From four until seven in the evening, [over the course of four years,] the crew would watch the treat of the day and eat. Then they’d turn on the recorder and begin playing an album or an entire catalog by one of the Yodas—the dominant influence of ’96 was Prince, in ’97 Jimi and Rev. Al [Green], ’98 Gaye and George Clinton, ’99 James and Nigerian star Fela Kuti. They’d jam and wait to see what the groove inspired.
Rolling Stone, May 2000, article by Touré on the recording-of-Voodoo-era-D’Angelo
