D\' Angelo

D' Angelo - pronounced " di-angelo" - (born Michael Eugene Archer on February 11th 1974 with Richmond in the State of Virginia is a singer of naked-drunk person of the United States, Pianiste, Guitariste, Compositeur, and producing.

Biography

From angelo begins its rather young career, and records its first album Brown Sugar in 1995. Although the sales were disappointing at the beginning, the album progressed quickly in the charts, in particular thanks to the song " Lady" , classified among the 10 best compositions in the classification of Billboard Hot 100, which allowed the significant émergeance several artists of naked-drunk person in the Nineties (in particular Maxwell, Erykah Badu and well of others). Criticisms of this album were good and classified it among the best titles of the year.

During the 5 following years the exit of the album Brown Sugar , Of angelo appeared regularly in film musics whose Belly (Devil' S Pie) , or taking again titles as Girl you need has exchange off mind (Eddie Kendricks, Get one the drunk, She' S always in my to hate (Prince, Scream 2) or Heaven must Be like this (The Ohio Players) . But it made also many featuring of which Nothing else Matters with Lauryn Hill on the album of the latter The miseducation off Lauryn Hill .

Five years after the exit of Brown Sugar , angelo left in 2000 the album Voodoo . Directly placed in top of the hits-parade, known Voodoo the dedication while making it possible its type-setter to gain two Grammy Awards, one for the best R' album B, the other for the best R' singer B. the title-reference of this album will be Untitled (How does it feel) , a homage to the legendary artist Prince. This song only met in particular an enormous success thanks to a not very traditional video clip representing naked angelo singing, and without any different element. This clip was nominated 4 times at MTV Music Awards and currently classified 44e better video in the list of the best clips vidéos of American group VH1. In parallel, it continued to make some featuring of which " Be Here" with Raphael Saadiq, another size of the naked-drunk person (on its album Urgent Vintage ).

Of angelo has a son, Michael Jr., with the singer of naked-drunk person Angie Stone and a named girl Imani, born in October 1999.

In 2002, “Q stores it” includes it in its list of the " 50 type-setters to be known before mourir" (" 50 Bands To See Before You Die").

In January 2005, Of angelo is stopped in possession of Cannabis and itself doped. Pleading guilty these facts on April 13rd, it received a lenient sorrow within sight of the facts (the driving under influence of intoxication or drug addict is penally serious in the United States): withdrawal of its license and suspended sentence. September 12th, for possession of Cocaine, it received sorrow a 3 years with deferment.

September 19th, 2005, one week after being condemned for cocaine possession, Of angelo was seriously wounded at the time of an car accident with Powhatan County, in Virgnie, while being projected out of the vehicle at the time of the impact: it then did not carry of safety belt. It is now out of danger and could return at his place at the end of a few weeks of hospitalization.

Recently, Of angelo announced that he worked hard on a third opus, temporarily named James River. After one long period of inactivity, Of angelo was regularly invited on different opus from other artists.

In August 2006, Of angelo confirms to be given to work while being exiled temporarily on the island of Antigues and to have begun from collaborations with the rappeurs Common and Q-Tip. It would seem that he was also under discussion with the producer Jermaine Dupri on the possible exit of new a opus but no official source can confirm this at present.

In January 2007, Questlove (in close cooperation with Angelo) announces on the Okayplayer official site that D' Angelo does not wish any more to market the album James River . It has seems it found a new breath, and wishes to be invested in a project of new less dark album. Questlove puts forward the idea that James River could be marketed all the same with the new album, that is to say like double CD. Many then makes the bringing together between James River and the Black Album of Prince that this last had refused to market because considered to be too dark and more in adequacy with its new aspirations.

Musical references and collaborations

Musical references

Musical collaborations

Discography

Albums

  • Brown Sugar (1995) US #22 ( Platinum )
  • Live At the Jazz Coffee (1996)
  • Voodoo (2000) #1 US ( Platinum )
  • drunk The off of angelo (2006)

Individual

  • "Brown Sugar" (1995)
  • " Cruisin'" (1996)
  • " Lady" (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine" (1996)
  • " Devil' S Pie" (1998)
  • " Left & Right" (1999)
  • " Untitled (How Does It Feel?)" (2000)
  • " Send It On" (2000)

Individual (remixées versions)

  • "Brown Sugar (Dime Bag Mix) " (1995)

