Michael Eugene Archer (born February 11, 1974), better known by his stage name D'Angelo (pronounced dee -Angelo), is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist producer and record producer. Born in Richmond, Virginia, son of a Pentecostal minister, he began teaching his own piano as a very young child, and at the age of 18 he won an amateur talent competition at Harlem's Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. After briefly becoming a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as a co-writer and co-producer "U Will Know".
Her debut solo album, Brown Sugar, released in July 1995, received a warm welcome and sold over two million copies. Together with artists such as Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell, and collaborator Angie Stone, D'Angelo became part of the Neo soul movement. After this D'Angelo went on hiatus before releasing Voodoo in January 2000, which debuted at number one. The main single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," was a success on the R & B and won a Grammy for V & A Men's Best R & D Likewise, Voodoo wins for R & amp; B Best.
After the release of the video for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," D'Angelo became more uncomfortable with his growing status as a sex symbol. This was followed by many personal struggles including alcoholism, and a fourteen year musical hiatus. D'Angelo released their third studio album, Black Messiah , in December 2014, although it was originally planned for release in 2015; The album was greeted with critical acclaim and fared well on the charts, peaking at number five on the US Billboard 200.
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D'Angelo was born by Michael Eugene Archer, in Richmond, Virginia on February 11, 1974, to a Pentecostal preacher's father. He grew up in a fully Pentecostal family. Archer's musical talents are found very early. At the age of 3, he was discovered by Luther, his 10-year-old brother, playing house piano. After the formation of his musical group Richmond, Virginia, Michael Archer and Precise, and his success at the Amateur Night competition in Harlem, New York's Apollo Theater in 1991, the 18-year-old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was down. quit school and moved to New York City, in an effort to develop his music career. The group had previously enjoyed several notices in Richmond, equally dividing their repertoire between the soul cover and the original, while D'Angelo gathered his own compositions and developed his songwriting skills. Amateur Night Participants produced three consecutive wins and cash prizes, after which, after returning home to Richmond, D'Angelo was inspired to produce the album and start making the material, after a short tenure as a member of the IDU hip hop group (Smart, Deadly but Unique).
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Careers
1991-1995: Brown Sugar
D'Angelo signed a publishing deal with EMI Music in 1991 after capturing the attention of record executives through a demo tape, which was originally by the group. After an impressive audition for EMI execs, a three-hour piano recital, D'Angelo was signed for a record deal in 1993. A & amp; R-man Gary Harris is primarily responsible for his signing, while Kedar Massenburg's manager helps negotiate contracts as well. Massenburg became D'Angelo's manager after hearing it through "street buzz". He previously ran the hip hop group Stetsasonic and formed the art management company Kedar Entertainment in 1991, which he diversified into production, music publishing and publicity.
In 1994, his first significant success came in the hit single "U Will Know". D'Angelo co-wrote and produced songs for R & amp; supergroup male black man, featuring singer R & amp; B like Brian McKnight, Usher, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men, Raphael Saadiq and Gerald Levert. D'Angelo composed music for "U Will Know", while his brother, Luther Archer, wrote the lyrics. Originally featured on the soundtrack for Jason's Lyric movies (1994), the single peaked at number 5 on Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Singles & amp; Tracks and at number 28 on Billboard Hot 100. The music video for "U Will Know" features D'Angelo as group choir directors; he changed the role for live performances of the songs at the Soul Train Music Awards. In the same year, he wrote and produced the song "Overjoyed" for Boys Choir of Harlem, which appeared on their studio album The Sound of Hope (1994). The success of "U Will Know" helped build a rumor around D'Angelo, followed by a number of highly promoted showcases, and added to the buzz among people in the music industry.
