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A production of the Soulquarians, D ' Angelo's acclaimed 2000 album Voodoo has been viewed by writers as a masterpiece and peak of the neo soul genre.

Ben Ratliff of The New York Times called the album " the succes d ' estime that proves the force of this new music: it is a largely unslick, stubbornly idiosyncratic and genuinely great album that has already produced two hit singles ".

By the time of her second album Mama's Gun ( 2000 ), Erykah Badu had been dubbed by writers as " the queen of neo-soul ".

She has said of the honorific title, " I hated that because what if I don ’ t do that anymore?

What if I change?

Then that puts me in a penitentiary.

" Subsequently, other neo soul artists attained success in the early 2000s, including Bilal, Musiq Soulchild, India. Arie, and Alicia Keys, who broke through to broader popularity with her debut album Songs in A Minor ( 2001 ).

Hip hop artists such as The Roots and Common, associated with the Soulquarians, released albums that incorporated neo soul, Phrenology ( 2002 ) and Electric Circus ( 2003 ).