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I've always said that marketers missed a prime opportunity when they didn't package D'Angelo's single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," with a DVD of the song's video. I guess putting my fondest wish out into the ether wasn't a bad thing to do, because now I get an announcement that The Best So Far ..., a compilation of the soul singer's top hits and videos, will be released on June 24. There are 17 audio tracks and seven previously unreleased music videos on So Far. Also debuting on that date is a 15-track digital album and four video downloads, as well as four "ringtunes," according to a press release. I'm more than pleased to hear that D's back in the studio, writing and recording a new release. About time. Can't get enough (giggle ... like me)? Make good, good friends with him here and, have mercy, here. Brown Sugar, D's career-defining (so far) album and one of those albums that must must must be in your collection, is filled with beautiful, lyrical odes to love, marijuana and, in one instance, murder. Brown Sugar is right up there with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and Luther Vandross' The Night I Fell in Love as albums that need to be heard. I mean, how many people can take a Smokey Robinson classic and, as American Idol's Randy Jackson would say, make it their own? You just feel D'Angelo's appreciation for the masters of emoting when he's "Cruisin'." I'm talking about Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Al Green, Prince. Need I go on? Well, I could, but I won't. I have a tear in my eye. This is some good news right here! |
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