D' Angelo - "Brown Sugar

[MonoriTheMighty]

any1 know what scale he's playing that solo in?

[camthebassist]

Why can't they play this in clubs?

[NineInchLongSchlong]

THE SONG THAT SPAWNED NEO-SOUL

[myers924]

I love this song give it up 4 BROWN SUGAR

[slilith1]

Shheeeesshhh...that song remids me of my first time in the US as a teen...So sensual and talented!

[prettygirlswagg777]

HEY THAT WAS MY BLOW

[gus95god]

y cant music be like this now... i mean dnt geet me wrong we still got some gud singers out there but i miss the neyo soul

[bmorekid2]

i love his references to weed his "brown sugar"

[lilklp86]

@bmorekid2 Yo that nigga was talking about that real brown sugar, Herion

[MrDingez]

@bmorekid2 I tought he was talking about a woman, (I'm not an expert ore something)

[taytaytaytay232]

I can't believe it's been nearly 20 years since this song came out!!! The babies that were made to this song are now old enough to have babies to this song! Time is flying, but at least I'm able to cherish little classics like this one

[DarkElixirDubstep]

@taytaytaytay232 hahahahaha this made me giggle.

it's in my playlist.. haha :D :D

[zarababy9]

D angelo is a big fat slob now google it

[FraisC]

@zarababy9 wow u are a hater. check out his new video performing in Stockholm, he's back! and please no more hating in 2012

[seballa97]

@FraisC You are so right! This monday I'm going to see him at the Paradiso at Amsterdam! Love and Peace.

[AGwinn178]

B r o w n S u g a r :)

[nozzyboibeats]

This song is almost 20 years old! DAMN still a classic

[TheGothAvenger]

@nozzyboibeats Indeed, still a classic. :)

[pimpinyen24]

dis song sleep on deaf ears

[TheNAMYAW]

Who can't like this song. ?!

[Yomama2nite]

18 people apparently don't know real music and think Justin Beiber is real stuff

[eddystone333]

Dear D'Angelo,

We Miss You! A lot! We're listening to a song that came out over 15 years ago because we think you're amazing! Please, please, please give us your third album this year!

[tonyblakely]

smooth playaa, bring it like only you can not provacative just humble but smooth like a fine cigar or scotch just humbling things that made you go ?

[ZiziUchiha]

I love his voice. It's smooth and light, and so addictive. I came out of the womb knowing the lyrics to this song, since my mum loved D'Angelo so much. And this is my absolute favourite song in the world. Just, amazing.

[RedJazzyJams]

This is the time when Good music was Goooooood Music!!! My gosh I miss it!!!! D please come back!

[Mizz08Pimp]

Man this is such a pretty song...nice beat and a beautiful voice. <3

[brickhous90]

all yall shut the fuck and lket the man express his self through his music ass holes

[94yaboijt]

listen to that organ sound..... man thats smooth....!!

[rachsmc]

at 2:05 he says "cut me up some" lol WEED

[rachsmc]

and he met her in Philly--a type of blunt Phillies this song is about weed

[rachsmc]

And whenever you let me hit it,

Sweet like the honey when it comes to me. --> 'Hit it' hit the blunt , or the 'sweet' .

[rachsmc]

Skin is caramel with the cocoa eyes

Even got a big sister by the name of Chocolate Thai-- Chocolate Thai is a form of Cannibus or WEED .

[Stephen176213]

hahaa...16 people aint go no brown sugar.lol

[HydrangeaSamurai]

my dad used to play this song in the car and put it on repeat

[BlueMagicHoodini]

Dope shit from D

[SuperNoel66]

great!!!



[Pr0udW0manBeater]

I like my sugar white only

[biancadoss11]

@Pr0udW0manBeater lol.. shut up



[Pr0udW0manBeater]

@biancadoss11 Tell that to my white girlfriend lol

[JusFeel1]

everytime I hear this I kick back and roll up

[JBreeh]

I don't see how you can't appreciate this . This song goes

[lewisbloyce]

This is so good, living this in 2011

[Tkay4100]

80s and 90s best era's of Music for me ! and im a 90s baby so that says a lot about the current music industry....... not saying that i dont like music now bcoz i do ! lol

[Tkay4100]

This is what you call music

[200wildmanchris200]

DISGUSTING!!!

