The Grammy-winning R&B legend also discusses drawing inspiration from Mike Tyson for his No Bandwidth one-man show, launching May 31.

“I let my spirit move me through the different phases, from hip-hop to The Hawkins Family,” says veteran songwriter Raphael Saadiq, who wrote the track alongside composer Ludwig Göransson.

The record was penned by Raphael Saadiq during a studio session with Oscar-winning film composer Ludwig Göransson, whose credits include scoring director Ryan Coogler's Black Panther flicks.

cinematographer Autumn Durald & songwriter Raphael Saadiq. An analysis of Sammie’s (Miles Caton) blues song that summons African ancestors from the past and African American musicians from the ...

Raphael Saadiq, Hailee Steinfeld, Don Toliver, Rod Wave and more. As Mutant said in its official release, “The original score album by Academy Award winner Ludwig Göransson is a masterclass in ...

He brought in American singer-songwriter Raphael Saadiq, considered one of the great R&B music producers, to write the song. “It was a dream of mine to work with him,” Göransson says. “And he had this ...

Göransson created the whole score on the Dobro, as well as Sammie’s crucial song: “I Lied to You” (in collaboration with Grammy-winning songwriter Raphael Saadiq). The youngster performs ...

There was a persistent rain that day, and I made a feeble joke about the Raphael Saadiq song “It Never Rains (in Southern California).” Coogler’s eyes lit up, and he told me that Saadiq ...

Howard, Oakland R&B artist Raphael Saadiq and North Carolina fiddle and banjo player Rhiannon Giddens are among the notable non-Mid-Southerners who contributed to the score. These elements are ...