Stone Rollin'
- Raphael Saadiq
- Band Name: Raphael Saadiq
- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: May 10, 2011
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May 10, 201191More Prince than Ray Parker Jr., he plays with himself to beat the band, and makes these 10 tracks bump and pulse.
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May 10, 201191The end result is a warm, sometimes reckless, but always deeply moving and wildly creative effort that is absolutely dizzying in the best, most indelible sense.
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May 9, 201190The album does not merely transcend period-piece status. It's the high point of Saadiq's career, his exceptional output with Tony! Toni! Toné! included.
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May 9, 201190Stone Rollin' shows off Saadiq's genius as a singer, writer, instrumentalist, and producer of modern rhythm and blues that pays homage to its traditions.
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Jun 23, 201189With Stone Rollin', California's vintage soul man is doubling down on the classic R&B while drawing from a deeper well and muddying up the water. Hitsville is still part of the formula, but so now are Howlin' Wolf and Sly Stone.
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May 10, 201188Dismissing it as overly familiar obscures the point. Saadiq is a classicist of the best kind - one who not only carries on tradition but expands it.
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May 27, 201185While it might sound more suitable for spins on a clunky, stereophonic hi-fi, this stone soul picnic is a breath of fresh air in the here and now amidst the throng of techno R&B androids scaling the charts.
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May 6, 201183Stone Rollin' is old school for sure, spun fresh.
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Nov 21, 201180The result is a record that's immediately familiar yet inventive, funky, fun, and always impressive.
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Jun 8, 201180An underlying analog hiss adds warmth to Saadiq's already honeyed tones, confirming Stone Rollin' as timeless "retro Soul." [May 2011, p.81]
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May 25, 201180Saadiq's genius spin on this sound is almost too fresh for its own good, occasionally finding itself in an over-indulgent state, but what's good about Stone Rollin' is great, as Saadiq succeeds in creating an album that almost any music listener can get into.
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May 18, 201180Good album, clever guy. [Jun 2011, p.100]
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May 12, 201180It's difficult not to fall head over heels for Saadiq's hard-working showman ethic, especially when he threatens to take the party past the three-minute pop format (which he rarely does, unfortunately).
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May 10, 201180Vintage touches and modern twists combine on an irrepressible soul record.
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May 9, 201180With Stone Rollin', he broadens his outlook to take in various other R&B styles, without shifting more than a few years either way.
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May 9, 201180Saadiq, the former leader of Tony! Toni! Toné! and keeper of old-school R&B flame, delivers a deliciously good set of playful yet engaging songs that nods to the past while sounding thoroughly of the moment.
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May 16, 201170Stone Rollin' is a better, more lively album than the last one Mr. Saadiq made in this vein, "The Way I See It," from 2008.
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May 10, 201170He doesn't just rediscover the past, he remakes it.
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May 9, 201170Stone Rollin's rhythm-and-blues revival can't obscure Saadiq's songwriting talents.
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May 9, 201150R&B's menu has never looked so diverse or enticing, but Stone Rollin' is overcooked comfort food dressed up as haute cuisine.
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