http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/taylor-lewis-060208/

The best chance that Taylor had to breakthrough to American audiences, particularly the Neo-Soul nation, was a possible collaboration with D’Angelo on what would eventually become the much delayed Voodoo (2000). Many Neo-Soul audiences first heard of Taylor via D’Angelo’s claims that he was a fan of Taylor’s. As Taylor explains his relationship with the equally enigmatic D’Angelo, “Around ‘98, I got a call from one of his manager guys ... they just had a bunch of ideas, they weren’t really sure what it is they wanted. I think their idea was to get me over and figure it out while I was over there.” What Taylor really suspects is that “they were having a little bit of difficulty keeping (D’Angelo) focused ... He’s getting invited to all these crazy parties and they are trying to keep him in the studio” hoping that “(I) would be a calming influence on him.” To make a very long story short, Taylor spent four days in a New York City hotel with no contact with anyone from D’Angelo camp. “I just got very fed-up with it, I threw a hissy-fit and I left, without even telling them,” Taylor recalls. “The two of us have still to this day, never met.”