
Raphael Saadiq

Neo-soul was coined in the ‘90s as an industry term for a wave of soul-influenced R&B artists. Raphael Saadiq shares his perspective on its origins, noting it was created by an executive purely as shorthand rather than as a reflection of the music itself. pic.twitter.com/7NXEUFUnbr
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