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2.3 2004–2010: Expanded output and second string of albums.

2.2 1999–2004: Lucy Pearl and first string of solo albums.

Īs a songwriter Saadiq has received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Award nominations and an Academy Award nomination. Inspired by spiritual and societal themes and personal family tragedies, it earned Saadiq further acclaim. The more contemporary-sounding Jimmy Lee was released in 2019. Saadiq has released five solo albums, including the critically acclaimed retro-styled The Way I See It (2008) and Stone Rollin' (2011). Saadiq is also a co-founder of independent video game developer IllFonic, which developed Friday the 13th: The Game. Saadiq and D'Angelo were occasional members of The Ummah, a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of Slum Village. Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the "preeminent R&B artist of the '90s". Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend. He rose to fame as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! In addition to his solo and group career, he has also produced songs for such artists as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. His record label, collaboration and solo albums earned him $16 million net worth.Raphael Saadiq ( / s ə ˈ d iː k/ born Charles Ray Wiggins May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Saadiq collaborated with Whitney Houston, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, The Bee Gees, Lionel Richie and many, many more. This song got great reviews and music writer Andy Kellman says it’s “the most compelling song on the album”. “Good man” is a song found on this album, co-written and sung by Taura Stinson. Critics said he found a perfect spot between retro and classic and that he has a lot of potential some even called him “a young Stevie Wonder.”

“Stone Rollin” album earned great critics and was released in 2011. “The way I see it” was released in 2008 on Columbia Records. “All the Hits at the House of Blues” was a two-disc album released in 2003 and was followed by his second studio album Ray Ray (2004). This album got five Grammy Award nominations. Raphael Saadiq released first solo album “Instant Vintage” in 2002. Some of the artists releasing under his label are Truth Hurts and Joi. In 2002, Raphael started a new project: he founded his record label called Pookie Entertainment. D'Angelo won Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for this song. Raphael collaborated on the song “Untitled (How does it feel” in 2000. Working together with Ali Shaheed Muhammad (from A Tribe called quest) and Dawn Robinson (En Vogue), Raphael recorded the self-titled album, which was the first and only with this group. In 1995, this song peaked at #2 on the R&B chart and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100.įrom 1999 to 2004 Saadiq had the big project – R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl. Raphael was the lead vocalist and the bassist in this R'n'B and dance trio.Īsk of you was Raphael’s biggest solo hit to date. The trio was Raphael Wiggins (Saadiq), his brother Dwayne Wiggins and his cousin Timothy Christian. This trio was Saadiq’s first thing after the big tour with Prince. Being on tour with Prince for almost two years taught him more than enough for his upcoming career in music industry. At the audition, Saadiq chose the name “Raphael”. The band was about to go to with Prince on the Parade Tour.

Shortly before his 18th birthday (in 1984), Saadiq heard of tryouts in San Francisco for Sheila E.’s backing band. When he was twelve, he joined “The Gospel Humminbirds” group. Young Saadiq started playing the bass guitar when he was six years old, and he began to sing in a local gospel choir when he was nine. Raphael simply like the way this Arabic word sounds and adopted it as his surname to avoid mixing him with his brother Dwayne. This transition had rumors going that Raphael converted to Islam, but that wasn’t true. Saadiq in Arabic means “man of his word”. Raphael adopted surname Saadiq in the mid-1990’s.