Raphael Saadiq Album: “Live from the Artists Den”

Never seen this artist perform in person but I did see a televised concert performace by him and thought it was very impressive. So I decided to look into any video releases by him to add to my music library. I was not disapointed.

Just like the cd if you are RAPHAEL SAADIQ FAN you will love this concert.

If you have "The Way I See It," you'll love this! This is essentially a concert featuring the songs from that CD along with a few other classis from Toni Tony Tone and Lucy Pearl.

Raphael has a great backup band who are as fun to watch as they are to hear. The female lead vocalist who takes Joss Stone's place on "Just One Kiss" has the talent and charisma to be a star on her own.

The only complaint that I had with "The Way I See It" was that the most of the songs were too short (thought I understand that this was to replicate the 1960s 3 minute song limit as this CD was a tribute to that era). That is rectified here as Raphael and co. rocks out on jam-worthy tunes such as the Sly Stonish "Staying in Love."

Overall, Raphael and the band clearly had fun doing this and the crowd's joy is infectious. Bring your friends over and have a party with this.

This DVD is great from beginning to the end, Raphael Saadiq is very talented. I enjoyed this DVD very much. Shanda