D'Angelo's Return?

I haven't come out and said it really, but I'm a very big neo-soul fan. One of the guys that you could credit for the birth of that genre is a dude by the name of D'Angelo. Now most people remember him as the naked dude from a video back in the late 90s for a track called Untitled. Many people felt like he was poised to become a huge star, but he's had an absolute epic breakdown of that's probably worthy of its own Behind The Music feature.

Anyway, Spin Magazine has a feature on him in their August issue. He isn't personally quoted, but they go into the history of his alcoholism to the point where he is now. I think it's a pretty well done article among other things for really driving the point home that he never meant to be viewed as a sex symbol. He was raised in gospel, and prior to the Voodoo album that brought him so much acclaim, he was known as a pudgy little soul singer.

It's worth checking out. One of these days I plan on making some long post about the Soulquarians (which released a handful of really badass albums at the turn of the new millennium).