Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

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Stone Rollin!

some fake song called Sugar Daddy currently being passed around as Raphael Saadiq feat E-40 and Too $hort apparently

My wife and I almost cried when they played 'Heart Attack' on an episode of Mob Wives (don't ask me how I know that).

I love this record.

I especially like the hidden track at the end with Larry Graham.

Got this cover he did of The Spinners 'Its a Shame' off some Levis Pioneer Session thingy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fSbyjf8aNg

"movin down the line" is so dope

this record is so much better than the way i see it

I dunno, its pretty close for me, I like the production on TWISI more.

Tony! Toni! Toné! > Instant Vintage > Lucy Pearl > Ray Ray > The Way I See It, Stone Rollin'

this record is so much better than the way i see it

Yes. TWISI sounded embalmed in spots. This one has all kinds of unexpected touches: mellotron, drum flourishes, etc. It's R&B prog in spots!

Which spots sound embalmed to you? Ive never heard that term as a criticism so just wondering what you mean really.

Stone Rollin is so good. It sounds like a greatest hits record.

This boasts my favorite Mellotron sounds in many years.

I keep forgetting about Stone Rollin'.

this fucking album

this alb is great but the most recent one just rolled like a stone out of my brain

i like the new one, even the more blatant genre workout stuff(chuck berry/marty mcfly blues on 'radio', the ray charles gospel thing on 'day dreams'), but 'way i see it' has better songs.

ha by 'this fucking album' i meant Stone Rollin. i hate being confused/confusing about what thread a record's about.

the way I see it, The Way I See It has more blatant genre workout stuff.

TWISI sounded embalmed in spots. This one has all kinds of unexpected touches: mellotron, drum flourishes, etc. It's R&B prog in spots!

― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:57 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark

yeah you were otm about this

it's more in the spirit of Instant Vintage than The Way I See It, really

it just hasnt grabbed me like tee dubz did. i'll give it another chance

Love it, of course, but hoping the next one brings more Mellotron prog-soul a la

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVFUr66Xk1c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwRA-mfsoiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTEU9fyTuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSz_wE8aAAc

("East" has no Mellotron but might as well.)

And a blatant Charles Stepney homage (which would likely destroy the Stepkids songs I've heard) must be around the corner, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DR_NMtBEj4

thanks for the bump shipz! i gave this a spin earlier in the year but i must have been distracted cuz i forgot about it apart from the amazing "good man" - i was wrong to, cuz it's ALL pretty much amazing

This one has all kinds of unexpected touches: mellotron, drum flourishes, etc. It's R&B prog in spots!

just cribbing from different sources imo. and all the orchestration + double-tracked drums makes me think of motown-era stevie wonder.

and i'm not knocking it for that, it's cool, but TWISI just has stronger songs.

I love love love Stone Rollin'

Over You could be my favorite song of 2011.

i was just listening to over you-- fantastic. the whole thing is great.

ok im gonna listen to this again YOU GUYS WIN

The bass line on "Good Man" is fierce.

listening alot to this album again. who can tell me about violin riffs in rnb stuff, because over you and the song that follows both have it? and it is terrific, sinuous and hypnotic.

The violin on Stone Rollin' reminds me of the violin on 'Miss You.'

anyone know what the instrument is on that keyboard part that plays against the strings on the long outro of "just don't"- likin that sound, too.

Just saw him singing about the Toyota Prius and playing guitar in a Toyota Prius commercial

new song with rob fonksta bacon on the guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRvD6fWJsJQ

album drops in august, titled jimmy lee

cant believe its been 8 years since stone rollin

Fantastic news. He takes his time, but the results are worth it.

Ooh I love this song. Not as retro as his other records.

yeah gives me hope he may scrap the throwback sounds of the last two records. Both are great and all but I'd like to hear him on a more adventurous/modern path.

Nice. Might be making things up, but it sounds like it was influenced by his work with Solange.

oh yeah def, that opening vocal melody

here's an interview from months back with some details
https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/raphael-saadiq-interview-jimmy-lee-album.html

Jimmy Lee tracklist:

01 Sinners Prayer
02 So Ready
03 This World Is Drunk
04 Something Keeps Calling
05 Kings Fall
06 I’m Feeling Love
07 My Walk
08 Belongs to God
09 Dottie’s Interlude
10 Glory to the Veins
11 Rikers Island
12 Rikers Island Redux
13 Rearview

yeah gives me hope he may scrap the throwback sounds of the last two records. Both are great and all but I'd like to hear him on a more adventurous/modern path.

― big city slam (Spottie)

i don't know, he really set the prog world on fire with all that mellotron all over "stone rollin", not sure he'd want to let that important fanbase down

stone rollin is really good i undersold it in my post. the production on it is great for sure, I'm just reading up on it now (had no idea what a mellotron was until today). i guess i'd just like the new record to groove/swing a little differently than the last two, altho i'd be perfectly happy with another record in the same vein.

He was a well-intentioned bore at Pitchfork last year, but I love Stone Rollin'.

Really excited for this! Stone Rollin' is such a brilliant record. Agree that it would be nice if he mixed things up this time round.

Interview about new album Jimmy Lee (out today):

http://exclaim.ca/music/article/raphael_saadiq_i_didnt_think_id_ever_make_a_record_like_jimmy_lee

Jeezus:

Jimmy Lee, who was only 42 when he passed away in 1998, isn't the only one of Saadiq's 13 siblings who died young or struggled with drugs. There was another brother, Desmond, who died by suicide trying to escape the clutches of his own addiction. Saadiq's brother Alvie was murdered over a drug-related dispute. One of Saadiq's sisters was a bystander in a police chase — her car was hit during the pursuit and she later died from her injuries. Saadiq learned about her death while recording the 1990 classic "It Never Rains (In Southern California)." There was yet another sister who survived her bout with drugs, but Saadiq says her life was "never quite the same" after getting sober.

Anyway, on first listen the album sounds fantastic. The rhythm section cooks -- kudos to the engineer. I'm still getting a hold of the songs.