“Raphael Saadiq says he didn’t want to make this album – he had to. After collaborating with stars such as Solange, Mick Jagger and D’Angelo, playing in R&B bands Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl and trying to write the perfect vintage soul-love song as a solo act, Jimmy Lee is his passion project. Dedicating it to a brother lost to drugs, and three other dead siblings, the producer/frontman serves”
“Since his music career got off the ground 35 years ago, multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter Raphael Saadiq has mostly steered clear of writing the tragedies that punctuated his childhood into his songs. Recruited as a bassist by Sheila E. in 1984, Saadiq landed in Prince’s touring band at the tender age of 18 and never looked back. Following his stint with Prince, Saadiq made his name (then Ra”
“The soul singer’s latest is a multi-perspective, multi-genre examination of addiction and family breakdown.”
