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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: XPN Welcomes Raphael Saadiq\nEvent Url: http://www.
 phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/60683/XPN_Welcomes_Raphael_Saadiq\nEvent D
 ate Begin: 2009-12-02\nEvent Date End: 2009-12-02\n\nNeo-soul man Raphael 
 Saadiq made a name for himself in the early '90s as one-third of the R&B/d
 ance trio Tony! Toni! Tone!. It was a momentous time for him and his love 
 for hip-hop and soul carried him to superstardom.\nBorn in Oakland\, CA\, 
 in spring 1966\, Saadiq (born Raphael Wiggins) started playing music at ag
 e six. He played bass at church and school and enjoyed his place on-stage 
 at various local hometown events. After high school\, Saadiq won a chance 
 to join Prince and Sheila E. on their 1984 Parade world tour. Such an expe
 rience inspired Saadiq to do his own thing\, and before the '80s came to a
 n end\, he formed Tony! Toni! Tone!.\nSaadiq went under his birth name of 
 Wiggins while in Tony! Toni! Tone! and was joined by his brother\, Dwayne 
 Wiggins\, and cousin Timothy Christian. Tony! Toni! Tone! made their debut
  with 'Little Walter' in 1988. Two years later\, they were mega-stars than
 ks to the success of their second album\, The Revival. The springlike ball
 ad 'It Never Rains (In Southern California)' and the club/dance party of '
 Feels Good' were major hits and the band eventually sold six million album
 s\; however\, Saadiq left the group at the height of fame.\nA solo career 
 was in the works by the time the mid-'90s rolled around. Two singles for m
 ovie soundtracks -- 1995's 'Ask of You' from Higher Learning and 'Me & You
 ' from Boyz in the Hood -- were Saadiq's proper solo introduction\, but no
 t exactly satisfying. He was used to being part of a band\, so a solo care
 er made him a bit apprehensive. Saadiq bowed out for some normalcy over th
 e next few years.\nLucy Pearl was Saadiq's next project. Saadiq joined En 
 Vogue's Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest for
  a sultry R&B supergroup in 2000\, but they only lasted one album. Saadiq 
 also had his hand in producing material for the likes of Macy Gray\, TLC\,
  the Roots\, and D'Angelo. In 2000\, his song 'Untitled' won D'Angelo a Gr
 ammy. Saadiq was inspired by his new 'gospeldelic' sound and he captured h
 is newfound sound while recording new cuts between his Oakland digs and Sa
 cramento. The end result was the provocative release Instant Vintage. Inst
 ant Vintage earned Saadiq five Grammy nominations in 2003.\nHe made histor
 y during this time for being the first artist nominated without having a m
 ajor record label deal. A first-ever live album was slated for an October 
 release date on Saadiq's own Pookie Entertainment label. ~ MacKenzie Wilso
 n\, All Music Guide\n\nStart time: 8 pm
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SUMMARY:XPN Welcomes Raphael Saadiq
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