Questlove Shares D'Angelo "Voodoo" Stories & Rick Rubin Declares It "Absolutely Perfect" Album

[@poerava]

Black Messiah album is a masterpiece also Real talk.

[@nplovingham]

read the words to The Charade, it changed my life!

[@luvmist]

Was much needed when it came out.

[@Backpackfiles]

Still.

[@katherinekier]

The entire album is a negro spiritual. It’s amazing. Still top five for me.

[@relebogilemmusi4470]

100%. But while Voodoo is an undenial 10/10, BM is a pretty good 9.5/10. It sounds like I'm saying it's not that good which is not the case. But I can fault BM on maximum 2 things while 20years later, the only thing I associate Voodoo with is genius, while BM isn't unshakable to me. And again, I gave it 9.5 which is damn near there.

[@stonerollin3669]

D'Angelo needs to get himself into a recording studio again. It's torture waiting for more D'angelo! Voodoo is a masterpiece.

[@thatbemefool]

kristin gallipoli - it’s worth the wait. We have The Vanguard to hold us over til around 2030.

[@Valdo19-p9z]

u don't think he's always working on music? He prob has 20 potential albums on the shelf. The timing just has to be right for him to release something.

[@stonerollin3669]

@@Valdo19-p9z of course he must have music my ears are waiting

[@Valdo19-p9z]

@@stonerollin3669 same!

[@melvinstephens3443]

Its a virginia thing you wouldnt understand! Why you think he is low key and out the spotlight? because he in the studio!

[@meganrobinson1707]

Spanish joint is pure genius. I have no idea what they talking about in the song, but just the instrumentals are perfect.

[@thaxtonwaters8561]

A good Dj friend of mine always starts his set with that song. Hint: the song is about Brown Suga.😉

[@outer.box.dissemination]

He’s singing about, being tired of, being just a link in a female’s(he’s dating) chain. And he’s finally done with her. You can search the lyrics

[@mogglie]

A crazy thing I found out last year is that charley hunter plays bass and guitar at the same time on that song. KZbin. Spanish joint Charlie hunter.

[@outer.box.dissemination]

Mikael Palm yup.

[@kechimusic6257]

Mikael Palm Charlie Hunter did the same thing for The Root & Greatdayindamornin’/Booty, a monster talent

[@wizardmix]

I remember the day I saw D'Angelo perform "Chicken Grease" live on the Chris Rock Show. It was September of 1999, I was 20 years old and when that song ended, I turned off the TV, got in my car and drove straight to the Border's Books to buy that CD. I put it in my CD player on the way home -- by the time I got home, I knew it was the first time I heard something that I knew was great before anyone had to tell me it was great. It's one of the best albums of my generation and certainly of all time. I don't think that album left my CD player for a month.

[@jsoul99]

1. Talking Book 2. Voodoo 3. Midnight Marauders 4. Fantastic vol 2. 5. Until The Quiet Comes My top 5 Albums of all times

[@JD37]

J Soul Talking Book: first album I ever bought as a youth. Perfect album.

[@CamFilms1000]

daaaamn bro that's a killing list.. you hit the mark with Until The Quiet Comes and Midnight Marauders

[@jsabbott0]

J Soul great list

[@junebugspade7771]

Flying Lotus is dope

[@toastyeggfilms]

😍😍😍

[@allgoodwoods219]

I was 21 when Voodoo dropped. I listened to it all the time because I felt like it was the soul music of my generation. At 45 I still listen to Voodoo. It’s an absolute masterpiece and still one of my all time favorites!

[@avace917]

Send It On is Immaculate!!

[@JamesEarlBonez]

The hummm and its aaalllriught in that song my favorite part of the album

[@avace917]

@@JamesEarlBonez his background vocals and the horn arrangements are immaculate

[@charlesdrake3125]

20 years later and I'm still in awe of this album.

[@relebogilemmusi4470]

Honestly. Like how does that possibly happen!? Man.

[@deathchips926]

Same. The songs do not get old. They age like wine.

[@ladarylhale68]

Stays in constant rotation. The Root is my joint 🔥🔥🔥

[@charlesdrake3125]

@@ladarylhale68 mine too. 🎵"Like the rain to the dirt, From the vine to the wine"🎶

[@beeboy6967]

This album came out "at the right time" type of thing. You can't explain it but if your down, your down. I had it on CD when it first came out & about a year ago i bought it on vinyl. So base heavy & smooth at the same time.Yep, it's a classic !

