Brown Sugar: 2CD thevaultOOS J and T had written

J and T had written most of the record on tour before starting the recording process while staying in an Airbnb in Los Angeles

Circus Of Madness

Meg Brooks Mills

features the recurring motif of a hole in the middle of the stomach

that listeners may search for their own tension and release

Brown Sugar: 2CD thevaultOOS J and T had writtenD'Angelo's masterpiece debut album Brown Sugar was originally released in July 1995. The title track, Brown Sugar, oozes into the ears with dark, gooey, molasses like texture. Bolstered by the smoky sounds of a tricky old stage organ, D'Angelo sets the mood here for the rest of his album; his highly agile falsetto vocals merge with the gutbucket rhythm melange. The album's centerpiece efforts, Me and Those Dreamin' Eyes of Mine, Shit, Damn,