"Rapping over the singer's own classic 2000 single "One Mo'Gin," the often frenetic Rhymes spends several minutes lovingly celebrating both the man and the artist. (Before letting the remainder of the seven-minute track play out to haunting effectiveness.) Whether you're a fan of one artist and/or both, it's the kind of homage that cuts to the beating heart of D'Angelo's singular legacy."
""D'Angelo's personality speaks volumes because of how reserved he was," Rhymes said. "When it was time for him to actually speak - when you heard him sing or play the keyboard - it magnified the polar opposite of how quiet he was." Despite D'Angelo being just 16 or 17 years old at the time, Rhymes said he "looked like a hustler from the five boroughs," adding that he was actually a "man of few words."
Busta Rhymes unveiled "Magic," a seven-minute tribute rapping over D'Angelo's 2000 single "One Mo'Gin," celebrating both the man and the artist and allowing the track's remainder to play out to haunting effect. Rhymes described a 34-plus-year friendship that began around 1990 when D'Angelo joined a studio session for A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario." Rhymes recalled D'Angelo's "good, beautiful energy," his reserved nature that transformed when he sang or played keyboard, and how the young musician, at 16 or 17, already carried a hustler's presence and was a man of few words.
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