Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It

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.

This is pretty great.

I read the profile of him in the nytimes recently and yeah, the body count in his story is gut wrenching

Did he play all the instruments again?

this pops on a first spin.

That NY Times piece has me looking forward to this

This is a JAM:

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

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?

there is a lot here to unpack for sure

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

that's a fair comparison

ok second time through. This is damn good!

Riker's Island tho

Awesome album. The bass playing throughout is quite something. Looking forward to spending more time with it.

the production on 'so ready' is elite

Saadiq is one of the quiet minor geniuses of modern music of the last 25 years (TTT, D'Angelo, Solange).

had a beer and a couple vape hits at lunch, this album is fucking me up so much! god damn he killed it

Truly looking forward to listening. "Instant Vintage" is a peerless classic for me.

wow @ "Kings Fall". Incredible performance and production

yeah, i've been listening to this all weekend; time for a dedicated thread
Raphael Saadiq - Jimmy Lee- "He Was My Mama's Son"