If we played “Desert Island Albums” and I could only pick 10 records to listen to for the rest of my life, D’Angelo’s “Voodoo” would absolutely be on the list for me. In fact, even if you made it 5 records, I’d probably still pick it. Voodoo is 25 years […]
In the late 90s, Questlove helped found a collective of musicians and artists including D’Angelo, James Poyser, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Common, Bilal, and others like Q Tip, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Pino Palladino. They were dubbed, somewhat accidentally, the “Soulquarians” and this collection of albums is some of […]
D’Angelo’s Chicken Grease is amazing. The song feels so good, and so effortless, but if you take a look under the hood, there are a lot of influences happening, from Classic Soul to Funk, from the 60s, 70s, AND 80s, and from hip hop to… Classical Music. No, I’m not […]
Did Dilla produce “Feel Like Makin’ Love”? What happened to Lauryn Hill’s vocal? Let’s talk about what happened, and attempt a remix to get close to the original “Lauryn Track” ► TO DOWNLOAD THIS REMIX FOR FREE – go to www.diggingthegreats.com ► Stream the Spotify Listening Guide – https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1kvnyUIXOiTBccODIoQXe3?si=c783a69557354c48 __________________________________ […]
The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/diggingthegreats01231 Is the idea of playing a funky, slightly deeper cut keyboard part for soundcheck specifically to impress everyone on stage a ridiculously vain idea? Yes, but I KNOW keyboard players do it […]
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D’Angelo’s “Really Love” is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded, so I decided to dissect every aspect of it to find out why. The main reason? It’s all REAL Stream the Spotify Listening Guide: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1waucIewo4HWpCxc1sYIXO?si=94480a1341534036 Get your Digging The Greats Slipmat at www.diggingthegreats.com __________________________________ ► Digging The Greats […]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7qVFVmWdxO32Q6bbBqQiPL?si=eec6d51f38b34bbb APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/dangelo-for-beginners/pl.u-06oxxAaFYRREZzV WEBSITE: www.micthesnare.com TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@micthesnare IG: https://www.instagram.com/micthesnare/?hl=en TWITTER: https://twitter.com/MicTheSnare Poll for the next Deep Discog Dive: https://www.micthesnare.com/deepdiscogdivedecision That Voodoo CD was such a pain to clean but it was worth it for the bit. Let me know your favorite D’Angelo song/album/related thing in the […]
