Critical reception The Voodoo World Tour

— robert christgau, 2000

in review of d angelo s tour-opening performance @ house of blues, david wollock of hollywood reporter called three-hour old-school soul marathon part (i feel being a) sex machine , part let s on , part move on gospel exuberance [...] call-and-response , other crowd-rousing church conventions . added that, best hip-hop emcees can rock crowd 2 turntables , microphone, d moved crowd pure voice , charisma. kaia shivers of los angeles sentinel commented los angeles tour stop placed city under spell seems hard pressed shake.

reviewing march performance @ new york city s radio city music hall, rock critic robert christgau dubbed d angelo r&b jesus , proclaimed himself believer . christgau praised d angelo s delivery , compared concert 1981 p-funk outing @ apollo theater, stating d angelo sang , danced , preached , flexed , crooned , humped floor , covered roberta flack , snapped mike stand in 2 , danced , sang , sang more. meshed; stops pulled out. greatest concert d seen in years when redman , method man propelled climactic left , right through vaulted ceiling. flashed on p-funk s sadie , apollo 1981. privilege experience such thing again. compared marvin gaye in concert, writing saw marvin gaye @ venue shortly before murdered, , no contest. gaye fine, self-indulgent , riddled blank spots.