D'Angelo Ready to Record After SUV Crash

D'Angelo Critically Injured in SUV Crash RICHMOND, Va. - R&B crooner D'Angelo, who won over America with his '90s soul ballads only to fade after bouts with the law and ****, was critically injured in a car wreck outside his hometown of Richmond. D'Angelo, 31, born Michael Eugene Archer, was in a 2003 Hummer sport utility vehicle on Sept. 19 when it crossed the roadway and struck a fence, ejecting the singer, State Police Sgt. Kevin Barrick said Monday. Archer wasn't wearing a seat restraint, Barrick said. Barrick said Archer was initially listed in critical condition, but that no further information is available. Officials at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, where the Grammy-winning artist was flown after the wreck, said the family had asked that his condition not be released. Another person, Lynne Sellers, also was injured in the wreck. Police couldn't say which of the two had been driving. The accident occurred in Powhatan County, a bedroom community west of the city. Archer lives in Midlothian, just outside Richmond. The cause of the crash is under investigation, Barrick said. Known for hits such as "Brown Sugar" and a cover of Smokey Robinson's "Cruisin'," Archer rode a wave of popularity that culminated with a Grammy in 2001 for best male R&B vocal performance for "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" from the album "Voodoo," which won a Grammy for best R&B album. In April, the singer was fined $250 and given a 90-day suspended jail term on a driving under the influence of alcohol conviction. His driver's license was suspended for one year. On a marijuana charge, Archer was fined $50 and given a 10-day suspended jail term. His driver's license was suspended for an additional six months. Earlier this month, he received a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of **** possession. Archer had faced three years in prison.

I pray he makes it through, and turns his life around for the positive.

thats a slice of the devil's pie right thur

Yeah he need to come out with some new stuff. I hope he get off them **** and get back in the booth ya know?

I know this was a while ago, but I hope D' stays off this mess, because I had a strange dream about this. I somehow got an opportunity to listen to him sing in a recording studio and when it was time to go on break, I saw D' with a carton of ciggarettes and pulled one out. Me(thinking) 'Are you ****ING serious?' ( jumps on his back to take the carton) Drop it! Drop it now! D': What the hell-? Get off of me! Me: Drop the carton! I'm not playing. D': Security! Me: I didn't want to do this, but...(I take out some pepper spray and spray D' in his eyes. I throw the carton of ciggarettes and the single one in the trash) D'(yelling): Not again! What the hell is wrong with you? Have you lost your damn mind?! Me: I should ask you that! Did you forget smoking that **** was the reason you ended up like this: and this? and this? AND THIS?! (I turn to look at D', who is whiter than Michael Jackson at this point) end. But in all seriousness, I hope he stays off that stuff and start making music.

Actually, if you're looking for some more up to date D'Angelo recordings, he has not beed completely "ghost". He's been doing some recording with Roy Hargrove's RH Factor. If you check in the jazz section, I believe he's on both of their albums. He's featured, along with the likes of Common, Erykah Badu, and Q-Tip amongst nother Neo Soul artists and lyricists. The latest album just dropped a couple months ago, and the one before them came out somewhere around 2003 - 2004.

Yeah I was listening the RH factor a few weeks ago and heard him on there. He sounds different. I hope he gets it together. I heard he had gotten bigger but dayum... It might be some kind of condition. I hope he gets it together. Its weird this topic popped back up because I've been bumping Voodoo and Brown Sugar everyday for the last month at work to make the days go by faster. Even taught myself how to play Chicken Grease (on the Bass).

It's a shame...all that talent wasted... I heard that people (relatives, friends, etc) here in Richmond tell him all the time to get himself together, and he STILL refuses to? What is wrong w/ him?!? Why won't he get help?

that is not D' angelo in the orange that look like ODB stop it but gosh damn he too big to still have that body he had in the untld video (Bringin back hotflashes) D man please get back to yaself