Voodoo

絶対に持っておきたいネオソウル名盤のアナログ。
2000年にリリースされたD'Angeloの2ndアルバムのアナログ。トラディショナルなソウルミュージックと、R&B・ヒップホップのエッセンスが融合した傑作。成熟した大人の色気漂うサウンドは、針と落としてゆっくりゆったりと聴いて欲しいです。
(C)札幌ピヴォ店:小阪 和明

ディアンジェロが2000年に発売したセカンド・アルバムがLP化。180g重量盤、アルバム音源がダウンロードできるカード付き。

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000. Rolling Stone (2/3/00, pp.55-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...does for R&B what underground heads like Mos Def and The Roots do for hip-hop: They strip it down to just smarts, truth and beats. This is meant to be soul music that moves like smoke easing from a blunt....a superb smoke..." Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.106) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of 2000. Rolling Stone (2/3/00, pp.55-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...does for R&B what underground heads like Mos Def and The Roots do for hip-hop: They strip it down to just smarts, truth and beats. This is meant to be soul music that moves like smoke easing from a blunt....a superb smoke..." Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #4 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...The year's best mood album - a retro future-gaze of 'chicken grease' funk, boho politicking, hip-hop badass and sexual healing..." Spin (1/01, p.73) - Ranked #4 in Spin's "Top 20 Albums of the Year [2000]" - "...The year's best mood album - a retro future-gaze of 'chicken grease' funk, boho politicking, hip-hop badass and sexual healing..." Entertainment Weekly (1/28/00, p.104) - "...an intimate jam session, each song bleeding into another....D'Angelo creates a stoned soul picnic bar none..." - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (1/28/00, p.104) - "...an intimate jam session, each song bleeding into another....D'Angelo creates a stoned soul picnic bar none..." - Rating: A- Q (3/00, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...the kind of smoky grooves that could be expected of a Cheeba Sound release....In short, VOODOO has what so many modern r&b records lack: soul." Q (3/00, p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...the kind of smoky grooves that could be expected of a Cheeba Sound release....In short, VOODOO has what so many modern r&b records lack: soul." The Wire (1/01, p.34) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year" [2000]. The Wire (1/01, p.34) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year" [2000]. Muzik (1/00, p.105) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...confirms D'angelo as the male counterpart to Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill....VOODOO truly warms your heart....the kind of artist who's destined to encourage a new generation of pre-eminent singers..." Muzik (1/00, p.105) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...confirms D'angelo as the male counterpart to Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill....VOODOO truly warms your heart....the kind of artist who's destined to encourage a new generation of pre-eminent singers..." CMJ (1/24/00, p.23) - "...imbued with [his] trademark slippery soul...[boasting] more detailed production and jazzier underpinnings....VOODOO remians a stripped-down affair....[as] D'Angelo remains in a class by himself." CMJ (1/24/00, p.23) - "...imbued with [his] trademark slippery soul...[boasting] more detailed production and jazzier underpinnings....VOODOO remians a stripped-down affair....[as] D'Angelo remains in a class by himself." Down Beat (8/00, pp.72-3) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Transforms his sound into something strange and new, stripping down to the bare essentials of a beat and vocals....yielding a ritualistic sound..." Down Beat (8/00, pp.72-3) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Transforms his sound into something strange and new, stripping down to the bare essentials of a beat and vocals....yielding a ritualistic sound..." Vibe (12/99, pp.247-8) - "...the most daring song-oriented album by a mainstream R&B artist of his generation....defining himself as much by what his funk refuses to do as what it does to legitimately function in the post-James Brown continuum....refreshing..." Vibe (12/99, pp.247-8) - "...the most daring song-oriented album by a mainstream R&B artist of his generation....defining himself as much by what his funk refuses to do as what it does to legitimately function in the post-James Brown continuum....refreshing..." The Source (4/00, p.216) - "...D'Angelo has grown - lyrically and sonically....VOODOO is seamless - and j