The landmark 2000 neo-soul album Voodoo was recorded by D'Angelo. It was his second studio album and became one of the defining releases of neo soul's late-1990s and early-2000s peak.
D'Angelo recorded Voodoo between 1998 and 1999 at Electric Lady Studios in New York, working with musicians associated with the Soulquarians collective. The album moved away from the more conventional song structures of his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, toward loose, deeply pocketed grooves influenced by soul, funk, jazz, and psychedelic music.
Voodoo opened at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 320,000 copies in its first week. Its best-known single, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," brought D'Angelo major mainstream attention, while the album's intimate production and visual presentation became central to its reputation.
A common mix-up is confusing the album with other major neo-soul releases by Maxwell, Bilal, or Musiq Soulchild. Those artists belong to the same broad movement, but Voodoo is specifically D'Angelo's album. It later won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album in 2001.