The Way I See It - Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq is famed for being the lead vocalist in Tony! Toni! Tone! and since that he's done a lot of collaboration work and in 2008 he released this "The Way I See It" released under Sony BMG as his fourth solo album. This album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 51st Grammy Awards and it's not difficult to see why. The album is a glorious mix of sounds, soul, pop, R & B, motown styles amongst others all on show in this album. The album is very strong all the way through, with some great uplifting and chirpy tracks which are good to dance too as well. It's a refreshing throwback to the 60s in an updated ...  Read the complete review

"The Way I See It" came out in 2008 and was the fourth solo album from Raphael Saadiq (who in the late eighties and nineties was the lead singer of Tony! Toni! Toné!). Here you find the artist delivering his progressive Neo-Soul material whilst still taking heavy influence from the sounds of the first Golden Age of Soul back in the sixties seventies. 1. "Sure Hope You Mean It" Kicking the album off, you have a song which has him taking things right back to the sixties with a swinging joint which has him getting down to something which takes on the kind of production which you would associate with the kind of thing that Motown ...  Read the complete review