Voodoo

CTL-E-5278 · Work · album · 2000

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Voodoo is the second studio album by D’Angelo, released on January 25, 2000, on Virgin Records. Recorded during 1998 and 1999 at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with the Soulquarians collective — among them Questlove, James Poyser, and J Dilla — the album traded the structured songcraft of Brown Sugar (1995) for a loose, groove-first funk: rhythm sections playing behind the beat, layered vocals, and songs that unfold like studio jams. Its best-known track, “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” paired a Prince homage with a minimalist music video that made D’Angelo a mainstream figure and, by his own later account, a burdened one. Voodoo debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 320,000 first-week copies and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album; “Untitled” won Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Rolling Stone ranked it number 28 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and critics regard it as a creative milestone of the neo-soul era.

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Staged 2026-10-15 under CTL-GOV-006 (Next Slate D2); Gate A clear (no entity, alias, or containment match for “Voodoo”); Gate B met (4 sources incl. Recording Academy category record); Gate F: authored_by edge to CTL-E-5277 (D’Angelo, sibling packet D1 — merge D1 first or with D2). Statistics carried: Billboard 200 No. 1 debut, 320,000 first-week copies (Wikipedia, checked 2026-10-15); Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums No. 28; “Untitled” No. 2 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard). CTL treatment: Short #6 “D’Angelo — Voodoo (2000),” published October 2026 (Shorts Link Map, 2026-10-15); CTL album canon scores Voodoo 90. Tribute note: D’Angelo died on October 14, 2025 (family statement via AP); this record is maintained with tribute care. PHOTO SLOT: HELD — album artwork is Virgin Records property (rights-reserved); no verified cleared image located at staging.

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  Voodoo (Virgin, January 25, 2000) is D’Angelo’s second studio album, written and performed by him with the Soulquarians collective at Electric Lady Studios.

Sources

• Encyclopaedia reference via Wikipedia, “Voodoo (D’Angelo album)” — released January 25, 2000, Virgin Records; recorded 1998–1999 at Electric Lady Studios; Billboard 200 debut at No. 1 (320,000 first-week); RIAA platinum; Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums No. 28 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_(D'Angelo_album)
• Recording Academy category record, “Grammy Award for Best R&B Album” — Voodoo, winner, 2001 (checked against multiple contemporaneous reports) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Album (primary source)
• Billboard, “D’Angelo’s Biggest Billboard Chart Hits” (syndicated) — Voodoo No. 1 on Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums; “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” No. 2 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs; two 2001 Grammy wins
• Pollstar News (Associated Press), “D’Angelo, Grammy-Winning R&B Singer… Dies,” Oct. 14, 2025 — family statement; Voodoo topped the Billboard 200 and won Best R&B Album — https://news.pollstar.com/2025/10/14/dangelo-grammy-winning-rb-singer-who-became-an-icon-with-untitled-how-does-it-feel-dies/

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