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Today's topic. DiAngelo on the Cat
Bear a multi instrumentalist, singer, songwriter,

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and record producer. He first garnered
attention after co producing the single you

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Will Know for R and B supergroup
Black Men You ninety Hello, I'm Gail

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Nobles. Welcome to the Cat Bear. Let's start with de'angelo's debute studio album,

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Brown Sugar nineteen ninety five, was
certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association

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of America r i AA and received
widespread acclaim from music critics, who have

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credited the album for ushering in the
neo soul movement. Its third single,

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Lady, reached the top ten on
the Billboard Hot one hundred. It was

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in the good old R and B
days when I heard d'angelo's single Lady.

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He was singing nothing but something good
about his lady. If you weren't raised

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in the nineties, you might not
understand and appreciate the music. Dan Jeelo

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was singing nothing but love and respect
for his lady. His next album was

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Voodoo two thousand, debuted at number
one on the Billboard two hundred and continue

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to receive critical acclaim. The album's
lead single, untitled how Does It Feel,

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earned him the Grammy Award for Best
Male R and B Vocal Performance.

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Likewise, Voodoo won Best R and
B Album. D'Angelo released his third studio

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album, Black Messiah, in two
thousand fourteen. The album was met with

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critical acclaim and peak at number five
on the US Billboard two hundred