Brown Sugar was released in June 1995. Despite the sluggish sales at first, the album ended up being a hit. The album debuted at number six in the US Billboard Top R & amp; Album B charts on the week of July 22, 1995. It finally peaked at number four in the week of February 24, 1996, and spent a total of 54 weeks on the chart. Brown Sugar also spent 65 weeks on Billboard <200 and reached number 22 on the chart. It sold 300,000 copies within two months of its release. The album has sold 35,000 to 40,000 copies a week through November 1995, and in January 1996, it sold 400,000 copies. With the help of four singles, including the sale of Gold Billboard Hot 100 hit "Lady" and R & B ten singles "Brown Sugar" and "Cruisin", the album achieved sales of 500,000 copies in the United States in October 1995. On February 7, 1996, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, after shipping over one million copies in the US. This album was certified gold in Canada on May 9, 2000 Total sales have been estimated in the range of 1.5 million to over two million copies. 1996-2000: The Sabbatical Period and Voodoo
Following the success of his debut album Brown Sugar (1995), D'Angelo went to a four and a half year absence from the music world and released a solo work. After spending two years on a tour promoting Brown Sugar, D'Angelo found himself stuck with the author's block. In the decline, D'Angelo later stated "The thing about the block writers is that you want to write so badly, [but] the songs do not come out like that.They come from life, so you have to live to write." During his sabbatical period, he generally released cover and remake versions, including cover-collaboration with Erykah Badu of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "Your Precious Love" duet duet for the soundtrack for High School High (1996). D'Angelo also covered Prince's "She's Always in My Hair" for the Scream 2 soundtrack (1997), as well as the Ohio Players "Heaven Should Be Like This" for Down in the Delta soundtrack (1998). She also appeared in the duet, "Nothing Even Matters", with Lauryn Hill for her debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). He also spent time lifting weights, smoking, and making music.
Many were postponed for Brown Sugar, Voodoo, finally released in 2000 on Virgin Records after EMI Records Group was absorbed by the previous label. Voodoo received a warm welcome from contemporary music critics. who dubbed it the "masterpiece" and D'Angelo's greatest work. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard chart of 200, selling 320,000 copies in its first week. It entered Billboard 200 on February 12, 2000 and remained on the chart for 33 consecutive weeks. In 2005, the album has sold over 1.7 million copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In 2001, Voodoo won the Grammy Award for R & amp; B Best at the 43rd Grammy Awards, awarded to D'Angelo and record engineer Russell Elevado.
His first two singles, "Devil's Pie" and "Left & Right", reached number 69 and number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The latter is commercially designated for R & B and hip-hop oriented because of the prominence of Redman and Method Man rappers on the track. According to Rich Ford, Jr., the producer of the "Left & Right" music video, both singles and videos are not commercially recognized because of MTV's refusal to put the song's video in rotation, serving as a punishment for failing to meet deadlines due to early premieres. The fifth single "Feel Like Makin 'Love" was less successful, reaching number 109 on Hot R & amp; B/Hip-Hop Singles & amp; Tracks. "Send It On", the fourth single of this album, achieved a moderate chart success, peaking at number 33 on the Pop Singles charts '. The album's third single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", became his biggest chart success, peaking at number 25 on Hot 100 Singles and at number two on the R & B Singles. His famous music video helped in enhancing the appeal of the song, as well as D'Angelo. 2001-2013: Second leave, pending struggles and albums
Towards the end of his worldwide tour to support the album in the same year, D'Angelo's personal problems have deteriorated, affecting the show. He became more conscious and uncomfortable with his status as a sex symbol, and after D'Angelo's tour back to his home in Richmond, Virginia, disappeared from the public eye. Some of D'Angelo's associates and affiliates have recorded the commercial impact of the "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" music video and The Voodoo Tour as a factor contributing to D'Angelo's period of absence from musical scene. Former music manager, Dominique Trenier, explains his disappointment in the impact of a music video in an 2008 interview for Spin magazine. Trenier was quoted as saying that "to this day, in the memory of the general public, he is a naked man".
According to tour manager Alan Leeds, the experience "robs his confidence, because he is not sure why certain fans support him." After the suicide of his close friend, MTV-affiliate Fred Jordan, in April 2001, he began to develop drinking problems. As alcoholism escalated, plans for a live album and Soultronics studio effort, originally set after the tour, were canceled, and impatient Virgin executives cut funding for the expected 2004 solo album.
