Re: Raphael Saadiq

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  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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  來源: http://epicblues.blogspot.com/
※ 編輯: prexceed        來自: 61.228.87.122        (04/05 13:38)
推 watchout:等下我要出發去訂 Ray Ray =.=
推 jasonshu:可以幫我訂嘛  watchout大.....
推 Brien:   可以提前送我生日禮物嘛  watchout大....
推 watchout:Jasonshu 佳佳店員說我拿走他們代理商的댠
→ watchout:最後一張 Raphael Saadiq所以你要的話
→ watchout:恭喜你 可以買美版ㄟ 哈哈哈哈哈
→ watchout:版大幫我介紹女朋友 我就送CD給你好了
→ watchout:Instant Vintage 這張
推 Brien:Ok! Now I pronounce watchout and kidmen
→ Brien:man and wife!
→ watchout:......................................
推 sunaru:咦？我原本還有預感說這篇推文可能又會聊起
→ sunaru:來...watchout你這樣大家沒辦法接下去耶
→ watchout:那 就你跟 Brien 共結連理好了
→ watchout:我以為只有線上遊戲有公婆沒想到RnB版也꘠
→ watchout:流行這套 >.<
推 sunaru:.....對不起我錯了...我不應該亂說話 Orz
推 Brien:都不看板名，怎摸可以聊天呢o(一︿一+)o
推 watchout:也不知是誰起的頭 >.<
推 Brien:再吵我叫你婆帶你回家管教
→ watchout:再讓你多做幾年官 老佛爺你都不放在眼裡
推 kidmen:我錯過了什麼了嗎...又被亂湊對了@@"
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推 jasonshu:本板板主正在建立他的萎性?
推 sunaru:jasonshu，你這麼想被板主浸水桶嗎？ XD
推 Brien:jasonshu萬年洨桶