[@blingkong5036]

This is one of those albums where your favorite song changes every few times you listen to it

[@TheCreativeone1]

His spirit is so dope! Love💞Quest

[@cokefiction]

Voodoo is definitely a life altering album. Still rockin it like it just dropped.

[@brandonlara5375]

True masterpiece hands down. Arguably my favorite album of all time. I bought it that day Jan. 25th 2000. Been blown away since!!!!!

[@DiamondMounter]

Iv listened to it very often over the years. I was a teenager when it came out and have grown up with it. I feel like its part of my DNA

[@redzonesportscards2021]

Same here.

[@eyewinenigma1761]

D'Angelo is unmatched in talent he got his own style and also produce his own tracks he's a complete genius!

[@kheperasekmet5197]

Stayed in rotation !!

[@kheperasekmet5197]

I'd love to jam with DeAngelo Raphael saadiq and Babyface It would be epic! Pure awesomeness

[@blurgle9185]

I met a dude once who said he hated D'Angelo. No matter all the fine potations I enjoyed that evening, my animosity towards him would not falter.

[@thatbemefool]

AFRICA is my fave song in the world! I LOVE Michael Eugene Archer...AKA D’Angelo 🙌🏾

[@Deanna0456]

TheKnow Africa is my descent and here I’m far from home🙌🏾

[@SiscoTheKiddHollard]

I cried the first time I realized what he was saying in the lyrics

[@angeloboltinimusic]

IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO DRAG ME AWAAAAAAY FROM YOOOOOOU

[@orthadox1377]

The Root!

[@caseywalker1714]

So did Angie Stone

[@starchiiiiild]

My favourite album of all time. Thankful for these guy's courage.

[@relebogilemmusi4470]

I never ever get tired of hearing stories of the making of Voodoo. And I never ever get tired of the awe, reverence and uncategorical rave reviews this album gets from the best of the best in the music industry. My favorite album. Thank you D' and the crew, Soulquarians and honorary members for a moment of time frozen in music! One✊🏾

[@thabs2001]

I love listening to Quest telling stories

[@jamielee4911]

Yo this album is a certified CLASSIC.....First time I heard it!!!! Aesthetically just beautiful to hear. One of my favorites of all time.

[@danielyarbrough6432]

Not gone lie the root on voodoo was a song that changed my live.

[@FullyMelanin]

YOOO, til this day!!!

[@OmegaBlacc]

The Root has a vibe I had never heard before and haven't heard since. Glad I'm not the only one LOL.

[@bradleyboucher1996]

That song saved me from a crippling depression that was brought on by the worse break up I have ever experienced and even now I'm still struggling to get over and it's not even close.

[@Officialkingofallkings]

Voodoo is like a full course meal and EVERYTHING tastes GREAT

[@melvlnrushll3426]

D'Angelo and Questlove are Geniuses. I pray they work 2gether on D'angelo's next album. I also love Ds last album.

[@AfroVibez]

Reading the comment section and people spilling their favorite D'angelo songs or albums, its like reminiscing all your favourite game consoles ... wild smile not wide smile, wild smile

[@luvmist]

His album helped me through some dark times in my life. Really helped my soul. Amazing talent. Love all his work man. Great interview

[@melvlnrushll3426]

Black Messiah is also BEAST mode

[@FullyMelanin]

yup, best album in my lifetime , any genres

[@Daij62]

Agreed

[@phoenixnebula9]

Definite masterpiece..hearing what happened to craft it..what a treat!

[@thaxtonwaters8561]

In 99 I was a freshman in college. Voodoo changed my life.

[@kheperasekmet5197]

I graduated college in '99 and I was a connoisseur of neo soul sounds Maxwell Bilal and DeAngelo etc. This music was Amazing I can tell you in DC/ e Baltimore grooving to new jams... nostalgia

[@nathandowning873]

In '99 I met a wonderful girl to this album, in 2020 we are getting married to the same soundtrack. One of the greatest albums of all time.

[@paxtonhgaysr.9826]

Bullshit! When the first time I heard Voodoo, I bought it without hesitation. That was the BADDEST Album in 2000, and today, this VERY Day I JAMS it.

[@3jjffrsn]

I believe he's talking about non black audiences getting into it after the fact. But we all know WE loved it once it dropped.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

I disagree.. I purchasd it when it first came out, and I thought it was garbage.

