D'Angelo was one of the founding
fathers and leading lights of the eo-soul movement
of the mid- to late '90s, which aimed to bring the
organic flavor of classic &B back to the ip-hop age.
Modeling himself on the likes of Marvin Gaye, Stevie
Wonder, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, and Al Green,
D'Angelo's influences didn't just come across in his
vocal style -- like most of those artists, he wrote
his own material (and frequently produced it as well),
helping to revive the concept of the &B auteur.
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