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Instant Vintage (Import) (CD)

By: Raphael Saadiq (Artist)

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Raphael Saadiq Artist Snapshot:

Raphael Saadiq started out as a member of 1980s/'90s New Jack Swing R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, going by his birth surname of Wiggins, and working alongside his cousin and brother. Going solo under the name Saadiq, he had his biggest hit before leaving the group, with the 1995 single "Ask of You." He didn't release his first proper solo album until 2002, though, as he was kept busy by his status as an in-demand producer for D'Angelo, Kelis, The Roots, Mos Def, and countless others.

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Instant Vintage (Import) (CD) Album By Raphael Saadiq (Artist)
1   Doing What I Can - (studio)  
2   Body Parts - (studio)  
3   Be Here - (studio)  
4   Still Ray - (studio)  
5   Oph - (studio)  
6   You're The One That I Like - (studio)  
7   Excuse Me - (studio)  
8   Charlie Ray - (studio)  
9   Different Times - (studio)  
10   Tick Tock - (studio)  
11   People - (studio)  
12   Tek #1 - (studio)  
13   Faithful - (studio)  
14   Make My Day - (studio)  
15   Blind Man - (studio)  
16   Tek #2 - (studio)  
17   Uptown - (studio)  
18   What's Life Like - (studio)  
19   What's Life Like - (studio)  
20   What - (studio)  
 

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Review

Spin (6/02, pp.104-5) - 7 out of 10 - "...A light, lithe neo-soul record....Saadiq sings about sex like it's - get this - fun. As singer and trackmaster, Saadiq is a creature of nuance..."
Entertainment Weekly (6/21/02, p.84) - "...Saadiq stretches R&B grooves like taffy. He works much of the same territory as pal D'Angelo...but Saadiq calls the mix 'gospeldelic'..." - Rating: B

Title Note

Personnel includes: Raphael Saadiq (vocals, guitar, bass); D'Angelo, Angie Stone, Calvin Richardson, T-Boz.

INSTANT VINTAGE was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album.

"Be Here" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Urban/Alternative Performance.

Japanese edition contains the bonus track "What?"

Though Raphael Saadiq kicked around for much of the '90s, working as bassist, guitarist, and producer for everyone from D'Angelo to the Bee Gees and contributing his own cuts to the soundtracks of such films as RIDE, BABY BOY, and HIGHER LEARNING, 2002's INSTANT VINTAGE is--incredibly enough--his first full-length solo album. The title of the album--and the involvement of such luminaries as Angie Stone and the aforementioned D'Angelo--should be a clue as to the sound here. While Saadiq fully avails himself of cutting-edge production and technology, he's more interested in Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye than in R. Kelly. While he doesn't wave his history-conscious tendencies like a flag, there's more melodicism and good old-fashioned soul to these tunes than you'll find of many contemporaneous R&B recordings.

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