Episode one chronicles D'Angelo's journey from his birth on February eleventh, nineteen seventy-four in Richmond, Virginia to a Pentecostal preacher's family. Discovering his musical gift at age three, young Michael Archer learned music as ministry in church before winning Amateur Night at the Apollo at sixteen. Moving to New York at eighteen, he co-wrote and co-produced the hit "U Will Know" for Black Men United in nineteen ninety-four. His debut album "Brown Sugar" in nineteen ninety-five pioneered the neo-soul movement with its organic, analog sound. D'Angelo became central to the Soulquarians collective at Electric Lady Studios, collaborating with Questlove, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Angie Stone while establishing himself as one of music's most important innovators.
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