He’s one of my favorite Singer\Song-Writer & Producer that worked with a lot of artists like Mary J Blige , Stevie Wonder , Alicia Keys , D’Angelo , A Tribe Called Quest & many more .
Recently, He produced for Marvell Studios the Original OST for Luke Cage , A Netflix Production Series ,The Album is also co-produced by ATCQ’s DJ & Producer and long-time partner Ali Shaeed Muhammad .
Here’s his FB Page :Raphael Saadiq Official Facebook Page
Here’s a little bit about him :
References , More Information & Courtesy : Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq /səˈdiːk/ (born May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. 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! He has also produced songs for such artists as Joss Stone, D’Angelo, TLC, En Vogue, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Whitney Houston, Solange Knowles and John Legend.
He and D’Angelo were occasional members of The Ummah, a music production collective, composed of members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and J Dilla of the Detroit-based group Slum Village. He is also a co-founder of independent video game developer IllFonic.
Saadiq’s critically acclaimed album, 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 was voted Best Album on iTunes of 2008. His fourth studio album, Stone Rollin’, was released on March 25, 2011.[1] For the album, Saadiq worked with steel guitarist Robert Randolph; former Earth, Wind & Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn; Swedish-Japanese indie rock singer Yukimi Nagano (of Little Dragon fame); funk artist Larry Graham (on the bonus cut “Perfect Storm”) and soul newcomer Taura ‘Aura Jackson’ Stinson.
Music critic Robert Christgau has called Saadiq the “preeminent R&B artist of the ’90s”.
Here’s some of his music & productions :
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