Even his Wikipedia page is disrespectful Ja Rule’s page is more in-depth. This despite the fact that he’s not only been around for what feels like my entire life, but has been making music that I’ve listened to during that entire span. When was the last time you had a conversation about great artists and Raphael Saadiq’s name came up? I’ll wait.
Why do I say the most underappreciated? Simple. It was at that moment I realized a simple fact: Raphael Saadiq might be the most underappreciated artist in music, but especially R&B. Still sounding crisp as ever making music worth listening to. The man who told me in 1990 that it never rained in Southern California (absolutely not true-it does rain, just not enough) and had me ready to “dance tonight” (every night) in 2000 is still showing up on albums in 2017 by one of the more famous rappers in the game.
The first song on the album is called “Apple of My Eye.” As I listened to this song for the first time, a very familiar voice, one I’ve been listening to since I was 9 years old (I’m currently 38), came booming through the system: that of Raphael Saadiq. On March 17, 2017, terrible human being-turned-terrible human being plus chicken-wing savant, Rick Ross, dropped his ninth studio album, Rather You Than Me. Vittorio Zunino Celotto/amfARmfw/Getty Images for amFAR
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