I have been listening to Raphael Saadiq lately. I am really digging his album The Way I See It. His song Love That Girl is so catchy and wonderful:
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He is playing a concert in March with India.Arie. I am already a huge India fan. I just love discovering new stuff. When I find an artist (and especially an album) that I like, I listen to it over and over again. I’m sort of like that with clothes too. When I find a pair of jeans or a t-shirt I like, I will wear it a lot for a while. It is the excitement of something new, and also the knowledge of knowing I will like what I am wearing (or in this case what I am listening to). I know what mood Raphael’s music will put me in, and I know what to expect. Still the more I listen, the more I like it. I rarely find this with an album. I often find a song I like or a singer I like, but to really enjoy an entire album (or most of one) does not happen too often for me.
Some other albums I truly love and have listened to a lot:
Sarah McLaughlin’s Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Tracy Chapman’s self titled first album
Regina Spektor’s Begin To Hope
There are lots more but that’s my list for now. Now to decide whether or not to go and see the Raphael/India concert in March.
