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The Movement's Soundtrack!  - Back in 2014 following the death of Michael Brown and Eric Gardner, D'Angelo dropped his Black Messiah after a 14-year hiatus. It was a masterpiece with tracks that can be considered our movement's soundtrack right alongside Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly.   (Photo: RCA Records) 

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Who Didn't Want to Date D'Angelo After This Album? - D'Angelo seduced us with his Voodoo album. The album wooed us with thoughtful lyricism mixed with smooth grooves and funk. We had this album playing on repeat. (Photo: Virgin Records) 

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D'Angelo Gives Us Just a Little Bit of Brown Sugar  - Brown Sugar was D'Angelo's first studio album. He released it back in 1995. The whole project was reportedly produced by him, including the instrumentation and songwriting. Over 2 million copies of the album were sold. (Photo: EMI Records) 

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D'Angelo Is a Minister at Heart - D'Angelo is the son of a Pentecostal minister, so ministry was ingrained in him from a young age. (Photo: Earl Gibson III/WireImage) 

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D'Angelo Was Briefly a Member of the Group I.D.U. - D'Angelo was briefly a member of the hip-hop group I.D.U. (Intelligent, Deadly but Unique). After leaving the group, he went on produce his own content. (Photo: Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post via Getty Images) 

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He Was Diligent on the Piano First - D'Angelo first taught himself how to play the piano at the age of 18. He eventually went on to win the amateur talent competition at the famed Apollo Theater three weeks in a row. (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) 

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Lauryn Hill and D'Angelo Both Believe in Second Chances - D'Angelo and Lauryn Hill recorded "Nothing Even Matters" together back in the day. We were here for it. We even watched the two overcome rough patches in their lives. (Photo: Ruffhouse Records/Columbia Records) 

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A Musical Revolution  - It's safe to say D'Angelo, Kendrick and Beyoncé set off a musical revolution through their work using the Black Lives Matter movement as their backdrop.  (Photos from left: RCA, Interscope Columbia Records) 

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D'Angelo Attracts Major Success - After briefly being a member of I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know."(Photo: Gregory Harris/RCA Records)

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By His Grace He Sings On  - Back in 2005, the singer got charged with a DUI and marijuana possession. He left Virgin Records and checked into the Crossroads Centre rehabilitation clinic in Antigua. Although he went through a lot, the singer is here with us today. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)