DeAngelo's former manager, Dominique Trenier, told Spin Magazine, “We couldn’t get through one song before women would start to scream for him to take off something. It wasn’t about the music. All they wanted was for him to take off his clothes.”The cat calls had an undeniable effect on D’Angelo. “He’d get angry and started breaking shit. The audience thinking, “fuck your art, I wanna see your ass!” made him angry”. For D’Angelo, who, as Trenier puts it, “isn’t a sexy dude” but a “real musician who wears glasses and plays video games,” the objectification appeared to do lasting damage. “I didn’t realize how vulnerable he was or how deep his issues ran. He’s cursed now with fretting over how much of his fan base is because of how he looked as opposed to his music. It took away his confidence, because he’s not convinced why any given fan is supporting him. I feel really guilty, because that was never the intention” Trenier says. “Untitled wasn’t supposed to be his mission statement for Voodoo. I’m glad the video did what it did, but he and I were both disappointed because, to this day, in the general public’s memory, he’s the naked dude.”
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If we were suppose to be focused on the "ART" of it then why the hell did you do a video damn near naked??? Was I suppose to look past that?
suck it up D and get back to making good music!
and i still say take it off. nucca
he's not a sexy dude. he's got a great body, but his MUSIC is that deal.
the ultimate problem is that his confidence was based on people's responses and not his satisfaction with his sound/music.
its funny how women damn near HAVE to objectify themselves to get paid attention...and dude does it in one super-famous video and can't take it.
men men men.
If you want to be respected anywhere, put/keep some clothes on. He took it to another level. Now Eric Benet had his shirt open, but never was completely naked to my knowledge. Those female fans are putting food on ya table. He need to man up and quit bitchin'.
I WAS BUMPIN THAT BROWN SUGA CD THA OTHER DAY HE WAS THA NIG BACK THEN
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I liked him when he was hiding behind his keyboard. I miss him. I saw the mug shot where he was super huge and I still wanna hear his music.
I should apologize (but I won't). Ooooo! I LOVED D'Angelo in that video. His body was off the hook!
Personally, I liked 'Untitled' even before I saw the video. The video took it to another level for me though.
Why would a man be so upset thinking that fans only liked him for his body? That video made him some cash flow, I'm sure. So what's the problem?
exposure + talent = $$$
Why would a man be so upset thinking that fans only liked him for his body? That video made him some cash flow, I'm sure. So what's the problem?
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LMAO
Did you even read the article? pretty much states why he had a problem with that. D is more than his body and when people would disrpect him in concert because they just want to see him take it off, that rubbed him the wrong way.
Obviously D ain't about just making money or he could have continued on with it.
Karma is a bitch...
I have no sympahty for Fat Bastard, after the way he treated Angie Stone.... Once that video came out he thought he was the shit, and shitted on Angie, now he's chickens are coming home to roost...
D, what did you expect? Seriously, his cut is off the hook! I love his music. He is talented! Woman use to hate on Angie Stone because she is his daughter's mother.
It was funny to see him do his fat O.D.B. impression in his booking photo.
This man is one of the most talented singers in music. He could wear a paper bag for all I care. I just want him to come back!
I love d'angelo's music but can't deny that video was sexy as a b***h. FYI you mean men can't stand to be objectified the way we women are everyday...please
Whoa! This is the 1st time I'm seeing this video and may I say, Goodguggamugga!!! He looks sooooo fine right heya!! Reminding me I need a sexy man in my life - dayum him!!!
But why does he look like a Ken doll at the bottom? Looks like the legs where you can pop them off & on? Member that? lol
boo hoo. evry mans dream is to be loved by all the ladies. what a efen fag. now he's a fat bastard. wahhhhhh
@Caribbean Goddess
He has a son by Angie Stone. But he did shit on her and Karma is a bitch.
@ missnee
Apparently you didn't see my equation at the bottom of my blog. I DID read the article.
So you can sit down now.
D need to get over himself and make a another damn cd and video .,, oh i just to reach out and touch him ,, ump ump
I know how he feels. When I'm at the beach wearing my banana-hammock, I get females going crazy for my well developed, well endowed body. It makes me wonder- do they want me for me, or (like Snoop) for my doggie-style.
Yeah, he did lose his mind. No doubt, the video was hot--but he got a little big for his britches. Dude, D'Angelo, get over your self and make musice like your Brown Sugar Cd!
Somebody once said, if you act like a Ho'...you'll be treated like a Ho'!....So ck it...don't know if anybody remember this, but there was this clip years ago of this girl in a white dress dancing at FREAKNIC. She stood on top of a car and all the men zoomed in on her like a pack of wolves...she disappears and these three guys are pulling throngs of guys back trying to help her. When the "smoke" cleared...homegirl emerged BUCK-ASS NAKED and crying with scratches all over her body! Bet she won't get her ass on top of a car and dance again!
wahahhhh.
@blunt...
I'm with you on that dude HIS first CD is a classic for real... That "Brown Sugar" is the JAM!!!
