I started watching Luke Cage this week and was happy to see Raphael Saadiq featured so prominently in the first episode. I've been listening to a lot more Ray than usual since then.
There's not much more I can say about these two artists, so I'll let their voices take you away. It's the weekend, so go get lazy and make some babies.
What do you get when you mix elements from three of the greatest R&B and hip-hop acts of the 90s? Take the incredible Dawn Robinson of En Vogue, Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné!, and the killer DJ and beatmaker Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and the result is pure soulful magic.
Go ahead and floss your ice, go ahead do what you like. Let's dance, baby, yeah.
This album is all kinds of magic.
The guest appearances from Sampha, Q-Tip, Raphael Saadiq, Tweet, The Dream, Kelly Rowland, BJ The Chicago Kid, Lil Wayne, and those interludes with Percy Miller (aka Master P of No Limit, the soldiers that made you say "ugh, na na na na").
Full album credits here, thanks to The FADER.
I'll have more to say in due time, after only 3 days this is already quickly becoming one of my favourites of 2016. ✨🔮✨