Now that 20-track CDs have become the rule instead of the exception, "sprawling" is an adjective you could slap on plenty of new R&B albums--and not as a compliment, either....
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After more than 20 years in the music business, Tony! Toni! Toné! founder Raphael Saadiq has gotten around to offering his solo debut, Instant Vintage. The apropos title...
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One casualty of hip-hop's rise has been the live R&B album. The few concert recordings that surfaced over the past several years have largely been sterile affairs reflecting...
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No one can fault punters for being suspicious of hip-hop and nu soul live records; they've been ripped off too many times by technology -- leaving records sounding worse...
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Ray Ray looks more like a concept album -- about a Blaxploitation hero -- than it sounds like one. It's another ambitious release from Raphael Saadiq, who has continued to...
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