Brown Sugar: 2CD thevaultOOS Naomie Harris

Naomie Harris

Meg Brooks Mills

that listeners may search for their own tension and release

meaningful lives

I realized that I am comfortable in myself

Brown Sugar: 2CD thevaultOOS Naomie HarrisD'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,