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down, deep down South.” “Boo!” Like, I didn’t even walk out on the stage. Long story short, I won them over and, you know, I placed and then I got the opportunity to come back. When I came back, I did my own background music, I did my own background vocals. I was like, “No, I’m not doing no Luther Vandross or nothing. I’m gonna do some up-tempo s—-.” And you know, whatever. I won first place.

GEORGE: What song? You did an original song of yours?

D’ANGELO: No. I did “Rub You The Right Way” by Johnny Gill.

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D’Angelo seems like the type of cat who always follows his own mind, even his most recent album, ‘D’Angelo and Vanguard “Black Messiah”‘ (also featuring guitarist, Jesse Johnson, formerly of The Time) is a true testament of that.