[@3jjffrsn]

@@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION OK, thats cool. I maybe know one person in the last 20 years that also didnt like it. Thats a small number of people. There are records, artists, that I dont like at all who have undeniable classics. * You sure???? Nothing on that album stayed with you? LOL! (Not seriously asking, but still)

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

@@3jjffrsn Really? Only 1 person is twenty years?? I find that hard to believe.. I know and knew of at least 20 professional musicians and singers how to this day, don't like that CD project.

[@3jjffrsn]

​@@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION What specifically did you not like upon hearing it? I'm also wondering if I'm experiencing the same thing as regards to current hip hop and r n b. I hate most of it and find nothing of merit. And I'm a professional musician who actually has to create some of that music. I was 27 when Voodoo was released and thought the world of it. I'm 48 now.

[@SBDukes51]

Black Messiah put me on D’Angelo and Voodoo soon became my favorite album of all time.. I play it everyday

[@nplovingham]

One Mo'Gin

[@crazysexycool07]

Best song

[@1.--_--.1]

My joint

[@lorenzoburton3974]

Send it on, one mo gin ☀️🙏🏿 I’ve loved this album for a lifetime. It’s perfect…half the time I don’t understand what the D is talking about but I feel what the legend is signing. God thank you for this album.

[@Yaooosteve]

The song “ The Root” is fucking torture and Beauty at the same time ! Voodoo is jus timeless music man you can’t rush that

[@juanbrown7583]

One mo gin.. pure classic

[@jasper24601]

D’angelo is my favourite artist

[@harmonnathan4627]

Jasper mine too

[@444CUNTRESS]

SAME YESSSS

[@ZoRenol69]

"Spanish Joint" is my favorite song

[@vahioslim3003]

Masterpiece!

[@JD37]

I remember when it was first out. Electric beats, otherworldly harmonies, deep lyrics, and a universal message. Spanish Joint was tight.

[@lusitano857]

Yes this record changed my life til dis day my favorite. Masterpiece

[@SPLEclipse]

I graduated high school in '99, and was a white kid with long hair that listened to grunge and metal and the typical stuff for someone in that demographic, but when I first listened to Voodoo it totally changed everything and I couldn't stop listening. 10/10 album for sure...just the intricacy and "weirdness" of everything from the drunk-beats to crazy harmonies really hooked me.

[@fnk101]

Im going to check this album tomorrow & just let it play through

[@hunterf8642]

How’d it go?

[@brawfitness]

Voodoo was awesome.!

[@The_JoeyGunz]

One of the greatest hip hop/soul albums ever created. That is all.

[@Daybreakhasme]

The Line, Spanish Joint,Africa you can listen to just those 3 songs forever. I will be honest,if you haven't heard this or isn't into the Voodo album..we can't vibrate.🤷🏾‍♂️

[@adictiveadictive]

Devil's pie too

[@bajamanuela9705]

Anything with the name D'Angelo on it.....i click without thought.

[@ShirleyTSaint]

Ooh. This is gonna be good talk.

[@goba6191]

This is such A beautiful inspirational story man about determination following your blueprint shutting out the noise. Sometimes asking people for their opinion man Is bad You just got go with what you feel.

[@zeeeOgre]

Strange. That album was instant fire. I got it the day it was released. Everybody loved it. The tour was successful. Odd to hear him say it took 10 years to catch on.

[@manolotejeda8209]

the pace of them speaking on this interview is perfect to listen to with any song from Voodoo as a background. try it.

[@georgew260]

this whole interview is really great

[@stretchluv]

I was almost out of college when this dropped. I grabbed it hoping to experience Brown Sugar part II, but I was caught off guard from what I heard. In real time, I said this was the greatest album I have ever heard. I didn’t know ow the Roots was knee deep in it with him.

[@oguzsamsa2628]

greatest album of all times

[@harmonnathan4627]

“The root” changed my life

[@Mentagasm]

That album came out on a Tuesday my roommate got a copy, bought it home. We had the cd on repeat for 1week straight. It just became apart of the house. We forgot until we realized it had literally been a week. Great album i still listen to it. I am actually looking for it on wax now that i have a turntable.

[@theniteowlshowpodcast1806]

Definitely still my favorite album

[@lionra4523]

Thank you!

