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ALBUMMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)Raphael Saadiq, Diamond White & Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Cast
Albums by Raphael Saadiq
ALBUMMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)Raphael Saadiq, Diamond White & Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Cast
ALBUMMarvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Original Soundtrack)Raphael Saadiq, Diamond White & Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur - Cast
ALBUMFrom Scratch (Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)Laura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
ALBUML.A.'s Finest: Season One (Original Score From the Television Series)Raphael Saadiq & Laura Karpman
ALBUMJimmy LeeRaphael Saadiq
ALBUMStep: The Motion Picture ScoreLaura Karpman & Raphael Saadiq
ALBUMStone Rollin'Raphael Saadiq
ALBUMThe Way I See It (Bonus Track Version)Raphael Saadiq
ALBUMRay RayRaphael Saadiq
ALBUMInstant VintageRaphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq's Popular Music Videos
Ask of You
Raphael Saadiq
Curious (feat. Fabolous)
Eric Bellinger & Cordae
Something Keeps Calling (feat. Rob Bacon)
Raphael Saadiq
Be Here (feat. D'Angelo)
Raphael Saadiq
Good Man
Raphael Saadiq
Season Ticket Holder (feat. D. Wade, Raphael Saadiq & UD)
Rick Ross
Staying In Love
Raphael Saadiq
Season Ticket Holder (feat. D. Wade, Raphael Saadiq & UD) [Director's Cut]
Rick Ross
Stressed Out (Remix) [feat. Faith Evans & Raphael Saadiq]
A Tribe Called Quest
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Performed Live At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards)
Mick Jagger & Raphael Saadiq
Artist Playlists
Raphael Saadiq Essentials
Shaping the sound of R&B for more than two decades.
Raphael Saadiq: The Producers
His endless invention leaves a mark all over soul.
Raphael Saadiq: Influences
Exploring the synth-funk and stoned soul that shaped his sound.
Artist Biography
Singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Raphael Saadiq has been a monumental force in soul and R&B since the late ’80s, when he came on the scene with his band Tony! Toni! Toné!
• Growing up in Oakland, Saadiq learned to play bass guitar at age six. He got his first taste of success in 1986, when he earned a spot in Sheila E.'s backing band on Prince's Parade Tour.
• In 1986, he cofounded the R&B dance trio Tony! Toni! Toné! with his brother Dwayne Wiggins and cousin Timothy Christian.
• After releasing four albums—and scoring Top 10 pop hits with “Feels Good,” “If I Had No Loot,” and “Anniversary”—Tony! Toni! Toné! split up in 1997.
• Saadiq’s 1995 solo single “Ask of You” reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
• He cowrote and coproduced D’Angelo’s “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” off the singer’s 2000 Voodoo album. The track won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
• Instant Vintage, Saadiq’s 2002 solo debut, earned him three Grammy nominations, including Best R&B Album. He picked up another nomination in that category for his third album, 2008’s The Way I See It.
• His 2011 album Stone Rollin’ reached No. 14 on the Billboard 200—his highest pop placement as a solo artist.
• As a producer, Saadiq has worked with artists like Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, and Joss Stone. He served as executive producer on Solange’s 2016 album A Seat at the Table, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
• Saadiq teamed up with Mary J. Blige and Taura Stinson to write “Mighty River” for the 2017 film Mudbound. The song—performed by Blige on the soundtrack—earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Hometown
Oakland, CA, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul