Six-packed soul man D'Angelo will debut at number one on next week's "Billboard" album chart with his latest effort, titled "Voodoo."

The disc sold more than 321,000 copies in its first week in stores to bump Santana's chart-dominating "Supernatural" LP from the number one spot (see "D'Angelo Grabs Number One As The LOX Make Big Debut").

According to D'Angelo, the name "Voodoo" has a dual meaning, referring both to where the album was recorded -- at "Voodoo Chile" Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios in New York City -- as well as the overall mystic vibe of the album.

"When we went there, we went there looking for the vibes that we got," D'Angelo told the MTV Radio Network. "We knew where we were going, we knew the history there, and we knew Jimi built that place. We knew that he didn't get to record everything that he wanted to before he left us. I mean, we used some of the same equipment that was there, originally there, when he built it. The same board was there. We used the board. We used some of the same microphones they used."

"And Stevie Wonder, he recorded 'Music Of My Mind' and 'Talking Book' there," he continued, "so we went there really welcoming [the] spirits... So it was very, very important to the mood of this album. It almost kind of shaped the mood, because everything about this album is kind of reaching back to the way people approached the art at that time."

"Yeah, it's a lot of reasons," D'Angelo said, "but I guess the primary reason why I named the album 'Voodoo' is because creatively and musically, where we came from on this album was from the spirit, and our music is such a powerful device. I believe that it's a bridge to a spiritual room and you know that's where we're coming from. I wasn't talking about literally black magic or any witchcraft or anything like that. It was strictly metaphorical." [RealAudio]

Early sales of "Voodoo" have been fueled by the hit single "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," a track written and produced by Raphael Saadiq, formerly of Tony! Toni! Toné! and currently with Lucy Pearl.