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Stone Rollin'

Raphael SaadiqMP3 Music
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)

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  • Original Release Date: March 25, 2011
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Play   2. Go To Hell Raphael Saadiq 4:19 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   3. Radio Raphael Saadiq 3:21 $1.29  Buy MP3 
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Play   5. Stone Rollin' Raphael Saadiq 3:36 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   6. Day Dreams Raphael Saadiq 3:19 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   7. Movin' Down The Line Raphael Saadiq 4:23 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   8. Just Don't Raphael Saadiq featuring Yukimi Nakano 5:16 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play   9. Good Man Raphael Saadiq 3:45 $1.29  Buy MP3 
Play 10. The Answer Raphael Saadiq 9:30 $1.29  Buy MP3 
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I love the way that Raphael Saadiq combines vintage soul sounds with more contemporary influences. Donald E. Gilliland  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
He and his band are extremely talented and energetic! TexasGurl08  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A rolling stone! May 10, 2011
Format:Audio CD
Raphael Saadiq fell in love with that Philly/Memphis/Motown sound on his last album "The Way I See It", and that love continues on his new album "Stone Rollin'".

Like its predecessor, the songs sound like covers of classics but are in fact new compositions with most of the vocals and instrumentation (guitar, keyboard, bass, Mellotron, and percussion) handled by the man himself, with Saadiq crooning, yelping or moving to falsetto as the mood demands.

Opening is the tambourine-laced thumping Soul/Rock "Heart Attack", while the bouncy Blues/Rock "Radio" recalls Little Walter. The titletrack is a midtempo harmonica-laced number, "Day Dreams" is Rockabilly, while the beautiful and breezy "Movin' Down The Line" recalls Marvin Gaye. "Just Don't" features Yukimi Nakano and could have fallen out of Stevie Wonder's seventies song book.

My favourites are the gentle "Good Man" which successfully straddles vintage and modern (and on which he laments his lover leaving during rough times despite his holding two jobs to provide for her), the lush moody "The Answer" (with light martial beats,ovely guitar and delicate horns), and the groovy hidden track "The Perfect Storm" which is so D'angelo.

There isn't a single mis-step on this delightful album. He makes cool seem effortless!
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Album! May 20, 2011
Format:Audio CD
For me this is the very best soul album of the last two years (since Maxwell's BLACKsummer's night)! It is also the very best album that Raphael Saadiq has ever released! I don't quite understand the comments of reviewers stating that he is stuck in the 60's. This album has clearly been influenced by the past, but takes a modern approach with a timeless sound. I have never heard anything quite like "Heart Attack", "Go To Hell", or "Over You," which has a very surprising indie rock sound! Raphael infuses a lot more of his own personality in these songs than he did on his last album "The Way I See It." The song writing is especially fantastic, and I'd argue that "Go To Hell," has the best lyrics of Raphael's career, with some of the most poetic lyrics of any contemporary soul song I've heard. "Over You," and "Just Don't" are also great with unique twists on their titles. Even the production and instrumentation on the majority of tracks have a fuller, more vivid quality. I can't listen to this album without dancing in my seat, and I absolutely love every song on the album. One of my favourites is the hidden track "The Perfect Storm", which nearly sounds like a lost D'Angelo song, but is moreso "Instant Vintage" Raphael Saadiq.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Premium blend May 10, 2011
Format:Audio CD
Rollin' through black music history with the ease of a master, he switches between genre interpretations from track to track. There are Sly Stone grooves, Philly soul, rockabilly, Rhythm & especially Blues, an upbeat Ray Charles routine, Motown referencing "Happy Together", Marvin Gaye laments and a jazzy Southern marching band to carry us home. That said, this has a modern, edgy sound, cleaning off all sleepiness, played tight and mean. Saadiq has no time for middlebrow revivals. He pursues the heart and social significance of the classics and in doing so produces one himself.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Blues & Grit...then you're gonna love this!
LOVE this album! Brings back the sound of Motown :) It has some gritty fast paced songs...one of my favorite being "Stone Rollin'".. Read more
Published 1 month ago by R. Keith-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Old Soul
Soul music like it used to be made. Funky and greasy. Raphael sounds like Stevie wonder at times. Get It!
Published 2 months ago by Estring
5.0 out of 5 stars New soul
I originally heard the title track from this album on Music choice on my cable provider. It was instantly stuck in my head. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Angela Close
3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointed
I bought this album after I watched the Stone Rollin music video. Chelsea Handler had him on her show and she said it was the best concert she's been to. Maybe he is great live. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lindsey
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
The entire album is solid motown/soul/R&B with a proper old-school feel, but I gotta warn ya: "Stone Rollin'" and "Heart Attack" are mindblowingly good and you'd... Read more
Published 5 months ago by wordnerd
5.0 out of 5 stars The Throwback King.
CAUTION: IF YOU AREN'T A FAN OF 50's/60"s STYLE MUSIC, THEN THIS CD IS NOT FOR YOU. For the rest, here is an example of being talented enough to bring the past into the present... Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Pure bliss....
Anyone who says good music is dead, in our era, needs to give Stone Rollin', by Raphael Saadiq, a spin (or two, or three, or four). Read more
Published 11 months ago by D. Pawl
4.0 out of 5 stars Rollin' Soul
I love the way that Raphael Saadiq combines vintage soul sounds with more contemporary influences. Saadiq has impressive songwriting chops and, as anyone familiar with his work... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Donald E. Gilliland
5.0 out of 5 stars Funky Mama
I saw this guy on a TV last week, I think it was HDNET, a live show, and my wife I were impressed, so I bought this cd. Read more
Published 13 months ago by R. Pandolfo
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff
I like this album because it does have an old feel to it. Some of the songs sound so close to old songs, so in that sense they aren't too original. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Malorie Clough
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