Way Back Wednesday: D’Angelo Performs “Brown Sugar” On David Letterman (1996.)

Today’s “Way Back Wednesday” is brought to you by D’Angelo Performs “Brown Sugar” On David Letterman (1996).

As the R&B singer continues to mourn the death this week of a neo-soul pioneer, we pause to honor the roots of a genre that reshaped the soundscape of the ’90s and beyond.

Let’s transport back to when and where it all mattered. This music. This moment. The 1990s decade.

D’Angelo was introduced to the planet performing a track from his debut album, a record that would go on to define a generation of soul revivalists and groove architects.

Here is “Brown Sugar” on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman—a performance that marked the arrival of a voice both timeless and revolutionary.