ha by 'this fucking album' i meant Stone Rollin. i hate being confused/confusing about what thread a record's about.
― some dude, Saturday, 12 November 2011 06:34 (twelve years ago) link
the way I see it, The Way I See It has more blatant genre workout stuff.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 November 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
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
― some dude, Saturday, 12 November 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
it's more in the spirit of Instant Vintage than The Way I See It, really
― some dude, Saturday, 12 November 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
it just hasnt grabbed me like tee dubz did. i'll give it another chance
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Sunday, 13 November 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― AARP Rocky (Andy K), Monday, 14 November 2011 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
("East" has no Mellotron but might as well.)
― AARP Rocky (Andy K), Monday, 14 November 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
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
― AARP Rocky (Andy K), Monday, 14 November 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
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
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― this is unusual for batman. (Jordan), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
and i'm not knocking it for that, it's cool, but TWISI just has stronger songs.
― this is unusual for batman. (Jordan), Monday, 14 November 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
I love love love Stone Rollin'
Over You could be my favorite song of 2011.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 14 November 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
i was just listening to over you-- fantastic. the whole thing is great.
― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Monday, 14 November 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
ok im gonna listen to this again YOU GUYS WIN
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 14 November 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
The bass line on "Good Man" is fierce.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Thursday, 17 November 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
The violin on Stone Rollin' reminds me of the violin on 'Miss You.'
― righteousmaelstrom, Thursday, 17 November 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― dead precedents politics as usual (Hunt3r), Thursday, 17 November 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw him singing about the Toyota Prius and playing guitar in a Toyota Prius commercial
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 November 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
new song with rob fonksta bacon on the guitarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRvD6fWJsJQ
album drops in august, titled jimmy lee
cant believe its been 8 years since stone rollin
― big city slam (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
Fantastic news. He takes his time, but the results are worth it.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
Ooh I love this song. Not as retro as his other records.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
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), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
Nice. Might be making things up, but it sounds like it was influenced by his work with Solange.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
oh yeah def, that opening vocal melody
here's an interview from months back with some detailshttps://www.okayplayer.com/originals/raphael-saadiq-interview-jimmy-lee-album.html
Jimmy Lee tracklist:
01 Sinners Prayer02 So Ready03 This World Is Drunk04 Something Keeps Calling05 Kings Fall06 I’m Feeling Love07 My Walk08 Belongs to God09 Dottie’s Interlude10 Glory to the Veins11 Rikers Island12 Rikers Island Redux13 Rearview
― big city slam (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
― 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
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:45 (four years ago) link
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.
― big city slam (Spottie), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 23:56 (four years ago) link
He was a well-intentioned bore at Pitchfork last year, but I love Stone Rollin'.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 June 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
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.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 13 June 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
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
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:05 (four years ago) link
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.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
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.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:11 (four years ago) link
This is pretty great.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 23 August 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
I read the profile of him in the nytimes recently and yeah, the body count in his story is gut wrenching
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
Did he play all the instruments again?
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
this pops on a first spin.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
That NY Times piece has me looking forward to this
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 August 2019 15:45 (four years ago) link
This is a JAM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOtGrjSlzs
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 August 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
dude has put out a protest album with an honest to god unadorned downtempo guitar gospel track stuck in the middle of it and it works. this album should maybe have a devoted thread if anybody feels inclined?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
there is a lot here to unpack for sure
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 August 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
i had actually just been beating myself up as basic for thinking the most obvious comparison here is To Pimp a Butterfly when i finally got around to the uncredited Kendrick feature
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
that's a fair comparison
ok second time through. This is damn good!
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 August 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
Riker's Island tho
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 23 August 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Awesome album. The bass playing throughout is quite something. Looking forward to spending more time with it.
― kitchen person, Friday, 23 August 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
the production on 'so ready' is elite
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 23 August 2019 17:52 (four years ago) link
Saadiq is one of the quiet minor geniuses of modern music of the last 25 years (TTT, D'Angelo, Solange).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 23 August 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
had a beer and a couple vape hits at lunch, this album is fucking me up so much! god damn he killed it
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 23 August 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Truly looking forward to listening. "Instant Vintage" is a peerless classic for me.
― Carly Jae Vespen (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 23 August 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
wow @ "Kings Fall". Incredible performance and production
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 23 August 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
yeah, i've been listening to this all weekend; time for a dedicated threadRaphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee- "He Was My Mama's Son"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 26 August 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link