[cestlani]

i miss when people were talented.

[LeadLead]

@cestlani I agree. Bring back the Backstreet Boys!

[HuggyHuskyIsBack4U]

@cestlani I feel you on that one

[themaluku92]

back in time! :)

[camster890]

recorded when he was 21. dayum

[ILOVEDONUTS100]

dont make em like this anymore

[BabyNaYeBoo]

No, actually he is talking about weed.. but music is the same as a painting or poem, each person takes it a different way. So if you wanna relate it to your man/woman go ahead. But D'Angelo's version IS about weed

[The808Prophet]

yo add the other quotation mark already lol

[pinkfluffyapples]

This album is timeless! Over a decade on and it sounds so fresh

[massammas1]

Its cool to hear a cool ass groove come out of my hometown of Richmond

[1MomPop2]

this song is still going strong love the groove mmm nice

[ifIwasYaMan88]

This song reminds me of my grade school, P.S.123! Harlem

[totesbeat15]

He's not talking about weed shit !

[familyguysongs1]

@totesbeat15 he's actually talkin about real life!! :D I don't care really for rap especially not the rap of today but i like D'Angelo

[chakazulu87]

@familyguysongs1 Dangelo isn't a rapper he's a R&b singer

[letebaguere]

song has nothign to do with weed- brown weed is awful. this is about heroin children.

[MissPino23]

11 people never got brown sugar

[Kakorot77]

WEED SMOKIN' NIGGER LOSER

[ajahamza]

@Kakorot77 Fuck you, you redneck, honky cracker.

[Kakorot77]

@ajahamza and the horse you rode in on bitch

[devilledevil98]

@ajahamza Why would you say that? I'm white and I love neo soul and R&B. :(

[ajahamza]

@devilledevil98 If you read the comment by Kakorot77, you will understand why left that comment. If a white person disrespect a black people or the black race, i will curse the life out ot that person. thats what i did here.

[Roberson199]

He's talking about herion it's Also called brown sugar

[tomahocc]

@Roberson199 Chocolate Tai herion? yea ok........

[BlueMagicHoodini]

This is that real live shit

[Captainumerica]

My hair gets a boner because of this.

[SwEEtBuTTerFlygirl17]

@Captainumerica lmao what?

[mariee1m]

D'Angelo we NEED you right now!!! Damn this album was epic!!

[mcmahand09]

if u think he's talkin about smokin urvery ignorant

[man012able]

@mcmahand09 The song it meant to be about women AND weed. "I met her in Philly.." he's talking about Philly Blunts. "That's why my eyes shades blood burgundy.." smoking till his eyes are red. "Even got a big sister named Chocolate Tie.." Chocolate Tie is weed Lol. This song is genius.

[BoldMoldOfGold]

The lyrics make you wonder if the song is about weed or women. I think dangelo did that on purpose to leave people questioning, and it raised the song's popularity. "--She got a big sister named chocolate Thai--" If you can't catch on to that then you need to smoke more often

[139ajaj]

thinking about this song has been helping me at football practice all week. lol... idk why.

[Caveman1006]

@139ajaj lmao damn, i thought i was the only one who have shit like tht happenin

[ZeroTornado]

Thumbs up if you knew he wasn't talkin bout a girl

[gleninnes01]

All i know is real RnB artists like D'Angelo, Musiq Soulchild, Maxwell had the power to make them panties wet and drop in an instant just from a note. none of this bullshit music they call RnB nowadays. you can barely even tell the difference between it and pop

[JellyProductionsN]

FUUUCK this isnt the rolling stones

[blackandblue85]

There's a monster... and his name is MAINSTREAM MUSIC. It's killing all the genres and all it wants is MONEY.

[HmmmmOkieDoke]

I beg to differ. It's probably a reference to heroin. I've never heard of weed being referred to as brown sugar and if you've ever seen heroin, you'd see the connection. Not that it really matters anyhow...it's an awesome song.

