I've been sitting on this review for at least 2 weeks trying to figure out a way to do justice to one of the best albums so far this year but at this point I've given up trying to be clever. Stone Rollin' is fantastic from start to finish. Raphael Saadiq has created a retro-soul album that sounds both modern and like it could have come straight out of the late 60's and early 70's. There's early rock and roll ("Heart Attack"), funky bassline driven soul ("Radio"), fingersnapping party tunes ("Day Dreams") string filled laments on life and love ("Go To Hell," "Good Man," "The Answer") and and mid tempo funk booty call anthems (the title track). They're all performed with passion, soul and exuberance (and largely by Saadiq himself) and the end result is simply fantastic. Saadiq has always made great music dating back to his Tony! Toni! Tone! days but I don't believe he's ever made an album as full of life and as purely enjoyable as Stone Rollin'.
Rating: 4.5
Track Listing:
1. "Heart Attack" (3:03)
2. "Go To Hell" (4:20)
3. "Radio" (3:22)
4. "Over You" (2:31)
5. "Stone Rollin' (3:37)
6. "Day Dreams" (3:20)
7. "Down the Line" (4:25)
8. "Just Don't" (5:17)
9. "Good Man" (3:46)
10. "The Answer" (9:36)
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