For an artist like D'Angelo, he has a built in fanbase that still that gives him some chips to gamble with. He appeals to that Mid 30's to early 40's crowd that is often overlooked in the market because it's not 'the youth'.

That's an underated audience though. Not just for artist like Erykah Badu, Jill Scott who's been able to sustain because of them, But some of an artist Jay-Z's fanbase floats into that area too...

That tweener area where they too old for "todays hottest in hip-hop & r&b" crowd, but too young for the Tom Joyner/Michael Baisden crowd.

D,Angelo still has enough juice to SMASH that crowd.