He wanted to bring back the soul sounds of Sly and the Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, George Clinton, Fela Kuti, Prince, and Jimi Hendrix among other influences. Voodoo was inspired by D'Angelo’s frustration with R&B music becoming more pop and club-oriented. Voodoo features elements of neo-soul, funk, hip-hop, salsa, blues, and jazz courtesy of The Roots‘ ?uestlove and the Soulquarians crew, who were also working on the critically acclaimed albums by Erykah Badu ( Mama’s Gun) and Common ( Like Water For Chocolate) at Electric Lady Studios around the same time. The album was recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios in New York City and sees D'Angelo flexing his producing and songwriting skills, writing on every song except the cover of “Feel Like Makin' Love,” and producing the entire album, along with co-production on “Devil’s Pie, “Africa,” and “Untitled (How Does It Feel)”. Voodoo is D'Angelo’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, released nearly five years after his breakthrough July 1995 debut, Brown Sugar.
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