In 2005, D'Angelo's boyfriend had left her, his lawyer became unhappy with him, and most of his family did not come into contact with him. He also split with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds. Following a car accident and the arrest of DUI and marijuana cost of ownership, D'Angelo left Virgin Records in 2005 and was checked at the Crossroads Center rehab clinic in Antigua. In 2005, his recording contract was acquired by J Records, following rumors of D'Angelo's signing to Bad Boy Records. Although there is no solo output, D'Angelo collaborated with several R & amp; B and hip hop during this period between albums, appeared on albums such as J Dilla's The Shining (2006), Snoop Dogg's Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006), Common's Finding Forever (2007), and Q-Tip's The Renaissance (2008).
D'Angelo's solo work is further delayed. Production for full follow up to Voodoo was stagnant, as he worked and went largely by himself during 2002. D'Angelo attempted to play all instruments for the project, striving to create full control similar to Prince. Russell Elevado describes the material produced as "Parliament/Funkadelic meets The Beatles meeting the Prince, and all the time there is this energy Jimi Hendrix". However, people who see his songs find it unfinished. In the following years, D'Angelo's personal problems worsened, declining with drug and alcohol addiction. In January 2005 she was arrested and accused of possessing marijuana and cocaine. Various mugshots began to circulate at all times, showing the singer looked overweight and unhealthy, in stark contrast to D'Angelo who was seen in the promotion for Voodoo. In September 2005, a week after being convicted of drug charges, he was involved in a car accident, and reportedly suffered severe injuries. However, a week after the accident, a statement was issued by D'Angelo's lawyer stating that he is okay to continue saying "He wants to finish recording his soul beings whose world has patiently waited.
Nothing else was revealed on the new album until 2007, when Questlove leaked unfinished songs on Triple J Radio in Australia. Titled "Really Love", the song is an acoustic sense jam with casual swing nuances. The leak seems to deteriorate the relationship between the two. D'Angelo released a CD/DVD compilation album titled The Best So Far... , first released on 24 June 2008 on Virgin Records. The compilation features songs from two previous studio albums, Brown Sugar and Voodoo, as well as the scarcity and second disc, a DVD of previously unreleased videos. Around the same time, the compilations were released digitally without Erykah Badu and Raphael Saddiq featuring the song, under the title Ultimate D'Angelo.
At the end of November 2011, D'Angelo announced a series of European tours 2012. The tour starts on January 26 in Stockholm, Sweden with his last performance on February 10th. The tour features a selection of hit songs from two previous albums and songs from her upcoming album, which is almost complete. She adorned 4 new songs: "Sugah Daddy", "Is not That Easy", "Another Life" and "The Charade" were well received. On June 9, 2012, he joined Questlove for the annual Superjam Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Although he did not play any of his original material, it marked the first time in nearly 12 years he appeared onstage in the US. On September 1, 2012, D'Angelo performed at the Jay-Z Made-America festival where he again performed new songs, "The Charade" and "Sugah Daddy". On October 7, RCA Music Group announced that they dissolved J Records, Arista Records, and Jive Records. With the closing, D'Angelo (and all other artists who previously signed the contract with the labels) will release his future material on RCA Records.
2014-present: Black Messiah
D'Angelo released their third studio album, Black Messiah in December 2014. D'Angelo originally wanted to release Black Messiah in 2015, but controversial decisions on Ferguson and Eric Garner's Case inspired him to release it early. On December 12, 2014, Kevin Liles, manager of D'Angelo, shared a 15-second teaser of the album on YouTube. Two days later, the song "Sugah Daddy", which has been a part of D'Angelo's set list since 2012, aired on 3 Ã, am EST and 1,000 downloads available on the Red Bull website 20 Before 15. After an exclusive auditory party in New York, Black Messiah was released digitally on December 15 via iTunes, Google Play Music, and Spotify. The album's unexpected release was compared to a self-titled Beyoncà ©  © release in 2013. On January 13, 2015, "Really Love" was released to adult urban contemporary radio in the US.
