The New York Times – Music:
A producer, recording engineer and sound mixer, he helped pioneer the use of sampling in rap music, including on the influential album “The Low End Theory” by A Tribe Called Quest.
Category: D’Angelo (Singer)
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2026 Grammys Takeaways: Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar Take Top Awards
The New York Times – Music:
On a night marked by explicit political statements, Bad Bunny became the first Spanish-language artist to win the ceremony’s top prize, while Kendrick Lamar is now the winningest rapper in Grammy history.
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Lauryn Hill Will Lead Grammy Tribute to Roberta Flack and D’Angelo
The New York Times – Music:
The artist, who dominated the awards in 1999, will return to the Grammy stage to honor an inspiration and a collaborator.
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The Musicians We Lost in 2025
The New York Times – Music:
Listen to songs by pop visionaries, neo-soul luminaries, country-adjacent outlaws and more.
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Erykah Badu Says Making Music Is a Sport. It’s Game Time.
The New York Times – Music:
The singer and songwriter on her reign as one of music’s most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures and where her creative impulses are headed next.
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Remembering D’Angelo, a Classicist Who Moved Us Forward
The New York Times – Music:
On Popcast, a conversation about the casual virtuosity of D’Angelo’s too-brief career with a pair of journalists who each interviewed him twice.
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D’Angelo’s Pleasure Principle
The New York Times – Music:
The singer and songwriter’s art of elegant seduction never required him to raise his voice, or lose his desperation, humor or awareness.
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How D’Angelo Made His Masterpiece, ‘Voodoo’
The New York Times – Music:
The singer, songwriter and producer’s 2000 album was the result of years in the studio listening to inspiring music, jamming and rediscovering his artistic purpose.