D'Angelo on Space Funk, Hendrix, JB and Bootsy

First in a Series of Paid Only BLACK MUSIC MONTH POST

D’ANGELO on JIMI HENDRIX & BUDDY MILES and BOOTSY COLLINS and the Birth of Space Funk

By Nelson George

D’Angelo became the symbol of the neo-soul movement in the mid-90s, as he and slew of young musicians and singers brought an organic sensibility to R&B, whose mainstream sounds had become digital and technologically driven. But, as his last album, the Gr…