The album was greeted with universal praise from critics and currently has an average score of 95/100 on Metacritic aggregator reviews. In its first week of release, Black Messiah debuted at number five on Billboards 200 and sold 117,000 copies in the United States. In the second week, the album fell to number twenty-five on the chart and sold another 40,254 copies. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 7,423 copies. D'Angelo supports Black Messiah with a tour called The Second Coming . His band The Vanguard included drummer Chris Dave, bassist Pino Palladino, guitarist Jesse Johnson and Isaiah Sharkey, Kendra Foster vocalist Jermaine Holmes and Charles "Redd" Middleton, and keyboardist Cleo "Pookie" Sample. The European leg begins in Zurich on February 11, 2015, and ends in Brussels on March 7.
In June 2015, D'Angelo confirmed to Rolling Stone that he was working on more material for the new album, calling it a "companion piece" for Black Messiah. Year 2016 Black Messiah won R & amp; B Best at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and R & D Songs; B Best for "Really Love" which was also nominated for Record of the Year. Black Messiah , self-titled album BeyoncÃÆ'Â © (2013), Run the Jewels' Run The Jewels 2 (2014), and Kendrick Lamar To Pimp aa Butterfly (2015) is recorded as laying the groundwork for political imposition taking place in 2016, which includes Rihanna Anti , Kanye West The Life of Pablo , and "Formation" Beyonce.
D'Angelo performed Prince's "Sometimes it Snows in April" on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon in April 2016 accompanied by Maya Rudolph and Gretchen Lieberum in tribute to the late musician, emerging 'emotion-tackled 'at the time of a major influence shift.
Arts
In a 1995 interview, he discussed the effect that Prince's musician had in his approach to recording his debut album, stating "I am one of those people who read album credits and I realize that Prince is a true artist. and done that, and that's how I want to do it. "According to D'Angelo, hip hop influences on the album" comes from the Native Tongues movement - Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr and Main Sources. " In an interview in February 1999 with music journalist Tourà © Å ©, D'Angelo discussed his original inspiration to produce music, stating "My music sounds and nuances will be influenced by what motivates me to do it." On his visit to South Carolina, D'Angelo stated that he "passed this passage, through the gospel, blues, and many old souls, old James Brown, early, early Sly and Stone Family, and many Jimi Hendrix", and "I learned a lot about music, myself, and where I want to go music ". In the same interview, he cites the deaths of rapper Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. had a major influence on him during that period. During the production of his second studio album, D'Angelo recorded many hours of original material that had never been released, as well as the cover of his influencer material. Collectively referred to by D'Angelo as "yoda", this influencer includes soul artist Al Green, funk artist George Clinton, and Afrobeat artist Fela Kuti.
Personal life
In the 1990s, she dated soul singer Angie Stone and helped produce her debut album Black Diamond in 1999. They had a son, also named Michael, born in 1998. After the suicide of a close friend , MTV-to Fred Jordan, in April 2001, he began to develop drinking problems. In 2005, D'Angelo's lover, Cannelle Santos, left him, his lawyer became unhappy with him, and most of his family had nothing to do with him. He also split with manager Dominique Trenier and tour manager Alan Leeds. Following a car accident and the arrest of DUI and marijuana cost of ownership, D'Angelo left Virgin Records in 2005 and was checked at the Crossroads Center rehab clinic in Antigua.
In the following years, D'Angelo's personal problems worsened, declining with drug and alcohol addiction. In January 2005, he was arrested and accused of possession of marijuana and cocaine. Various mugshots began to circulate at all times, showing the singer looked overweight and unhealthy, in stark contrast to D'Angelo who was seen in the promotion for Voodoo. In September 2005, a week after being convicted of drug charges, he was involved in a car accident, and reportedly suffered severe injuries. However, a week after the accident, a statement was issued by D'Angelo's lawyer stating that he was fine.
Discography
- Studio album
- Brown Sugar (1995)
- Voodoo (2000)
- Black Messiah (with The Vanguard) (2014)
Tour
- Brown Sugah Tour (1996)
- Voodoo World Tour (2000)
- Occupy Music Tour (2012)
- The Liberation Tour (2012)
- The Second Coming Tour (2015)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Grammy Awards
See also
- the soul of the Neo
References
External links
- D'Angelo at AllMusic Discography
- D'Angelo in Discogs
- D'Angelo on IMDb
- D'Angelo in imeem The
- D'Angelo channel on YouTube
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