D'Angelo's
platinum-certified debut, 1995's neo-soul masterpiece Brown Sugar, is newly
remastered and expanded for a 2CD and digital Deluxe Edition to be released
August 25 by Virgin/UMe. Remastered by GRAMMY®-winning engineer Russell
Elevado, Brown Sugar's Deluxe Edition adds 21 rare tracks, including remixes by
CJ Mackintosh, Dallas Austin, King Tech, Erick Sermon and Incognito, as well as
instrumentals and a cappella versions. Of the 21 newly added tracks, 15 were
previously available only on vinyl and seven will make their commercial release
debuts on the new edition.
Brown Sugar's 2CD Deluxe Edition is presented in a digipak
with a 20-page booklet featuring an essay by noted author and filmmaker Nelson
George, rare photographs, and lyrics for the album's 10 original tracks.
Preorder Brown Sugar (Deluxe Edition) here:
https://UMe.lnk.to/BrownSugarDeluxePR
Released July 4, 1995, D'Angelo's Brown Sugar album heralded
a new direction for soul music, bridging tradition and innovation. D'Angelo,
then 21 years old, wrote, arranged, performed and produced most of the album himself,
inspired by classic jazz, gospel, soul, and hip-hop and using a mix of vintage
and new equipment to realize his creative vision.
In the Deluxe Edition booklet, D'Angelo's Brown Sugar
co-producer Bob Power writes: "D was one of those artists that came not
just fully formed, but truly genre-bending; genre-creating is really more like
it."
D'Angelo's Brown Sugar collaborators also included A Tribe
Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad for the title track and Raphael Saadiq for
"Lady." The first album to be dubbed "neo-soul," Brown
Sugar spent 65 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart and drew praise from
music critics around the world. In his four-star album review for Rolling
Stone, Cheo Hodari Coker wrote, "Brown Sugar is a reminder of where
R&B has been and, if the genre is to resurrect its creative relevance like
a phoenix rising from the ashes, where it needs to go."
"Young D'Angelo was duly anointed the new musical
messiah, charged with leading the culture into a new promised land,"
writes Nelson George in his Deluxe Edition essay.
Brown Sugar received four GRAMMY Award® nominations. The
groundbreaking album is featured in Mojo's list of 100 Modern Classics and in
Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the '90s.
D'Angelo: Brown Sugar
(Deluxe Edition) [2CD, digital]
CD 1 (Remastered album, plus bonus tracks)
1. Brown Sugar
2. Alright
3. Jonz In My Bonz
4. Me And Those
Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine
5. Sh*t, Damn,
Motherf*cker
6. Smooth
7. Cruisin'
8. When We Get By
9. Lady
10. Higher
Bonus Tracks
11. Brown Sugar A Cappella (released on 12" single)
12. Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine A Cappella (released
on promotional 12" single)
13. Brown Sugar Instrumental (released on 12" single)
14. Lady Just Tha Beat Mix Instrumental w/Chorus (Mixed by
DJ Premier; released on CD Maxi-Single)
15. Brown Sugar Alternate Version (released on 12"
single)
CD 2 (More Sugar)
1. Brown Sugar King
Tech Remix feat. Kool G. Rap (released on 12" promotional single)
2. Me And Those
Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine Def Squad Remix feat. Redman (Remixed by Erick Sermon for
Funk Lord Productions; released on 12" single)
3. Cruisin' Cut The
Sax Remix (Remix by King Tech; Released on 12" single)
4. Lady Just Tha
Beat Mix/featuring AZ (Remixed by DJ Premier for Works of Mart Productions,
Inc.; released on CD Maxi-Single)
5. Brown Sugar Soul
Inside 808 Mix (Mix by DJ Dodge; released on U.K. 12" single)
6. Me And Those
Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine Two Way Street Mix (Remixed by DJ Premier for Works of
Mart Productions, Inc.; released on promotional 12" single)
7. Cruisin' Dallas
Austin Remix (released on 12" single)
8. Lady 2B3 Shake
Dat Ass Mix (Remix produced by Neville Thomas and Pule Pheto for 2B3
Productions; released on U.K. CD Maxi-Single)
9. Brown Sugar
Incognito Molasses Remix (released on "She's Always In My Hair"
promotional 12" single)
10. Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine Dreamy Remix (Remixed
by Erick Sermon for Funk Lord Productions; released on promotional 12"
single)
11. Cruisin' Wet Remix (released on CD single)
12. Brown Sugar Dollar Bag Mix (released on U.K. 12"
single)
13. Cruisin' God Made Me Funky Remix (released on
promotional 12" single)
14. Brown Sugar CJ Mackintosh Remix (Additional production and
Remix by CJ Mackintosh; released on the various artists CD collection Nu
Classic Soul)
15. Lady CJ Mackintosh Mix Radio Edit (Additional production
and Remix by CJ Mackintosh; released on U.K. CD Maxi-Single)
16. Cruisin' Who's Fooling Who Mix (released on promotional
12" single)
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