[M2TVextreme]

@HmmmmOkieDoke : I believe it's a bottle of booze.. DAng's a recovering alcoholic.. I hope he's recovered by now. last heard he was in NYC all messed up looking n sh**t. paix. M2TVex.

[eddystone333]

Check for news about James River every month. Please, please, please let us hear it soon D'Angelo!

[carlitozik]

f**k!!! niceee s0ng!!! <3

[iblobar]

D'Angelo is some kinda brown sugar!!

[11mrlewis]

i think this is the first song i ever heard from d'angelo, i used to hear it all the time and didnt even know who was the artist until years later when i heard it again and decided to look it up, ive been listening to d'angelo every since, dude is the shit, he has real music and can out sing any artist out here today

[DavoLottie]

This was the first song i memorized as a kid, back when music was music ya digg

[dj2fine1000]

fuck i love this music why cant it still be around today like it use to be..

[Funabdul]

do you hear the bass in that bitch? GOT DAMN..real music right here

[smileygurl912]

@Funabdul I said the SAME thing! That bass is ridiculous!

[TropikalSoundz]

@Funabdul ;)

[mucabeag]

@Funabdul You said it playa

[kareemabdullah]

the problem with d'angelo was that the brown sugar he was on about was heroin

[good4u90]

Why I cant stop listening to D'Angelo though?

[kyilprkr]

@good4u90

either cause u a pimp....or u luv good music,,,, take your pick

[M00kieMo0]

im 16 and i also love this...lol

[THEJENIUSX6]

smooth smooth smooth touching me deep.the good dye young jeniusx6@Yahoo.co.uk

[kmt187]

back when R&B singers were making they're own songs

[ZGballin]

Im 15 and i love this shows you how relevant this music still is

[ZGballin]

Im 15 and i love this

[thevoid385]

brown sugar...nuff said ^__^

[NittyNilt]

This song invented the word SWAG ...... What happened to R&B / Hip Hop music ?

[boochiegirl1]

love this song.

[KayMay1224]

I swear, I feel this shit in my soul

This is my absolute FAVORITE song of all time. I can listen to this back to back to back and never get tired. Words cannot express my love for this song. Damn, I love it.

[promolicious]

I think this is the guy that made me feel like dang I need to date a brother SOON back then

[YoungAnuDayne]

REAL MUSIC IM ONLY 18 OPEN YOUR MINDS LISTEN TO THE MUSIC



[patricia18564]

FINE FINE FINE........

[cmon9207]

Neo-Soul <3

[MrLouloukos]

This is soul not rnb

[LOOOOY]

feeling this and shit like the weeknd recently. anyone recommend me rnb more like this?

[ReaTheSquare]

Ummm did he even verify that he was talking about weed?

[DylanGalvinMusic]

@ReaTheSquare It's about weed. He writes about it as if he's talking about a woman, but really listen to the lyrics. "my eyes are a shade blood-burgundy" (from smoking) "always down for a manage-a-trois" (what kind of skank would bone a dude and his friends casually, this line is about a joint) This is coming from a non smoker; (most pot heads love to think everything is about weed) But this song is definitely about smoking weed.

[ReaTheSquare]

@DylanGalvinMusic Either way I like the song. I don't smoke but this is a great song. I was just wondering if he ever confirmed it.

[DylanGalvinMusic]

@ReaTheSquare gotcha. yeah this one was the one that made me really start respecting his songwriting. Ha clever writer as well as a badass at like 5 instruments

[BabyNaYeBoo]

@DylanGalvinMusic You forgot one... "Met her in Philly & her name is brown sugar".... a Philly blunt. This song is like poetry.. but ppl just don't get it's true meaning. Smh!.

[JusFeel1]

@BabyNaYeBoo so true!

[mellalooij]

does anybody knows where i can find the new songs? if there even are new songs?

