As September falls away like so many leaves, ACL Fest season fast approaches and we’re reminded of Raphael Saadiq’s 2009 Zilker Park sizzle. Hoofing the previous year’s neo-Motown throwdown The Way I See It, the onetime “lead singer of R&B’s tony boy toys [Tony Toni Toné], Oakland’s former Charles Wiggins, reworked the Motor City etiquette manual on the Sound of Young America.” The three-time Grammy winner’s only put out two solo LPs since then, busy collaborating with D’Angelo, Mos Def, Jill Scott – check the writing credit on Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em” – and now transitioning into heavy soundtrack work. TTT hits “Anniversary” and “If I Had Loot” are reportedly on the table here! – Raoul Hernandez
