September 7, 2008

RAPHAEL SAADIQ The neo disappears from neo-soul on Raphael Saadiq's album ''The Way I See It.'' Mr. Saadiq, who sang in Tony! Toni! Tone! and went on to a busy career producing hip-hop and R&B, now aims straight for the tambourine-shaking, live-band sound of late-1960s Motown. He's after equal parts Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting and production team in a wholehearted homage. Sept. 16. Columbia. (J. P.)