Raphael Saadiq

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Raphael Saadiq is one of the great R&B writers and producers of the last 30 years. He started out fronting and playing bass in the group Tony! Toni! Toné! with his brother D’Wayne Wiggins on guitar. The Tony’s had an amazing four album run from ‘88 through 1996 with hit singles like "It Never Rains (In Southern California)," "Feels Good," "Anniversary," and "If I Had No Loot."

Raphael’s also released five solo albums starting with 2002’s Instant Vintage. His most recent album, Jimmy Lee, is a collection of very personal songs about the real traumas he and his family experienced growing up in Oakland, CA.

Raphael’s also done some amazing work behind the board. He’s produced and written for the likes of D’Angelo, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Solange, Earth Wind and Fire and just recently he worked on a handful of songs on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter. He’s also earned an Academy Award nomination for his work as a film composer.

This week Justin Richmond talks with Raphael Saadiq from his studio in Los Angeles about some of the incredible work he’s done recently. Raphael breaks down his collaboration with D’Angelo on the classic track “Lady,” and how Sly Stone bassist Larry Graham influenced a generation of musicians coming up in the Bay Area.

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0:41.2	Raphael Siddik is one of the great R&B writers and producers of the last 30 years.
0:46.0	He started out writing and playing bass in the group Tony Tony Tony with his brother Duane Wiggins on guitar.
0:52.0	The Tony's had an amazing four-album run from 88 through 96, with hit singles like
0:56.4	It Never Rains in Southern California, Feels Good, Anniversary, and If I Had No Lou.
1:02.1	Since the groups disbanded, Raphael's released five solo albums, starting with
1:05.9	2002's instant vintage. His most recent, Jimmy Lee, is a collection of very personal songs
1:12.2	about the traumas he and his family
1:13.7	experienced growing up in Oakland, California. But Raphael's also done some
1:18.4	amazing work behind the board. He's produced and written for the likes of
1:21.8	D'Angelo, TLC, Mary J Blige, Salange, Earthwin and Fire,
1:27.0	and just recently worked on a handful of songs on Beyonce's Cowboy Carter album.
1:32.0	That's all in addition to his work as an Academy Award-nominated film composer.
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