Instant Vintage

Raphael Saadiq did not rest on his laurels after bringing his famed R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! to a close in 1997. In

the coming years he was a highly sought after producer and session musician, leaving his mark on tracks by

D'Angelo, The Roots, and Erykah Badu, and briefly formed the supergroup Lucy Pearl with Ali Shaheed Muhammad

of A Tribe Called Quest, and Dawn Robinson of En Vogue. After nearly a decade of working in the realm of New Jack

Swing, Saadiq's interests gradually gravitated towards the burgeoning musical subgenre of neo-soul.