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If you like Voodoo, open Upgrade Paths — D'Angelo.
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This week: Dummy by Portishead. Hi-Fi Score 72. Listen once for the music, once for whether the recording still opens up on speakers or headphones.
Probe moments: opening bass, then peak dynamics around 2:30.
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Same fearless vocal presence — the ancestral depth behind Black Acid Soul.
Lady Blackbird → Nina Simone
Contemporary neo-soul vocal polish in the same lineage.
D'Angelo → Maxwell
Level up via soundstage/imaging: Rapture by Anita Baker after Blackbirds.
Bettye LaVette → Anita Baker
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