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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings
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Positive: 12 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 4 out of 17
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JaniceCJul 16, 2009
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SlyK.Jun 18, 2009Super sounds in every way music, lyrics, the whole ball of wax. This is real music! Outstanding! I
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AdrienneD.Apr 9, 2009This is the best album I've heard in a long time. Love the old vibe to it. In a world when so many songs and artist sound alike, here come Raphael with this awesome take on old motown. LOVE IT!!!
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JayDec 2, 2008Love this record. It's up there with TTT's "House of Music". Great songs, great hooks...an album you keep wanting to come back to. Favorite tracks: Sometimes, Never Give You Up, Oh Girl, Sure Hope You Mean It and Staying In Love.
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Apr 5, 2012With a supple tenor that glides up easily into Smokey Robinson territory, the former Tony! Toni! Toné! frontman has crafted a filler-free album that evokes classic Northern soul without sounding slavish.
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Here's where a modern master, backed by living and breathing session musicians (including Funk Brother Jack Ashford), masters the masters with startling accuracy.
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Saadiq is a romantic who stays true to the deliberate simplicity of such titles as 'Sure Hope You Mean It' and 'Just One Kiss.' But his adaptable baritone is always crisp and cocky--he never threatens to assume the fetal position if he doesn’t get the extreme cuddling he craves.