One to DL DJ Tameil: Where Is Debonair Samir? An essential mix of vintage Samir tunes, including some of the banginest club tracks of all time. One to purchase Cosmo Baker: Genius - The Sound Of Raphael Saadiq Incredible. The man has a new record out too as you probably know.
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--- - |- Back in May okayplayer had the pleaseure of being one of the first outlets to report on Raphael Saadiq's upcoming album The Way I See It. The twelve song masterpiece is a throwback to that classic 60s soul. "Every record I've ever made has had those influences…The Temptations,Al Green, The Four Tops and so on," Raphael explains from the L.A.studio [...] ~~- Raphael Saadiq
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Raphael Saadiq is going through a phase. But that's fine, since it seems most musicians & artists do so throughout their careers. This phase of Raphael's is divining his influences. His third proper solo album 'The Way I See It' is a total tribute to the R&B soul icons of the '60s and '70s like The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, James Brown and Marvin Gaye, among oth...
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Warning: Do not read this entry if you do not want to know about the Vh1 Soul Stage Session with Raphael Saadiq. I am sharing my personal experience!http://www.vh1.com/channels/vh1_soul/channel.jhtmlCover of Raphael Saadiq's album - image retrieved from www.amazon.com Two weeks ago, I was playing on myspace and saw there was a contest for Raphael Saadiq fans to see him record the Vh1 Soul Sessi...
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Raphael Saadiq has answered his fans' hopes by planning an all new winter tour for this year, which kicks off in Seattle in November and ends in Minneapolis in December. This tour, which features his first live shows since appearing at a bunch of festivals this summer, from the Essence Music Festical to Bonnaroo, to positive reviews, will also showcase Canadian chanteuse Anjulie and Grammy nomi...
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According to Raphael Saadiq's myspace page, if you are FEMALE and you are in New Orleans on July 6 please sign up to his myspace page for more information. This is directly from his blog that there is a "For Ladies Only Listening Event."Link here: Myspace.com Blogs - FOR LADIES ONLY.... Listening Event! - Raphael Saadiq MySpace BlogHmm..Raphael - if I had a FREE ticket to come down to New Orlea...
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This is a total retro Motown soul album, and if you're in the mood for that, it's awesome. Check out this track featuring Joss Stone.
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Thank you to www.4dasoul.com for allowing all of us to preview and enjoy Rapahel Saadiq's new song, "Love that Girl."Feels to me like Raphael is giving us all a history or reaching back to our musical roots and to use real instruments to make some of the best sounds that God intended us to have. (Remember how Prince did this with his Musicology album!!)Though I am not too sure if computers were...
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A $30 day of show ticket is nothing to laugh at nowadays, so I was curious to see the turnout to hear one of 2008s best albums. The Bluebird was packed and, as always, looked great inside and out. With no opening act, the band came straight out and introduced Raphael. He acknowledged the crowd and immediately grabbed his guitar for an instrumental intro. Awesome. Saadiq continued to ru.
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Go check out this awesome song and video from Raphael Saadiq. If you haven't heard of Saadiq yet then you better get moving because this guy is blowing up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPZwivhERYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPZwivhERYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPZwivhERY
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Raphael Saadiq's new album, The Way I See It, is a love letter to Motown circa 1964-1966, and it's a delight. From the infectious "Sure Hope You Mean It," to the gorgeous "Staying In Love," this is music made by an artist that's using the soul revival not to jump on a bandwagon, but as an access to make the music he really loves. There's no new ground broken here, but who cares, when it's done ...
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how long's it gonna take for them to fix the tunnel. I was getting quite used to Paris in just over 2 hours -only joking - still appreciate this little piece of engineering that connects my 2 favorite...
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To kick off the Oakland edition of Imeem's "Keys To The City" we have none other than Raphael Saadiq. In this video we get a tour of Saadiq's alma mater, Castlemont High School. He speaks of past memories at the school and how it birthed his musical career. Check back soon for part 2 of Keys to the city Oakland Edition.
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Go inside the studio with Raphael Saadiq as part of FADER TV's "In The Studio" series. Mr. Saadiq gives a tour of his recording space, speaks on working with Stevie Wonder, and talks a bit about creating his new album The Way I See It, which is in stores this coming Tuesday, September 16th. We also get to see your man in casual gear and looking rather hip-hop at that, rather than the all...
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Raphael Saadiq: 100 Yard Dash From The Way I See It (Sony, 2008) Having been in the music industry since the '80s, Raphael Saadiq has been a part of numerous hits, whether his own solo work, with Tony! Toni! Toné!, or by others (D'Angelo, Bilal, Joss Stone, John Legend and Mary J. Blige). "The Way I See It" sees Saadiq reach way back to that sound of sweet soul music of the '60s with its ..
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