[raii16]

"Misinterpreted as a traditional love song a about a femme fatale by most R&B audiences, "Brown Sugar" takes the form of a conventional love song. However, through its use of the personification of a brown-skinned woman, the lyrics are an ode to marijuana use." || PEOPLE LISTEN TO THE LYRICS. IT IS PLAIN AS DAY THAT THE SONG IS ABOUT SMOKING TREES/WEED/CANNABIS [WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT]. Wow, use personification and a few metaphors in a song && apparently you baffle 75% of your audience. SMDH

[cooltowncat]

funny how this song was on top of the charts when i was in high school... and all these years later it still fits my style.... and the youngsters thought they invented swag!

[bizophecles]

one of the SMOOTHEST songs ever. im done.

[leoshiajr]

8 people never had Brown sugar!!

[cheatedxxhearts]

@leoshiajr Really now? That's not even a little bit creative cleva or cool.....no need to say things like that

[chsyellowjackets]

@eXcessBre3z maybe if you knew me then you could rightfully makee that comment but considering thee fact that i havee never smoked anything in my lifee , your assumption just madee youu look likee an ass(:

[FEDRCHEESE]

chocolate thai is a cannabis strain so this song talks about getting high to it

[vera2582]

Please people open ya minds a little wider, this man is talking about the same shit you got holding in ya hands passin' to ya face...weed people!!!

[dreamyiscool]

LAUGHING AT ALL THESE FOOLS THAT DONT UNDERSTAND THIS SONG.... BAWWW HE TALKING ABOUT SMOKING THAT GOOD GOOD

[chsyellowjackets]

@johndohio chocolate thai is weed not heroin , educate yourself ; look it up

[eXcessBre3z]

@chsyellowjackets yes go "educate" yourself by looking up terminology about drugs. How about you spend time in the books rather than getting high

[saxman2256]

No my friend, my man is talking about smoking some hash. Heroin does not make your eyes blood burgundy as he mentions in the first verse of the song. Also he talks about having a threesome at the end of the song which would indicate he's talking about puff, puff, pass! But he really wants to hit it by his self.

[johndohio]

Ummm people this is about heroin.... "Even got a big sister by the name of Chocolate Thai". Listen to the lyrics it's not talking about a woman. Same with Rick James' Mary Jane song and Tom Petty's Last dance with Mary Jane. As good as the song sounds sorry ladies he's not talking about you this time. Look up Brown Sugar and Chocolate Thai. You'll see :)

[krownme17]

yo yo yall this is real 90's music right here yall lol...as a 90's kid i luv the feeling lol...man yall i really need for yall to check out this group named "Good Vocation"...they are dope...idk where these guys came from...real talk...check it out yall

[tanybap]

OMG listen to the lyrics people, it's about a woman of colour, she could be Black or Hispanic, he describes her eyes, her skin ..just open ears and listen x

[marzilyas]

I think this song is just about kissing a black girl

[babymadre143]

This song is talking about heroin,my daddy use to like this song(He was an addict)

[bevbevbev21]

Chills up my spine

[StarSavalani]

I know I'm not the 1st to say it but D'Angelo is so sexy. Soothing music, beautiful voice & he looks like an angel. I feel him

[leoshiajr]

1995 Was the Shit!!

[skyekilla]

damn i was like 5yrs old when this song was out in the 90s but its defitnitley is a classic n will remain one i mean the genre n the soul of the song brung such a rare sensual soul to neo-soul

[serenadesilhout]

People I think the weed is a lyrical metaphor - so no this song is not about the weed itself

[myklmusic]

This Brother ain't nothin' but the Truth...

In an article in "waxpoetics" Volume 42, July/August 2010, this song is part of the topic of discussion. Check it out.

Jam on, Brother... "Shit, Damn, Motherfucker" !

[662chillin]

I don't care if this song is about weed or woman... I just know it's a damn good song.

[eternel65]

tres tres coool comme son mais la drogue c'est  de la merde encore plus l'heroine qui perd sa douce et si belle heroine

[chunkybacker]

Very smooth jam, but he is definitely singing about the bud!  Chocolate Thai is weed....although he does a good job of making it appear he's all about some woman.