[@madebyharlem9690]

Voodoo album was genius MUSIC

[@aminkhalil]

Listen, I'm 33 years old. I grew up as a Church musician in Philly.(bass player) My older sister had the album when I was in 8th grade going into 9th. My go to albums before then were: Musiq Soulchild "I just want to sing" Stevie Wonder's "best of compilation" with "Songs in the key of life" being number one. Being a church boy I had to HIDE this album called "voodoo" from my parents because it was spooky good!!!! Like hair standing on the back of your neck damn good! Like invoking the """spirit""" good! Gritty and funky and Hip Hop and gospel and soul and African and black and not my parents music!... but still paid homage to everything that was good from their era but with hip-hop nuance! The album was so good, that I was literally scared of it. I gave it away out of religious 8th grade convictions LOL😆. I soon re-bought it... and learned every track note-for-note. It became My musical New Testament, to my parents 60s and 70s soul funk Foundation of old; one of those "coming of age albums" that got me not only through High School, but College and is still my go-to funky clean the house do stuff that I don't feel like doing music!!!! As with all of our best music I live to it!

[@kheperasekmet5197]

My ex was a producer he taught me how to listen to Every nuance in songs composition. We would critique it and it helped a Lot.

[@kingreese79]

If it weren’t for Marvin Gaye - I Want You album I would call Voodoo the best soul album ever. I still to this day play it in heavy rotation.

[@tetsuogaming5838]

The voodoo album is the greatest most underrated album of all time . Every track was perfect .

[@CoreySanders-h9f]

I see Voodoo as Prince's Dirty Mind

[@carricktim7]

Same here

[@Goatchild90]

One of the greatest albums of all time

[@nesso011]

And it's not only white people from the "Hipster" community that have discovered and praised Voodoo to death. I live in Colombia, and ever since I discovered that album in 2015, I've been playing it non-stop. It has became one of my all time favorites no doubt, and that's coming from someone who wasn't used to listening this kind of music at all before. I was more of a rock fan up until that point, but D'Angelo's Voodoo and a bunch of other great records gave me a whole new perspective in music. So I love, fuckin' looove that album! For real... and I don't think I will ever stop listening to it

[@chrischance1063]

The Root

[@juanbrown7583]

Left my mojo in my favorite suit

[@chrischance1063]

@@juanbrown7583 mannnnnn smh

[@OmegaBlacc]

She left a dirty stain on my heart that I can't refute. No I can't. No I can't.

[@bradleyboucher1996]

"In the name of love and war, took my shield and sword."

[@Odin029]

I bought Brown Sugar my first month in college and unfortunately for my student loan, I was still in college when Voodoo came out. Me and my roommates blasted that album. It was so good that each of us bought a copy. I'm glad white hipsters from Brooklyn are digging that album. But black students in Atlanta were digging it 20 years ago.

[@TheSoulstar7]

I bought a new speaker system bc of the voodoo album. Not just the cd. A whole system!

[@JohnJRambizzy]

Best album all time. Why can’t there be more. D needs Quest , Saadiq and the crew and create another perfect album. Voodoo... BEST BEST BEST ALBUM. Made everyone at the time look like amateurs. It was everything. Soul rap funk jazz r&b everything. Haven’t heard anything that good since. Maybe Saadiq Motown album is close. D’angelo Voodoo was and still is a masterpiece. Perfect album. Still listen to it.

[@asiablackgrl6482]

🙌🏿❤️

[@roberthayes2593]

Back in Miami, I had a hot shot, pretty boy, co-worker, kinda friend who was off that night but come and scoop me up so we so we could hang out. Bro is the parking lot, gets out the car with a serious look on his face and was like "Get in" I'm like "What the fuck is wrong with you"..."Just get in". Then he goes "I'm gonna play something for you and if you don't get it, I'm gonna beat the shit out of you". I'm like " Nigga what"? Turns out that CD was "Brown Sugar" Been a D'angelo fan ever since. Shit was so so FIRE. Hurry up D. Bring out some new funk🫤😡🔥😆

[@Backpackfiles]

'Voodoo' was the truth from the word "go".

[@Lanz22]

Voodoo is my “A Love Supreme”

[@trACEurace]

?uestlove, Rick Rubin & Malcolm Gladwell together is basically a wet dream.

[@matthewmartin9120]

Agreed

[@TheRealJoeKewl]

Voodoo was hard in 99... shocked to hear y’all didn’t think it was good! Hmph!!!

[@redrockballa]

i remember it and i was 14 people wasnt fucking with him he was the dude with the naked video ONLY THE REAL KNEW THAT VOODOO WAS SPECIAL I GOT TALKED ABOUT FOR PLAYING IT ALL THE TIME SO ITS FUNNY TO SEE IT GETTING ALL THE PRAISE NOW

[@StefveoX]

Just not one weak point in this album. It's so seamless. For me, when Spanish Joints hits, that's the climax of the album. It's almost as if the album is telling you, oh you think we're through huh? Think again.

