anyone know what show this was in the UK?? I hadn't seen this before....but it was nice to see Raphael though he was looking kind of cute

http://www.youtube.com/wa...one%20tony

P.S. Note to Raphael: Toni Tony Tone is calling you. Thanks.
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oops now i see the caption on the vid, giving the name of the awards show.

Any news on a new LP from Ray Ray

LittleBLUECorvette said:

not any that i've heard. If you go to his official website: www.pookieentertainment.com they have some pretty updated stuff, but no news on touring or albums and what not.

missfee said:

just checked the website, well maybe its not updated stuff, looks like things from the beginning of this year.....i could do some searching for it though

thanks for the clip....although not a dynamic performance.... i love his voice

pkidwell said:

your welcome

it was quite a boring performance i must say, but you don't really see him perform much, so thats why i got all excited when i saw it. i love his voice too, but it was quite shakey while he kept walking back and forth and playing the guitar. But this song was the worst off the album, imo.

while he has some great tunes on his own albums i much prefer him when he is either working with a group or as a producer.

sosgemini said:

i think he's one of those people who...when collaborating with other artists...is at his height of creativity and it works..

but then when he tries it on himself, it doesn't quite capture the same magic as when he is working with others....i did like his first album better than the second, but at first i couldn't even get into "gospeldelic"...it took me almost a few years of listening on and off, believe it or not, to fully appreciate it.

When Lucy Pearl's album first came out, I bought it and couldn't put that cd down for months.
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missfee said:

you know what, he's kinda like prince that way...

sosgemini said:

explain....

missfee said:

well, i seem to enjoy prince's music much more when he is influenced or working with others...ie, andre cymone, dez and morris at the beginning...the revolution, the lovesexy band and the original npg. lately his albums have been one man band events (ie, rave, musicology and 3121) and theres a certain element and energy that goes missing...imho.

sosgemini said:

oh okay i see exactly what you are saying. i think P is just weird that way. He only works when people when HE feels like it. but live, when he performs those songs, its so exciting, because it isn't just HIM performing, he has other people with him....i get you.

missfee said:

This cd was WEAK compared 2 the one just before it.

He sounds like an rookie here. This guy can perform. What's with this weak stuff?

MAN MI

I weak o! I saw him perform that ish at the Jazz Cafe in London wearing a luminous green suit. I was [i[this[/i] close to walking out. Saadiq is a good producer but that night he sucked big time.

Graycap23 said:

He can't sing and his solo stuff is shit.

Mong said:

I saw him live in San Diego and LA and he tore the joint up.
He seems 2 miss more that he hits live though.

Thise that don't like his live stuff need to get his All Hits At The House Of Blues CD. It's one fot he top 5 best live CDs I own. D'Angelo, Tony Toni Tone, Joi, and Ledisi appear on that CD as well. His band is truly the bomb on that CD.

Graycap23 said:

i know.

LuxuryBrown said:

this one is good, he sounds a lot better live on the cd than he does in the clip i posted.

missfee said:

My friend was playing this CD today and I was digging it! I hadn't heard All I Asked Of You in a long time and it sounded fresh on this set. I'm definitely buying this and Instant Vintage sometime this week!

silverchild said:

Wait until the very last song and the 2nd disc, u will be thoroughly happy

but damn i'm glad he decided to hit the gym 10 years or so, when he with TTT he was so scrawny and skinny....but i first noticed his muscles in the "Get Down" vid from TTT's "House of Music" album....

is it me, or is it really weird watching this video with D'Angelo singing on the bed staring at himself smiling in the ceiling mirror?

be here
http://www.youtube.com/wa...l%20saadiq
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