Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

12. D’AngeloBrown Sugar

I like it because it’s a time for me in the ’90s, listening to that record. And he took four years off between that and Voodoo, and then years between that and the latest record [Black Messiah], which I think is amazing by the way. I’m such a lover of ’90s R&B, and what I think was cool with the neo-soul thing of Lauryn Hill, him and Angie Stone. To hear the intro of ‘Brown Sugar’ on like MTV or something, and oh my god, just seriously cool. All this great music from that period. He’s been a real influence on me actually. That whole time, in fact, but I think I’d choose him as the example from then.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Nitin Sawhney, Greg Dulli
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