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- Date Released: October 5, 2004
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Pookie Entertainment / Koch Dist.
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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 be very active as a musician, producer, and songwriter for other artists. Though he has given plenty of his ideas to like-minded artists like Jill Scott, Kelis, Truth Hurts, Mos Def, Amp Fiddler, and Teedra Moses (who guests on two songs here), his creative well seems to be pretty much bottomless. Ray Ray occasionally loses focus, slipping into moments that are either undercooked or worthy of the cutting room, but it's enjoyable enough to keep his followers happy and will certainly act as a remedy for those who don't like the gold-bricked path being taken by mainstream R&B. The album is a little funkier and a lot more energetic than 2002's Instant Vintage, yet just as full of Saadiq's stylish flourishes. The subject matter is as varied as you'd expect: for every song that's charmingly simple and full of lighthearted romantic sentiments, there's something message-oriented, such as "Grown Folks" (in which Saadiq tries on Curtis Mayfield's falsetto and songwriting style, proclaiming that the adults "need more help than the children do").
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Blaxploitation
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0:31 |
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| 02. |  |
Ray Ray Theme
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2:40 |
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| 03. | |
I Know Shuggie Otis
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2:32 |
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| 04. | |
This One
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3:35 |
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| 05. | |
Chic Like You |
4:17 |
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| 06. | |
Live Without You
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4:50 |
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| 07. | |
Detroit Girl
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4:05 |
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| 08. | |
Not A Game |
3:08 |
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| 09. | |
Rifle Love |
4:19 |
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| 10. | |
Chic |
3:40 |
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| 11. | |
I Want You Back |
4:10 |
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| 12. | |
I Love Her
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3:34 |
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Grown Folks
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4:30 |
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| 14. | |
Save Us
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3:13 |
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14 Total Tracks, 49:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Babyface - Vocals // Joi - Vocals // D'Wayne Wiggins - Vocals // Benjamin Wright - Arranger // Benjamin Wright - Conductor // Raphael Saadiq - Bass // Raphael Saadiq - Guitar // Raphael Saadiq - Drums // Raphael Saadiq - Keyboards // Raphael Saadiq - Vocals // Raphael Saadiq - Producer // Raphael Saadiq - Executive Producer // Raphael Saadiq - Horn Arrangements // Raphael Saadiq - Flute Arrangement // Dawn Robinson - Vocals // Kris Solem - Mastering // Kelvin Wooten - Bass // Kelvin Wooten - Guitar // Kelvin Wooten - Keyboards // Kelvin Wooten - Producer // Kelvin Wooten - String Arrangements // Kelvin Wooten - Drum Programming // Daniel Romero - Engineer // Daniel Romero - Mixing // Battlecat - Clavinet // Michael Angelo - Bass // Michael Angelo - Guitar // Michael Angelo - Keyboards // Michael Angelo - Horn Arrangements // Michael Angelo - Drum Programming // William Blochinger - Photography // Jake & the Phatman - Organ // Jake & the Phatman - Guitar // Jake & the Phatman - Percussion // Jake & the Phatman - Drums // Jake & the Phatman - Keyboards // Jake & the Phatman - Producer // Jake & the Phatman - Horn Arrangements // Jake & the Phatman - Drum Programming // Jake & the Phatman - Flute Arrangement // Morgan Zarate - Drums // Anette Sharvit - Production Coordination // John Tanksley - Engineer // Sundra "Sun" Manning - Keyboards // Will Ragland - Art Direction // Teedra Moses - Vocals // James Tanksley - Engineer // Jessie Arellano - Assistant Engineer // Allie Baba - Rap // Torrey Devitto - Violin // Lawrence "Master Poe" Lejohn - Vocals // Autumn Moultrie - Make-Up // Benjamin Orchestra Wright - Strings // Joi - Performer // Lucy Pearl - Performer
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