[sophistigress]

Heroin is called brown sugar.the lyrics "high off your Love, I don't how to behave," is heroin's affects: confusion, euphoria

[mjjcng8958]

@sophistigress i get what you are saying but i am not to sure he is talking about heroin. if you watch the start of the video with the old man in the elevator it tells a different story.i think the brown sugar part is to make people think he is talking about a female when he is really talking about smoking weed

[Caveman1006]

song is about women dumbasses

[youngboy0101]

This song is about Black Women. Not Drugs.

[misscritique84]

I dont do drugs but D'Angelo's voice is amazingly addictive,dreamy and sexy Come back soul brother dont be lost forever :(...Brown sugar babay!!!

[spiffy4president]

lmao @ people saying this is about heroin. This song is about WEED, my love. Look if up.

[sketter18]

lol my lil sis just ask me if this was iverson

[misssherrilynn2]

so sexy

[Runaholism]

Damn, 1995 is the best year for rap songs...it's like all the rappers smoked brown sugar and BAM, producing the best rap songs that made history.

[cwilma1]

Would you like some of my BROWN SUGAR RAHM? I'd love to give you some. May I ?

[longbeach225]

I rolled a blunt called brown trees and we be puffing constantly and that is why my eyes is blood shot red. ohhh brown trees I get so high.. I want some of that brown trees.

[MizzYungMacMar]

Im sorry to all my people that dont like our generation of music..I wish it was like this too cause I was 5 years old listening to music like.. of course because of my older sister who was like mom at the time. This music just digs deep, it's weird what music can do..the music today reflects a lot of people's actions. If we had this music today it would be a better smoother world.

[soderope26]

8 people don`t got no brown sugar.

[Chuchen]

Thumbs up if you think this song is about sex ;-p

[617wax]

@Chuchen You are a regular Sherlock Holmes brotha...

[Jordyjoia]

@Chuchen its about drugs ma dude, ...''even got a big sister by the name of chocolate thai''(A chronic strain of Cannibus.) ''brown suger baabee i get high off of love dunno how 2 behave''(brown sugar aka heroïn official name is Diacetylmorphine. and its a semi-synthetic opioid.

so no i dont think its jst about sex :P

[HOTCROSSBUNNY4]

Once upon a time, R&B artists were masters of 'Rythm & Blues' (NOT pop music)...and they made music like this...<3

[PaperNun]

@HOTCROSSBUNNY4 How about once upon a time RnB didn't exist. 

[HOTCROSSBUNNY4]

@PaperNun RnB has always existed amongst us...some people had rythm, others were just blue :P

[luhkelsgoinhard93]

@HOTCROSSBUNNY4 But then it died. :( The end.

[Pharoh89]

@HOTCROSSBUNNY4 i just had to use that one! u just summed up my anger with todays music! thank u

[lance509]

man now this takes me back hell ya lil old school

[kbear704]

@iamenfuego I'll check him out. and i'm female too! Lol!

[FCKEVRYBDY]

I met her in Philly .....

[andrepimpin79]

FOR ALL YOU NON BELIEVERS. CARAMEL. SAME COLOR AS A BLUNT. COCOA EYS. THE ENDS OF THE BLUNT. WHEN IT COMES TO ME. BLUNTS ARE PASSED. LOVE ME RIGHT DOWN TO MY KNEES.  THAT IS THE FIRST TINGLING YOU GET ONCE YOUR EYES HAVE GOTTEN LAZY. IMMA PROFESSIONAL.

[sullivancountydays]

@andrepimpin79 Man you just blew my mind. I forgot about Tai Stick. That was way back in the day. You are a professional. Got me open---stick out my tongue. I gonna continue the fantasy, HE SHOULD BE TALKIN ABOUT A WOMAN.

[Rivers1334]

@andrepimpin79 This song is not about smoking weed. It has plenty of marijuana references, but that doesn't mean it's about weed. D'Angelo was comparing loving a woman to the high he gets off of weed. The song is about love being a drug. Hence, "I get's high off your love."

[prince112233]

@Rivers1334 lolololo - he's talkin about smoking