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Raphael Saadiq has always admired the boldness of stand-up icons like Dave Chappelle and Eddie Murphy who commanded the stage alone with only their stories

After honing his craft studying jazz and improvisation, cutting his teeth sessioning for names like Robin Thicke and FKA Twigs, and creating alternative R&B with his brother under the moniker Inc. No World, Aged is currently making waves as Mk.gee's go-to guitarist – and is now more than ready to…

Saadiq reveals that while he played on Tony! Toni! Toné! records, he felt like he could never sing while playing bass live due to rhythmic differences

“I wasn't even going to play Beyonce that song. I was going through another song, and she heard Bodyguard, and she said, ‘What's that?’”

The Tony! Toni! Toné! trailblazer created a whole new rhythm section style on his 2002 solo debut

“I guess we were sort of playing a game to see who could get the furthest behind without getting off beat,” says Saadiq of the recording of D’Angelo’s Lady

The Grammy-winning producer has worked with the biggest names in music. He explains why the Telecaster has appeared on every album he’s ever worked on – and shares what he learned from Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, Barry Gibb and countless others

Saadiq has collaborated with Elton John, Beyoncé, Erykah Badu, Tupac, Mary J Blige and more, and his signature model is one sweet-sounding limited edition Telecaster

The bluesman was on hand to help the Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist launch his limited-edition signature model, which “acts as a piece of art”