he got a huge buzz from Brown Sugar... he was being marketed as the 2nd coming...savior of soul ...BEFORE untitled....

I remember reading articles about all the celebs and stars that were checking for him on his small venue tour for brown sugar...including Prince..


he could have still been able to advance up to the large arena tour he did for Voodoo even without the untitled video just based on Brown sugar and the surrounding hype..birth of Neo soul thing...