Ray Ray
Raphael Saadiq
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| Name | Artist | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaxploitation | Raphael Saadiq | 0:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Ray Ray Theme (feat. Joi) | Raphael Saadiq | 2:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | I Know Shuggie Otis | Raphael Saadiq | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | This One | Raphael Saadiq | 3:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Chic Like You (feat. Allie Baba) | Raphael Saadiq | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Live Without You | Raphael Saadiq | 4:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Detroit Girl | Raphael Saadiq | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Not a Game (feat. Babyface) | Raphael Saadiq | 2:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Rifle Love (feat. Tony! Toni! Toné! & Lucy Pearl) | Raphael Saadiq | 4:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Chic (feat. Teedra Moses) | Raphael Saadiq | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 11 | I Want You Back (feat. Teedra Moses) | Raphael Saadiq | 3:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 12 | I Love Her (feat. Teedra Moses) | Raphael Saadiq | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 13 | Grown Folks | Raphael Saadiq | 4:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 14 | Save Us | Raphael Saadiq | 3:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 14 Songs |
Album Review
Ray Ray looks more like a concept album — about a Blaxploitation hero — than it sounds like one. It's another ambitious release from Raphael Saadiq, who has continued to be very active as a musician, producer, and songwriter for other artists. Though he has given plenty of his ideas to like-minded artists like Jill Scott, Kelis, Truth Hurts, Mos Def, Amp Fiddler, and Teedra Moses (who guests on two songs here), his creative well seems to be pretty much bottomless. Ray Ray occasionally loses focus, slipping into moments that are either undercooked or worthy of the cutting room, but it's enjoyable enough to keep his followers happy and will certainly act as a remedy for those who don't like the gold-bricked path being taken by mainstream R&B. The album is a little funkier and a lot more energetic than 2002's Instant Vintage, yet just as full of Saadiq's stylish flourishes. The subject matter is as varied as you'd expect: for every song that's charmingly simple and full of lighthearted romantic sentiments, there's something message-oriented, such as "Grown Folks" (in which Saadiq tries on Curtis Mayfield's falsetto and songwriting style, proclaiming that the adults "need more help than the children do").
Recent Customer Reviews
Disappointed
by pretty brown eyesCrude at best. Low quality lyrics and poor language. Could've be done with more taste and class. Generic.
lovin him...
by baby trbraphael is so amayzing
and im only 15 and i know
his work he needz to come back
with another one he iz the apple
of my eye=]]
Epitomizing Neo-Soul
by OnemellowfoxEven when his albums aren't as good as the albums that he has done in the past he still nails it!!! "Grown Folks" says it all. There is no denying this mans talent anything that he touches goes platinum. You can't take nothing from him, he is the only person that can write a song called "Holy Smokes and Gee Whiz" and actually sell it!! I love Raphael, one day being a singer myself I hope to work with him.
Biography
Born: May 14, 1966 in Oakland, CA
Genre: R&B/Soul
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Raphael Saadiq
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never Give You Up (feat. Stevie Wonder and CJ) | The Way I See It (Bonus Track Version) | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Love That Girl | The Way I See It (Bonus Track Version) | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Be Here | Instant Vintage | 3:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | I Found My Everything | The Breakthrough | 5:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | 100 Yard Dash | The Way I See It (Bonus Track Version) | 2:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: R&B/Soul, Music, Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul, Hip-Hop/Rap
- Released: Dec 30, 2004
- ℗ 2004 Pookie Entertainment

