She was shamelessly exaggerating, but Angie Stone did not shy away from

Faith, roots, emotion, love and a good dose of reality together formed the definition of soul music according to Angie Stone. Her life was her music and there was no subject that she avoided. She was clear about it in her heyday: « I won the weak lyrics« . Lyrics of her with choirs and blazers old-fashioned Soul had to have an impact, or even better, the screaming is important.

Singer and actress Angie Stone was killed on Saturday at the age of 63 after her concert at a Mardi Gras event in Mobile, Alabama. When she traveled with her nine -member band to the airport in Atlanta, the tour bus hit the head and was then hit by a truck. Stone is the only occupant who did not survive the accident. In the Netherlands she would perform in Arnhem in October.

Angie Stone was big in Neo-Soul and had her greatest successes with her albums Black Diamond (1999) and Mahogany Soul (2001). Then 'Wish I Didn't Miss You' was her top hit, a soulful one Slowburner who sealed her status along a sample of 'Backstabbers' from The O'Jays. Her breakthrough 'No More Rain (in This Cloud)' (1999) is also a lasting neo-soul hit. The relaxed positive vibe she riged with rapper Guru in The R&B/Hiphop Hit 'Keep Your Worries'from her plate The Art of Love & War (2007) is still strong.

Bible study

Angela Brown Stone, born in Columbia, South Carolina, listened as a young girl to the soul music from artists such as Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. In gospel choirs she developed her sense of rhythm, timing and swing. That came in handy with her self -study piano and saxophone. As the only child, she often felt alone; She read a lot, wrote poems and carefully studied the Bible. She could search for heaven in front of the window. And being disappointed that she had not seen him.

As a teenager she has her first success as a member of the female rap formation The Sequence. They were pioneers in the early 1980s, with 'Funk You Up' as a catchy introduction and also 'Monster Jam' contributed to the development of rap music from southern America. As the front woman of the Vertical Hold group, she had a small R&B hit in the early 1990s with 'Seems Your Much Too Busy'.

During this time she also learns the much younger (he was 19 and she 30) and then unknown singer d'Angelo. She had a major influence on his groundbreaking album production Brown Sugar (1995) with which he became the 'New Marvin Gaye' next to a large sex symbol.

She didn't let herself go much about their relationship in interviews. She almost raised their son next to the daughter she already had. Stone was a voting coach for artists such as Mary J. Blige, sang and played Sax with Lenny Kravitz. It was his cousin Gerry Devaux, known producer, who was committed to her solo career.

Street waste

As a singer in the Neo-Soul, the current that turned the soul in nineties with R&B and hip-hop influences, her sweet soul voice became decisive. When she moved more in the direction of licker R&B – initially on the American, for his inspired pure, unadulterated soul -known label Stax – her sound became flatter. Less impactful songs, a lot of glowing and autotune. On her most recent album Love Language (2023) also stood a duet ('Old Thang Back') With her son, who has the stage name Swayvo Twain.

Stone nevertheless continued to give pleasant performances. At her shows you could be taken relaxed by Powersoul and R&B. It continued to smoke among nineties public favorites such as 'Brotha', 'Wish I Didn't Miss You' and 'Life Story'. Her charisma was room -filling, her lyrics indefinable and recognizable, she was wonderfully diva and funny.

Love drove Stone to extremes and she wrote many songs about it, in which she could shamelessly exaggerate. Such as 'Bottles & Canans', she preferred to clear street waste or she was in prison than she could be his wife. Whoever roubled through unanswered love, she gave a reality check: 'What you dyin' for? '. Memorable: 'Time of Month' – nobody could sing her PMS and menstrualed sinks so soulful.

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