Raphael Saadiq @ South Street Seaport, NYC - pics

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Raphael Saadiq @ South Street Seaport, NYC - pics

photos by Ryan Muir

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Nearly six years ago, long-time record producer and performer Raphael Saadiq released his solo debut, Instant Vintage. Similarly to his work with Tony! Toni! Toné! and Lucy Pearl, the project received rave reviews and earned the Oakland native five Grammy nominations. Since then, Saadiq has spent time working behind the scenes with A-list artists like Joss Stone, Snoop Dogg and Q-Tip, among others.

On September 16, Saadiq will release his third studio album, The Way I See It, courtesy of Columbia Records and his independent label, Pookie Entertainment. Led by the Temptations-influenced single, Love That Girl, the album's inspiration was drawn from the soulful atmosphere and organic sound of tropical vacation spots like Costa Rica and the Bahamas. Known to fully immerse himself in his work, the multi-talented musician is solely responsible for writing, producing, arranging and performing the entire project. [DJBooth.net interviewed Raphael]

A last minute announcement revealed that Raphael Saadiq was playing the free show at South Street Seaport on Friday (Labor Day Weekend-eve). More pics from Raphael's set below...

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He also played Highline Ballroom while he was in NYC. The NY Times was there.

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Posted on September 2, 2008 5:46 PM

Comments (13)

great show ..

after he opened for oneida , the crowd scattered like roaches when the lights come on ..

Posted by Anonymous | September 2, 2008 8:23 PM

that's a dude who knows how to wear a suit.

Posted by Anonymous | September 2, 2008 9:59 PM

Hmm. Posts about people of color tend to get the least amount of comments.

Posted by Rudy | September 3, 2008 2:10 AM

if this is not getting comments, maybe it is because his music is not of the "indie rock" genre. But I was there and he was great. A class act!

Posted by Renee | September 3, 2008 6:11 AM

this man is a badass. can't wait to hear the album.

Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2008 8:49 AM

i'd hit it.

Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2008 8:49 AM

i always appreciate the couple times a week when good music in mentioned on here.

Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2008 9:28 AM

funniest part was some girl asked me what was oneida like, she beat it out of there about 1 minute into their show. as much as I like oneida, it must be a little depressing.

Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2008 9:43 AM

Word to 9:59. On the real!

Posted by Anonymous | September 3, 2008 11:56 AM

Damn, this looks awesome. I'm sorry I missed it.

Posted by Aaron | September 3, 2008 1:13 PM

"if this is not getting comments, maybe it is because his music is not of the "indie rock" genre."

...or people can't find crap to say about him. As you said: he is class act.

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Posted by kelly | December 7, 2008 3:42 PM

Hey all,
We filmed Raphael Saadiq's show in paris last January on Grandcrew.com, it was awesome! I think that you'll might have a look at our video ;)
check this out : http://www.grandcrew.com/videos/85
Enjoy!

The Grandcrew team

Posted by Anousonne | March 20, 2009 8:00 AM