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Trying my second blog. Maybe I'll actually update. Well, this might serve as a music/art blog. We'll see. I'm Soul Brother Vhien, a Funkateer waiting for the Mothership Connection to land. I love Soul & Funk. That's not to say I dislike every other genre, as that's not the case. Prog. Rock, Post-Metal, Ska, Bossa Nova, Country, Afrobeat, Techno - you name it, I probably like it...except Heavy Metal, Gangsta Rap or Contemporary Pop. I don't like those three at all. I'll probably update this entry with a few ramblings of mine on my life and on my love for D'Angelo's 1996 masterpiece "Brown Sugar". x] I still spin this CD, almost on a daily basis.

Brown Sugar:

Okay, now you probably know that this album is a gem. If you are anyone who claims to love Neo-Soul, you have to have a copy of Brown Sugar in your house. The album opens with the smooth title track, an ode to mari-er...a woman. Heh, the Double entendres from the opener are cool. While not my favorite of D'Angelo's two albums, Brown Sugar is still a work of art.

Shit, Damn, Motherfucker was probably the most popular non-single on the CD, the song being an account of a man finding his cheating wife and best friend...followed by "kill[ing] both of ya'll behinds". A bluesy track of anger which I have to say is just amazing. I love Smooth 'n When We Get By. Whenever I get a new computer, this album and Voodooo are the first ones I copy, each and every time. If I could only bring one CD with me to a stranded island, you can bet your left nip and an earlobe that it'd be a D'Angelo album. lol, this was a crap "review", but whatevers.