 |  |   | | | | | | After a half-decade out of the spotlight, D'Angelo might well have been anxious about the release of the follow-up to his debut, "Brown Sugar." Was his soulful R&B still viable? Would anyone buy it? Would anyone care? The answers came quickly enough. His new disc, "Voodoo," debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, supplanting Santana's monster comeback, "Supernatural." Of course, it didn't hurt that D'Angelo's ripped torso appeared prominently not only on the CD, but also on magazine covers and in the video for the sultry single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)." As any fool knows, there's no arguing with the adage that sex sells.But "Voodoo" is hardly your basic sex-you-up CD. Some of D'Angelo's greatest strengths (and he has many) lie in his voice, as well as in his strong sense of his own place in the long line of R&B greats: Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Prince. If "Voodoo" is any indication, D'Angelo's apprenticeship to the masters is quite nearly over.MTV News' Andréa Duncan recently spoke with the young man from Virginia and found a performer who has spent the last few years learning what it means to be an R&B star and, more importantly, what it means to be a man. Find out how it feels... | | | | | | |
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