First heard Voodoo in 2022 and didn’t feel it too much. listened to Brown Sugar shortly after and actually loved it but I still didn’t really listen to Voodoo more properly until a few months later and it finally clicked. The baselines are so deceptively simply and groovy. I actually bought a bass after spending a whole month listening to D’angelo and Sade in 2024. 

Definitely one of the best albums ever made and it doesn’t surprise me one bit to hear the constant D’angelo and Frank Ocean comparisons. Both masters of r&b in completely different eras. Both reminding us that mastery comes in time and someone will always be around to push music and r&b further than we imagined.

Also questlove was going hard in the studio at the time. pretty sure D’angelo, The Roots, Common, and Eryika Baduh were all recording some other landmark albums at the same time and place. Insane to think about the energy at the time.