
Raphael Saadiq announces first album in eight years with lead single "Something Keeps Calling"
07 June 2019, 17:41
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Raphael Saadiq has delivered news of his first album in eight years, landing with the lead single "Something Keeps Calling" featuring Rob Bacon.
"Something Keeps Calling" is Saadiq's first single since 2012's "Tell Me".
The Grammy Award-winning musician's new album Jimmy Lee is his first since 2011's Stone Rollin'.
Saadiq's upcoming record will feature collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Brook D’Leau, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Jimmy Lee is self-produced, and was recorded Blakeslee Recording Co. in North Hollywood.
Tracklist:
- Sinners Prayer
- So Ready
- This World Is Drunk
- Something Keeps Calling
- Kings Fall
- I’m Feeling Love
- My Walk
- Belongs To God
- Dottie’s Interlude
- Glory To The Veins
- Rikers Island
- Rikers Island Redux
- Rearview
"Something Keeps Calling" is out now. Raphael Saadiq's Jimmy Lee album drops 23 August via Columbia.
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