Raphael Saadiq (born Charlie Ray Wiggins May 14, 1967, Oakland, California), is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq's latest critically acclaimed masterpiece, The Way I See It, released on September 16, 2008, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Joss Stone and Jay-Z, received three Grammy Award Nominations and voted Best Album on iTunes of 2008. The Way I See It represents the finest example to-date of Raphael's downtown sound, emulating the sound and flavor of ’60s soul music, delivering a masterful homage to a bygone era of feel-good rhythm and blues.
Raphael Saadiq has been a standard bearer for “old school” R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! The multi-talented Oakland, California native is an award-winning producer of such artists as Joss Stone, D' Angelo, Mary J Blige, and John Legend. Saadiq has been playing the bass guitar since the age of six. He first began singing at age 12 with a group called "The Gospel Humminbirds". After high school, Saadiq joined Prince and Sheila E. on the Parade Tour.
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