[@AaronJohnsonART]

True

[@chrisSVT]

Brownsugar is one of my favorite albums!

[@2buscuits]

Chris Doyle Brown Sugar isn’t an album.

[@robertbeckerbecker1354]

How could anyone turn off Voodoo after song 2???

[@marshacreary2442]

Wow

[@lisacox3750]

Is it me or is that Malcolm Gladwell asking questions? I know his voice anywhere.

[@ddesign63]

Lisa Cox ..., Yep. This is 🔥. Quest and Malcom. Woooow

[@carlscott7533]

He got told by some ass(instant) that voodoo was shit. Fuck as I heard it in a cafe in Hamburg who allowed me to play it, I was in 2nd heaven, a beautifully uplifting almost spiritual experience which I have never had since.

[@robertbeckerbecker1354]

Voodoo is better than any Prince album and better than Songs in the Key of Life. Both are perfecr albums but Voodoo is better ❤

[@47AdriRamiAKAETHG]

What happened to the fro?

[@pablocarroucheok]

really wanna like to hear how much JDILLA did for the final result of this albuum, I also agree I think its top 5 or 10 perfect album in history of any style you want, really a masterpiece. Pay Jay tho!

[@thinkdesh9168]

Me’shell Ndgecello’s second album “Peace Beyond Passion” is equally dope. Jussayin

[@Drea1239232]

I lowkey have an unspoken hate towards D’Angelo because he has not come out with another project. 😂😂

[@nguzoloveinlofi3832]

Honestly for me, Voodoo doesn't really get going until "The Root," song #8. Everything from song #1 to #7 is filler to me-"Send it on" song #5 is the exception. "The Root" to "Africa"- that's all I need.

[@bradleyboucher1996]

The greatest song of all time.

[@wm1573]

Devils pie Chicken grease One mo gin Those are great songs before the root

[@louisalexander2647]

He looks like Rick Ross

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

I never got the Voodoo record. Never.. I did'nt hear any genius on this project.

[@jungle-wav1322]

JJDPRO MEDIAPRODUCTION my thing about that album is how different it was compared to anything else in the 90s. Quest’s drumming was so off kilter, D’angelos kegs and vocals were different as well. 90’s r&b largely consisted of electronic elements, voodoo sounds completely different. All analog and real instruments type of thing

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

@@jungle-wav1322 Yeas. But, does different means good? I guess it's personal taste. It does nothing for me. Like he was lost, trying to find something, but could not find it.. I knew he was under a lot of pressure from his record company to produce something that was as good as the brown sugar record. That's how we got the "How does it feel groove".. The Great barry Gordy ( Founder of Motown) Great songwriter, would hold quality control meetings with his staff and would play new records form his artist. And, He would ask " would buy this record ( $1.00) or sandwich..? If the record was a hit and good, then the votes would be for the record. if not, then it would for a sandwich. My musical taste are not that eklektik. I like a good story, a good bridge, and a good hook.

[@nettricegaskins1871]

@@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION Different doesn't always mean good but, in this case, it does because R&B sucked (and sucks even more now). I had stopped listening to commercial radio because most of it was mediocre. I'm not really into formulas which is what Motown became. I was into Jimi, Sly, James Brown, P-Funk from my parents' time. I was reminded of that listening to Prince's early albums and work. When I heard "Voodoo", I heard a little bit from these artists/groups but in a new way. That's why it's not formula and why I love it.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

@@nettricegaskins1871 Dude, R& B was Hott! in the 90's...BlackStreet!, Babyface!!, Mary Brian McNight!!, Eric Bent'??? Are you kidding me!! But, let's there~!...Comparing Vudoo against Dirty Mind!! Controversy, For You , 1999, For You Is an absolute Insult the Prince!!! He is rolling over in his Purple grave with your ludicrous statement.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

@@nettricegaskins1871 Are You comparing Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999, For You to Vudoo.. Pullleeaseeeeee!!

[@BarryESchwartz]

I'm so sick of Questlove

[@OrangeGreen]

Why?

[@anachronismic]

Following, curious about reasoning

[@elijah7525]

Following

[@BarryESchwartz]

Because he cares what critics think and he's the leader of a glorified wedding band.

[@anachronismic]

@@BarryESchwartz lol aight. Is the comment on the roots attached to the fact they play Fallon or is it including the fact that they were a seminal band from the 90s prior? Not liking someone for caring what critics think is wack but the wedding band bit is interesting to me, especially since the D'Angelo album in this video is definitely not wedding music lol