D’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)
D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
The Hawkins Family – What Is This?
D’Angelo – Feel Like Makin’ Love
Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love
Parliament – Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
D’Angelo – Cruisin’
Smokey Robinson – Cruisin’
D’Angelo – The Charade
Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There Is A Hell Below, We’re All Going to Go
Jimi Hendrix – All Along The Watchtower
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