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buy now <\/a><\/p>\n $10.00<\/p>\n Halfway through the languid midtempo ballad \u201cSend It On\u201d from D\u2019Angelo\u2019s new sophomore effort, Voodoo<\/i>, the young retro-soul maestro and band shift tempo and melody. It\u2019s a move so understatedly dramatic that it elicits comparisons not just to obvious touchstones Marvin Gaye and Al Green, but to the Jimi Hendrix of Axis: Bold as Love<\/i> and Electric Ladyland<\/i>. While Voodoo<\/i> is hardly in a league with such major statements, it\u2019s a record inviting enough to attract repeated plays of its 78-minute length. As on his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar<\/i>, D\u2019Angelo covers a wide range of concerns\u2013sex, home cooking, the destructive side of current street life\u2013in a deceptively offhand manner. But he\u2019s a crafty craftsman: even a throwaway workout like \u201cChicken Grease<\/a>\u201d is blessed not only with a slinky groove and a guitar lick that deserves to be called just that, but bursts of Gaye-style vocal harmonies; the whole track, for all its retro flavor, ends up sounding like nothing else around. Throw in the blasts of anger that fire \u201cDevil\u2019s Pie,\u201d the restatement of Bono\u2019s \u201cI Still Haven\u2019t Found What I\u2019m Looking For\u201d in \u201cGreatdayindamornin\u2019,\u201d and the complete takeover of Roberta Flack\u2019s \u201cFeel Like Makin\u2019 Love,\u201d and Voodoo<\/i> proves one jam that was well worth the nearly five-year wait. \u2013Rickey Wright<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Republished by Blog Post Promoter<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/div>\n