'As a solo artist, Saadiq has long been a master without a masterpiece for consensus to point to. Saadiq will also be joined by Thundercat on February 14 in Newark.

(9:30 Club), Los Angeles (The Wiltern), and more. tour in support of Jimmy Lee – with stops in NYC (Terminal 5), Washington D.C. Watch his live performance of “This World Is Drunk” here: Īlso, Saadiq announces that Jamila Woods and DJ Duggz will support his extensive winter U.S. Recently, Saadiq sat down with Anthony Mason over at CBS This Morning to discuss his new album, his influence on the music industry, and the legacy he is leaving behind. Watch the full interview, where he discusses making the album as a form of therapy and breaks down the individual tracks on the album, here: Watch a clip of Saadiq discussing the making of the film HERE. Saadiq joins Ebro Darden today on Apple Music’s Beats 1 to discuss the film and the new album. Watch ‘Behind Raphael Saadiq’s Jimmy Lee’ here: /RaphaelSaadiq The documentary film features testimonies from Saadiq’s family and collaborators as well as never-before-heard stories from the “R&B titan” (Vanity Fair) about the album’s “exorcism of family tragedy and trauma, personified in blood, bone and blues” (NPR). Today, Apple Music exclusively premieres and streams a new short documentary on GRAMMY Award winning artist Raphael Saadiq - ‘Behind Raphael Saadiq’s Jimmy Lee’ – that provides an intimate look behind his “masterpiece” (Rolling Stone) of a new album. Last week Saadiq made an appearance at the Roots Picnic, he also announced his upcoming headline performance at Afropunk Paris in July as well as a handful of other tour dates for 2019.“Behind Raphael Saadiq’s Jimmy Lee” Comes Exclusively To Apple Music, Out Today Adds Jamila Woods, DJ Duggz As Support To Extensive Winter US Tour This journey begins with the lead single “Something Keeps Calling” – see it now above. Among many surprises that this release brings are collaborations with Brook D’Leau, Kendrick Lamar, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. The album, a follow up to Stone Rollin’ released in 2011, is self-produced by the singer and recorded at Blakeslee Recording Co. Jimmy Lee is album that dives into “the temptations, fragilities and vulnerabilities on the journey to becoming a man”.

It is a deeply personal collection of songs “inspired by his brother’s struggles with addiction that explores the razor’s edge people walk as they pursue pleasure that leads to pain” Saadiq’s team shared. Everything that can be found online, which is not a lot, is dated a few years back but Saadiq’s fans are staying put and are about to be pleasantly surprised: On August 23rd Raphael Saadiq is releasing a new record, Jimmy Lee, via Columbia Records – his first album in eight years. Blige, D’Angelo) has been quiet for a while. Raphael Saadiq, a Grammy Award-winning musician, songwriter, and collaborator to many of R&B’s superstars (Solange, Mary J.

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