Hi all - I posted this up on my site a few days ago and wanted to share it here as well. As the title suggests, it's every D'Angelo vocal track placed in order working up the best ever. Thoughts/opinions/etc most welcome...
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Well, here we are again...!
Four years ago, in a project that took a fair few months, I sat down as a die-hard fan of Prince and ranked my top 100 Prince songs placing them in order and even making a companion mix too. The list was fun, exhausting and definitely divisive but is still something I'm incredibly proud of.
So now 4 years later, I thought let's do it again... and rank every D'Angelo song that he's ever sang on.
As with the Prince list, there are a couple of rules to adhere to before we get started:
- Firstly, no bootlegs. It just seemed fair that every song should be completely accessible by all. - No remixes. The list would be endless if we started to include remixes as new ones seem to emerge every week so we're sticking with original versions of tracks only, or in the case of GZA's 'Cold World', track that D'Angelo recorded vocals specifically for. - For the purposes of this list, we're sticking to vocal performances only and not including tracks that D'Angelo may have written or produced or remixed or played instruments on for other artists. - And finally, no live stuff. Again, the list would be endless if we included all the live recordings floating around so official studio releases only in this case.
Hold my hand friends and let's take the deep dive together...
1. "RE: "Every D'Angelo Song Ranked"" In response to Reply # 0
On the one hand, thanks for the list - a few things here I didn't know existed!
On the other hand though, how you going to have Left & Right at #23?!?!? Above (among others) greatday..., africa, back to the future, and til it's done... (again, just to start). I literally can't comprehend that choice...
Someday, if they release a vocals only mix (no method man or redman), I might decide it's not the worst thing ever. But at this point, it will forever be the single annoying blemish on what is probably one of my top five or ten albums ever... and it's hard to get over that.
6. "RE: "Every D'Angelo Song Ranked"" In response to Reply # 1
Thanks for checking the list out firstly. As relates L&R, well, I did figure that would be the controversial one but other than "I really like the track", I'm not sure how else to justify it.
I think the song came at the height of my Red & Mef phase firstly; I was head over heels with 'Break Ups...' and was just really excited about the 3 of them being on a song together.
10. "Haha, I appreciate that but you're welcome to rip into it if you wish..." In response to Reply # 5
I've started to brace myself when it comes to the list and can quite often enjoy the conversation it starts.
No plans for YouTube or Spotify yet but did you catch the Mixcloud link? The whole mix goes for 1h40mins and weaves through each track in the order of the list. Took weeks to put together but am really happy with how that turned out as well.
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