Despite a shorter songbook than many of his peers, D’Angelo enshrined a highly regarded, quality-rich discography into the R&B catalog.

The Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer, who died Tuesday (Oct. 14) at age 51, joined contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell at the forefront of the neo-soul movement, which focused on recapturing live, thick instrumentation, rich songwriting and weighted, passionate delivery in the vein of its nominal predecessor. With the acts’ ascent in national and international prominence, neo-soul joined new jack swing, the quiet-storm ballads and hip-hop-inspired samples and collaborations as key pillars of the 1990s R&B canon.

D’Angelo, born Michael Archer, made his Billboard chart breakthrough in 1994 as a co-writer and co

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