This album is on several critic's top ten lists and on Rolling Stone's top 50. Saadiq relaunches old school, but in a much more satisfying way than any new Prince crap.

You know I had to go there. lol

Except for Tv On The Radio, Saadiq has one of the top albums of the year.

Hated it, wish to get rid of it. I think he is talented, but to hear him xerox the Motown sound in 2008 as if we are in 1964 - no, no, no.
Bring back Tony, Toni, Tone.

I loved his previous cd as well called Instant Vintage!!! He is one of my fave performers!!

Yep I wish for a re-birth of New Jack Swing myself!!

I liked it on the first few listens, but haven't gone back to it in a while.

namepeace said:

Same.

Can't believe some people are hating. Not everything has to be brand new and original. Sometimes a nod to the classic era is just fine with me.

Great f'n album. I wish "P" would put out an album this tight and polished.

Do your thing Saadiq.

NewPowerToad said:

The music of the fifties and the sixties were classic and didn't need to be done again in my opinion. I have the album, tried to love it because of Psykosoul but I just can't get into it. I am glad the critics dig it and hope it gets Saadiq some Grammys.

It's good but I could just as easily listen to the real schitt from the 60s

Cinnie said:

thank you!!!

I enjoy it alot but like others
I haven't played it in a while

"Keep Marchin'" is fucking brilliant

I love the album.It's one of the few "new" CDs that I bought in 2008.I totally understand why Raphael is making this kind of music.It's REAL SOUL MUSIC....it's genuine.There's nothing wrong with going retro,especially when today's styles are so bland and boring.

"So sweet and tender.."

This album got alot of talk in September on Prince.org. I just got the album about a month ago and i LOOOVE IT

My favortie song has to be Oh Girl and Stay In Love...



I agree that it did make me want to listen to some Temptin' Temptations and the Delfonics...
Do you like the new UK artists who are in this style like Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Duffy, Adeleor Joss Stone? Robin Thicke is doing it too...even Labelle went back to he 70's for their last album...I say if it has good songwriting and its catchy I dont care what era it came from.
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paisleypark4 said:

that song gets me all misty
just the aura of it

I love music like that

my other favorites are:
"Big Easy", "Never Give You Up"
& "Love That Girl"

I like it. It's fine. But it's such perfect replica of what's come before that it's completely pointless. I'd rather just listen to the original stuff.

paisleypark4 said:

Nope, I definitely cannot stand Amy Winehouse but I do like Mark Ronson. thumbs down on Adele, Duffy and the rest. Are you talking about Robin going back on the song Magic? I do not like that song at all.

errant said:

exactly. It's been done before and done better. it's why I don't get people creamin' their pants over Amy winehouse.

Vendetta1 said:

I don't know. I think there was a fresh spark or twist to the production with Amy Winehouse. And lyrically, it was modern, with a retro take on the arrangements.

I think another problem is... with Amy or Sharon Jones and a couple of others, it was fresh. Eventually the law of diminishing returns sets in and a couple of years later, you're sort of over the neo-retro thing. Duffy and Raphael Saadiq put out great albums last year, worth hearing, worth saving, but at some point it's like "okay, this is just a variation on the same idea I was really grooving on 2 years ago." It's still blows 90% of what's out there out of the water, but it's doing it by watering down or just retreading the fad (that itself was a water-down or retreading the past).

errant said:

on the other hand, you know how much we faggots love us a drugged out soul diva paying homage to a by-gone era. so maybe it's just that

errant said:

I love it. I definitely makes my top 10 for the year.

AlexdeParis said:

For new stuff, yeah.

This smacks anything Prince has done in years!!! One of the best albums I've heard this year.

Vendetta1 said:

This is why:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...qSKVv6YO8g

When she not pissed as a mule she puts it down!

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nd33 said:

Ronnie Spector has done Ronnie Spector already.

Vendetta1 said:

man she talks about some crazy stuff. And the WAY she sings.

My favorite is Addicted. You should download it. She be talking about how her roomates boyfriend keep smoking all her weed.

Tell your boyfriend
next time he around
To buy his own weed
And dont wear my sh** down

His album sounds gimicky and contrived to me. I like the track he did with Q-tip on his album though. Best albums to come out this year are Q-tip's "Renaissance" and Grace Jone's Hurricane.
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SoulAlive said:

I totally agree with your last sentence but was it necessary for sadiiq to
reach waaay back and go smokey robinson & the miracles on us. Hell he's even
dressing like it now. I dig the lead single but it's nothing that
i crave to put on repeat. The majority of songs i listened to on it just
didn't move me. I'll have to give it another listen. I like instant vintage
and even some of Ray Ray.

I don't get this forum sometimes. Something that's often heard here is, "They don't make music like they used to!" So somebody's goes and "makes music like they used to," and now there's complaints about it sounding too much like music they used to make.