“The song-crafting talents of Saadiq are everywhere apparent…harrowing and uplifting.LOS ANGELES, Oct. “Stakes out forbidding, previously unexplored territory.” - CHICAGO TRIBUNE “The lyrically candid Jimmy Lee is unlike anything that came before it.” – TIDAL “It’s a thrill to see Saadiq flirt with danger, creatively speaking.” - PASTE “Compelling…mixing soul with gospel to make the pain and hope even more resonant.” - VIBE “An uplifting and universal take for anyone who’s experienced life with a troubled loved one.” – VARIETY He's never sounded brighter.” - NPR Music Saadiq lights up the darkness by revealing his own.

“An exorcism of family tragedy and trauma, personified in blood, bone and blues. 'A stirring album.his ability to connect the personal with the universal turns Jimmy Lee into a career milestone and places it notches above the rest of the field.' – AP “Dark, dazzling…it’s a masterpiece of an LP.” - ROLLING STONE “His best album yet…impeccable production textures and an impressively varied sonic palette.” – FADER “His wildest, most ambitious and unforgettable album so far” – NPR ALL SONGS CONSIDERED “A novelistic song cycle that seems at once intensely private, broadly political, and undeniably funky.” - THE NEW YORKER

Jimmy Lee could change that through sonic ambition alone.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES 'As a solo artist, Saadiq has long been a master without a masterpiece for consensus to point to. Jimmy Lee could change that through sonic ambition alone.” Read the full piece here: Recently, Raphael sat down with the New York Times to discuss some of the personal stories that went into Jimmy Lee. Says the New York Times about the new album, “As a solo artist, Saadiq has long been a master without a masterpiece for consensus to point to. Watch Raphael break down the making of lead single “Something Keeps Calling” - which just charted in the Top 5 on the Urban AC Radio Charts - for VICE News’ Verse-Chorus-Bridge: Īlso, Raphael Saadiq released new music video 'So Ready' – check it out here: Jimmy Lee has gotten incredible reviews thus far, and is currently the best reviewed album of 2019 according to review aggregator Metacritic. Ticket sales start this Friday, get them here: The Grammy Award-winner will bring the hugely ambitious and “intensely personal” (BILLBOARD) new project to 20+ cities, including stops at Terminal 5 in NYC, the 9:30 Club in DC, The Wiltern in LA, and many more. Today, Raphael Saadiq announces an extensive winter tour in support of his new album Jimmy Lee, which has been called “his best album yet” (FADER) and “a novelistic song cycle that seems at once intensely private, broadly political, and undeniably funky” (NEW YORKER). Tour In Support Of Jimmy Lee, “A Masterpiece” (Rolling Stone)Ģ0+ Dates Include Terminal 5, 9:30 Club, The Wiltern + More

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