  • " Brown Sugar (Dollar Bag Mix) " (1995)
  • " Brown Sugar (Radio Version) " (1995)
  • " Brown Sugar (Drunk Inside 808 Mix) " (1995)
  • " Brown Sugar (Sugar Beatminerz Remix) " (1995)
  • " Cruisin' (Carl McIntosh Mix) " (1996)
  • " Cruisin' (Cut The Sax Remix) " (1996)
  • " Cruisin' (Dallas Austin Remix) " (1996)
  • " Cruisin' (Wet Remix) " (1996)
  • " Cruisin' (The Hand Body Mix) " (1996)
  • " Lady (2B3 Long Play Mix By 2B3) " (1996)
  • " Lady (2B3 Shake Dat Ass Mix) " (1996)
  • " Lady (CJ Mackintosh Mix) " (1996)
  • " Lady (CJ Mackintosh Radio operator Edict) " (1996)
  • " Lady (Clean Street Version Featuring AZ) " (1996)
  • " Lady (Just Tha Happy Mix Featuring AZ) " (1996)
  • " Lady (Live Version) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (Def Squad Mix) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (Def Squad Mix Instrumental) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (Erick Remix Sermon) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (Erick Instrumental Remix Sermon) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (DJ First Remix) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (DJ First Instrumental Remix) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (DJ First Just The Happy Mix) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (DJ First Just The Happy Mix Instrumental) " (1996)
  • " Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Off Mine (cappella has) " (1996)
  • " Devil' S Black and white (Raw Version) " (1998)
  • " Devil' S Black and white (Instrumental) " (1998)
  • " Devil' S Black and white (Clean Version) " (1998)
  • " Devil' S Black and white (Raw has cappella) " (1998)
  • " Left & Right (Explicit Edict) * (1999)
  • " Left & Right (Instrumental Version) " (1999)
  • " Left & Right (Radio operator Edict) " (1999)
  • " Left & Right (W/O Rap Version) (1999)
  • " Left & Right (cappella has) (1999)
  • " Untitled (How Does It Feel?) (Radio operator Edict) " (2000)
  • " Send It On" (Cal Out Hook) (2000)
  • " Send It On" (Radio operator Edict) (2000)

Other musical Recordings

  • "U Will Know" in collaboration with B.M.U (Black Men United) on the album Jason' S Lyric (soundtrack) album (1994)

  • " Pray" on the album of Vertical Hold' S “Head First” (1994)
  • " Crew" (with the keyboard) on the album of has Tribe Called Quest Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996)
  • " Overjoyed" on the album of the Servant boys Choir off Harlem “Up In Harlem” (1996)
  • " Cold World (Remix) " with GZA (1996)
  • " Your Precious Love" in collaboration with Erykah Badu on the original soundtrack of the film High School High (1996)
  • " Girl You Need has Exchange Mind" Off; on the original soundtrack of the film Get One The Drunk (1996)
  • " The Hypnotic" in collaboration with The Roots “on the album Illadelph Halflife (1996)
  • " I Found My Smile Again" on the original soundtrack of the film Space Jam (1997)
  • " Ain' T Nobody Home" in collaboration with B.B.King on the album Deuces Wild (1997)
  • " The “Notic" in collaboration with The Roots (in featuring with Erykah Badu) on the original soundtrack of the film Men In Black (1997)
  • " Heaven Must Be Like This" on the original soundtrack of the film Down In The Delta (1998)
  • " Nothing Even Matters" in collaboration with Lauryn Hill on her album The Miseducation off Lauryn Hill (1998)
  • " Station-wagon Ups 2 Make Ups" in collaboration with Method Man on its album Tical 2000: Judgment Day (1998)
  • " She' S Always In My Hair" on the original soundtrack of the film Scream 2 (1998)
  • " The Spark" with the keyboard on the album of The Roots” Things Fall Apart (1999)
  • " Everyday" in collaboration and production with Angie Stone on its album Black Diamond (1999)
  • " Everybody Coil The Sunshine" (resumption of Roy Ayers) - opposite B MaxiSingle " Untitled" (2000)
  • " Time Travelin'" , " Time Travelin” (Begun again) " , " Geto Heaven Leaves Two" and " Cold-Blooded" in collaborations with Common on its album Like Chocolate Toilets for (2000)
  • " Such Me" in collaboration on the album of Slum Village Fantastic, vol. 2 (2000)
  • " Caravan" in collaboration with The Roots on the album homage to Duke Ellington of the Red Hot + Indigo Duke Ellington tribute/charity fund-raising album (2000)
  • " Talk S *** 2 Ya" collaboration one Baby Servant boy soundtrack album (2001)
  • " Be Here" collaboration one Raphael Saadiq 'S Urgent Vintage album (2002)
  • " Toilets No Got Enemy" collaboration with various artists one Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit off Cracked Kuti tribute/charity fund-raising album (2002)
  • " I' L Stay" collaboration one Roy Hargrove 'S The RH Factor: Hardware Groove album (2003)
  • " Be Here" live collaboration one Raphael Saadiq 'S All Hits At the House off Blues album (2005)
  • " Sing has Simple Song" virtual collaboration with Sly and The Family Stone, featuring Isaac Beam and Chuck D one Different Strokes By Different Folks tribute album (2006)
  • " Bullsh*t" collaboration one Roy Hargrove 'S The RH Factor: Distractions album (2006)
  • " So Far to Go" collaboration one J Dilla 'S The Shining album (2006)
  • " Imagine" in collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Dr. DRE on the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)

Samples

  • Download sample off " Untitled (How Does It Feel) " from Voodoo

External bonds

  • http://www.okayplayer.com/dangelo
  • http://groups.msn.com/GrooveClub/rhythmandblues.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=1004&LastModified=4675533832412831336
  • http://groups.msn.com/GrooveClub/michaelarcher.msnw

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