1:28
I remember that shit and it was just like you described it... Those cats was str8 wildin-out on that chick
ok girls. look at the bottom right side of his body at about 1:09 and tell me what you see. ooo wee. that's what i'm talking about.
WELLLLL I SAW HIZ AZZ RECENTLY AND HE CAN KEEP DAT SHYT ON MAYNE!
dayum, he looks s-e-x-y! yum! ;)
well i'm sorry that he didn't like the kind of attn that he was getting. but at the end of the day any publicity, whether good or bad, is still publicity! shyt those whores was buying ur cd's and tickets to ur concert...if i was him i would have been shaking and stripping on stage! LOL, j/k
This was quite a nice flashback for me. That beautiful chocolate skin. Those lips. I had a moment.
I don't know why he's tripping. His body doesn't look like that now, so if he put out some new music, he can truly believe that we're not checking for his doughboy behind.
That Brown Sugar CD was jammin'. My favorite song is "Lady".
anonymous 1:59 - gurrrrrrrl, how in the world did u spot that? lol, But I sees it now gurl, I sees it now!!!
another down low man, why the hell he care if somebody likes his body. its part of the business. he look like he taking a special kind of pill to me. women don't even get this upset when they on stage performing.
1:59
I hate to be the one to tell you BUT he was NOT completely naked making this video. I remember him doing an interview and he said he wore a black thong. What you're seeing is part of his leg, if you look at the other leg it has the same thing but not as define as the left...
i'm sorry i didn't even read the article i was just staring at his sexy azz lol j/p
i loooove d'angelo man! too bad he don't look like this no more. hey remember that song brown sugar? my friends and i were debating about what the song means...they think it's about weed...and i thought it was about a woman.
Do we even need to comment on this dumb shit? That's the price of fame when you pull a buck-naked stunt to claim that fame, nigga. Somebody tell this nigga to man the fuck up and stop using this as a cop-out. Wanna make people move on from that video? PUT SOME GOOD MUSIC OUT WITH YOUR CLOTHES ON! Niggaz is on some real GAY shit all throughout the industry, wow. Be serious.
Just another little nugget of pub for D which will get us ready for that new CD he's about to release (well.. the about to part ain't solidified just yet) but you know...
Welcome to the world of women. We are treated like that 24/7.
You know what, I am sick of goodlooking men complaining about being treated like sex objects.
Welcome to the world of women. So many unattactiveand out of shape men wish they had women throwing it at them or offering it to them on a platter. There are plenty of men who are angry and fustrated because they don't get it often,or have have to trick when they do get it. Read some of the PUA blogs to angry blu.e balls having men.
I remember when Matt Lauer uglyfied himself with that awful haircut because he got sick of women calling him hot. He should think himself lucky I wasn't his boss at the time. Cause I would of fired him for that shi.t.
He let his hair grow back now, even thought there isn't much of it left to grow. NOw he looks like an old snapping turtle anyway.
D.
Get off the drugs man. If your ass didn't sniff so much coke you'd be in a much better place.
You know dude was/Is doing hella drugs, my question Is why they blow him up? I thought they (drugs) made you lose weight.
first off D'angelo & Angie were done waaayy before he made this video. They have a son together. Her eldest child is a girl from a previous relationship. So miss me with all that Karma is bitch in reference to Angie Stone. D'angelo is a talented brother nake or not (I personally prefer naked). Lets not play the blame game. He is a grown ass man. I don't see how his manager could feel at all guilty about making a good "business decision". Sex sells. I pray that he gets well, get his shit together & come back better than ever.
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anonymous 1:06 pm saidBut why does he look like a Ken doll at the bottom? Looks like the legs where you can pop them off & on? Member that? lol
Yes I do.
When this video would come on I would stand close to the screen and try to look down so that I could see something more. LOL, I was very young.
@1:28-Wow, I need to see that video. Is it on youtube? Why would men do that to her, do they not have sisters,mothers and daughters.
Angie Stone+deanglo=tameka+usher
Women hate when they should be applauding.
4:57
Where in my post did I say they were togehter?? I didn't!!! Again as I said once this video came out he shitted on Angie and he did. People didn't know he and Angie had a child together and more people learned once the song came out, when asked what happened to the relationship he made it seem as if there was NO relationship. He started to act as if she was beneath him and he didn't know why he had slept with her. SOOOOOO, that goes back to my, KARMA IS A BITCH, as I said!!!!
What is wrong with being a sex symbol De? Your music AND your sex appeal is what made you a star. Shit there are plenty of male singers that have panties and room keys thrown at them, it pays the bills.Keep it up and nobody gonna be bothered wit you no more,its not like you had a hit lately.
4:31pm
I think D is a weed smoker. That shit'll make you a fatty. You got the munchies?
Pisces dragon
"...to this day, in the general public’s memory, he’s the naked dude."
What else is he gonna be? He ain't did nothing really since...
i love him so much...i hope he gets his mind right and comes back to his former glory...i love him for his artisitc ability...the body was simply nothing more than eye to his real true fans...we love you d...leave that white alone and come back!!!!!
