I know a lot of people round here have the perception of me as a D'Angelo hater who has always been a D'Angelo hater, but the "hate" I have spit at him is more the disappointment and frustration of a (former) avid fan.

This is it right here:

>Voodoo made a great starter tour which could have developed
>into a time period of it's own (w Quest at that, could you
>imagine?)- but was given this title of 'equals to' merely
>cause the music industry itself had really nothing else to
>offer.
>
>No slight on the Soulatronics cause they still put on a dope
>show.
>
>Had that developed to an immediate second, third, fourth,
>fifth tour like James Brown and Prince - then you can give it
>that.

I had my criticisms of both the album and the tour but I still enjoyed both... but I viewed them as "starters" that served as a strong foundation to be developed upon.

But when D failed to develop... when he just dropped the torch and walked off... that was frustrating.

And now here we are, 11, 12 years later... trying to build it all back from scratch... it seems like a waste to me.

Like, I actually find myself agreeing with maxxx when he says that at least R. Kelly has used his musical time wisely where D squandered his.