Re: Raphael Saadiq
Instant Vintage
After more than 20 years in the music business, Tony! Toni! Tone! founder
Raphael Saadiq has gotten around to offering his solo debut, Instant Vintage.
The apropos title reflects the old-school style that Saadiq has adopted for
the album. However, he dubs the type of music -- a mix of samples, soul,
gospel, and R&B -- "gospedelic." Saadiq has called upon some of neo-soul's
most popular artists to help out on Instant Vintage. Angie Stone makes an
appearance on the opening dancefloor-worthy track, "Doing What I Can," which
briefly tells the story of Saadiq's career. D'Angelo lends a hand on the
funkified "Be Here." Traces of 3T seep into Instant Vintage. Lush
orchestration, hook-laden, danceable melodies, and gospel influences are
evident throughout the recording. This album should be renamed "Instant
Classic."
Ray Ray
Ray Ray looks more like a concept album -- about a Blaxploitation hero --
than it sounds like one. It's another ambitious release from Raphael Saadiq, w
ho has continued to be very active as a musician, producer, and songwriter for
other artists. Though he has given plenty of his ideas to like-minded artists
like Jill Scott, Kelis, Truth Hurts, Mos Def, Amp Fiddler, and Teedra Moses
(who guests on two songs here), his creative well seems to be pretty much
bottomless. Ray Ray occasionally loses focus, slipping into moments that are
either undercooked or worthy of the cutting room, but it's enjoyable enough to
keep his followers happy and will certainly act as a remedy for those who
don't like the gold-bricked path being taken by mainstream R&B. The album is
a little funkier and a lot more energetic than 2002's Instant Vintage, yet
just as full of Saadiq's stylish flourishes. The subject matter is as varied
as you'd expect: for every song that's charmingly simple and full of
lighthearted romantic sentiments, there's something message-oriented, such as
"Grown Folks" (in which Saadiq tries on Curtis Mayfield's falsetto and
songwriting style, proclaiming that the adults "need more help than the
children do").
bottomless...無底的...真是貼切...
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