808
can you imagine if women dropped off the scene because we were being objectified? you'd never see us in any videos - not as back-up dancers or the headlining singer.
cry baby
Oh, cry me a fucking river. D'angelo, here's what you do. SING LOUDER. SING HARDER. SHAKE IT OFF. It's not like the hoes in the audience are HECKLING you.
Dumbshit.
I bet if Reuben Studdard did a video in a thong, he wouldn't have this problem.
The bottom line is that men are used to objectifying women and probably cannot take that same level of scrutiny when it's focused on them all the time. Nothing against D'Angelo, but I think that's what's up. Did I scream for him at the Voodoo Tour and tug on his pants? D@mn right!!! But it's what's IN the CD case that makes me buy it or a concert ticket, not a cover. Next time, I bet he'll be more careful with how he presents himself and make it strictly about his art next time, or as close to that as possible.
I meant, NOT used to. My bad...
so what your a has been
PRINCE IS KNOWN AS A HECK OF A MUSICIAN AND HE OBJECTIFIED HIMSELF. Probably in hundreds of songs.
Elvis used is "negro" borrowed swagger but still played many instruments as well.
I think the manager should have just said that D'Anglo didn't know how to handle all the hoppla and made several mistakes, instead of blaming the video.
Damn D can you blame a girl for admiring your beauty, which in essence is the act of admiring the work of God & in doing so Im never looking to cheapen your expression, hell I love your music too but damned every time I see this video I find myself breathing heavy & feeling heated & trust me this is not an easy feat with most women in most cases it takes much more. Ultimatly I think you should embrace your beauty & make it work for you, instead of feeling captive to it. Hey women do it everyday.
Arlen said...
I bet if Reuben Studdard did a video in a thong, he wouldn't have this problem.
^^^bwaahaahaa! That was hilarious!
@Chic noir Tameka isn't even in Angie's league. Angie is an artist in her own right. Now D'Angelo is crawling to her for collaborations to help revive his career. Before when he was on top of the charts he DID diss her (@eric B) and act like she wasn't shit, like he could have done better. He actually said he wouldn't commit to her because her weight was a problem. (Angie looks great.)
Oh, and my boyfriend would get jealous because everytime that video came on I would stop mid-syllable, stare, (and probably drool) until it went off. I didn't hear anything else. He was that fine. Now? Notsomuch. Cocaine is a helluva drug.
His music was good. That video was great! It brought him many fans who never would have checked out the CD's otherwise.
Just finished watching the video. DAM that man was fine and to top it off he could sing and write his own material. His first albun was a classic but he lost me a lil bit with the second album *Excluding this song*
Ummmm think Ima watch the video just one moe gen!!!! lmao
this video STILL get me hot as of this day.... DAMN... o yeah, he's a great artist too *TEE HEE*
Obviously D ain't about just making money or he could have continued on with it....PUHLEEZE he got FUKKD up behind the cocaine!
ok this is an excuse for what ever ISSUES his crazy azz has! yeah he is cute but we were listening to his music and his CD's are still the sh*t! so miss me with this bull! i was at his NJ concert with Erykah Badu, and Lucy Pearl and some other guy who opened and that man was on stage acting crazy as a bag of DUST!!!!
DEAL WITH YOUR ISSUES DEANGELO SO YOU CAN GET BACK TO TEH MUSIC AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR FAN BASE THINKS!! just dont be coming out on stage with rock music and black capes with make up on your face like you did that night! i know i was turned off after that night!
DeAngelo will make a comeback
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We went to the same middle school and he was a chubby, nerdy type. Back then he used to try to rap, he didn't really sing. I guess cause that was when every young boy wanted to be a rapper. I was shocked to see him looking so good. And even more surprised at how talented he really was. I would love for him to make a comeback. But with non-singing dudes like The Dream and T Pain topping the charts...I'd say D'Angelo's boat (the one holding the dudes with all the real talent on it) has sailed.
Get over it man. Shape up and make a comeback.
ladies ladies ladies. i said this last time bitch posted this video -- he's wearing really loose pants in the vid. if you dl the vid off itunes you can see them much more clearly @ 1:11. they're brown drawstring pants slung reeeeeal low on his ass and that's the loop from the tie.
bitch, please file this under "nigga please"..crackheads dont need no excuse to start smokin that shiat....
Waaa, Waaa, Waa,What a poor excuse of a "rock star". Now you know what a women has to do to sell records. Talent is good showing some skin is even better. Fucking hit a crack pipe and starting writing.
Naw,those drugs drove his ass crazy.
Take it off!!!!!!!!! Women go through this shit everyday.
Now he knows what female artists go through their entire career.
Just goes to show; you can't give females ALL of what they want; a little here and some there. The drugs did play a role too though.
^^^ Yes chicken head females, but what made Angie mad was after he hit the top he ignored her and she put him on. I remember when word got out about his first album and he was "partying" with Madonna and those broads tough. So doubt she was after the change, just a vocal on one of her albums.
From the words of the KAT MAN...."How can I take your SELF - Esteem." I'll wait....
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