Marcel Winatschek

Raphael Saadiq: I’m A Good Man

Raphael Saadiq’s music exists in that particular pocket of soul and R&B where everything feels both inevitable and hard-won. I’m A Good Man carries that same quality—there’s no striving in it, no reaching for validation. It’s the sound of someone who’s made peace with the kind of person he is, or at least the kind he wants to be. His voice does something specific when he gets there—it settles, goes quiet, lets you in.