D'Angelo's Most Empowering Songs About Black Women
When D'Angelo entered the music scene, he wrote songs with deep soul and a profound reverence for Black women.
His music emerged in the mid-’90s and exploded in the 2000s, bringing something far more radical to the forefront of R&B: a reverence for Black women that was poetic, passionate and deeply personal.
His music wasn’t just smooth; it was spiritually soaked in adoration for Black beauty and Black love.
At a time when mainstream media often overlooked or stereotyped Black women, D’Angelo wrote songs that made us the muse, the mystery, and the meaning all at once.
There’s a special kind of tenderness in his lyrics, intimate, specific, and steeped in the Black experience.
Author's summary: D'Angelo's songs empower Black women.