Eric Bellinger Says D’Angelo Was Definition of ‘Avenue Soul’

Eric Bellinger is remembering D’Angelo … he says the voice, swag, vibe, life-style and music embodied the definition of “road soul.”

We obtained Eric at LAX on Tuesday and our photog requested him about D’Angelo’s tragic demise, which shook the music world earlier within the day.

Eric says D’Angelo was a pioneer in music and he actually seemed as much as the man … Eric even sampled D’Angelo’s “Woman” on his tune “Curious” with Fabolous and Cordae.

As we reported … D’Angelo died from pancreatic most cancers.

Eric tells us how D’Angelo continues to be influencing musicians lengthy after his heyday and he even sings us a bit of little bit of “Nothing Even Issues.”