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Raphael Saadiq Revealed A Beyoncé Fan-Favorite Was Originally Meant For Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Upcoming Reunion Album

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Raphael Saadiq is gearing up for a reunion of his ’80s band, Tony! Toni! Toné!. The group is gearing up for a tour and are working on a new album.

Saadiq spoke with Vulture and revealed that the album would likely come out after their tour. He also revealed that a song that was originally planned for Tony! Toni! Toné!’s album ended up going to Beyoncé.

The song? “Cuff It” from Bey’s seventh album, Renaissance.

“That record was going to be a Tonyies record,” Saadiq said, “the part that just sounds like [mimics the ‘Cuff It’ guitar riff]. But I gave it to a friend of mine and said, ‘I got this record. I was going to do it, but what about Beyoncé?’ She’s one of those people where if she’s feeling it, she’s going 100 percent in. I said, ‘It’s going to move people. It’s going to work, I’m telling you.’ I think she just put it away. From what I heard, The-Dream eventually found it. And he was like, ‘What is that?!”’ I already knew it was one of them joints. I always said, if you drop the right music on an artist, it could go, but I’m glad she has so many eyeballs on her, you know what I mean? You can’t really trick people, it’s got to be good.”

The song has since gone on to be a fan-favorite of Beyoncé‘s, earning a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the beginning of this year. It has also gone viral on TikTok, sparking dance challenges, and pulling in streams to bring it up to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Raphael Saadiq Announces Tony! Toni! Toné! ‘Just Me and You’ Tour Dates

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Raphael Saadiq Announces Tony! Toni! Toné! 'Just Me and You' Tour Dates

Raphael Saadiq, the multi-award-winning artist and producer, is set to embark on the highly anticipated Just Me & You Tour titled Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné! The tour will kick off on September 21 in Birmingham, AL, at the BJCC Concert Hall and will travel across major cities in the United States throughout the fall season.

Presented by Live Nation Urban, this tour holds special significance as it marks the long-awaited return of the Oakland R&B legends, Tony! Toni! Toné!, after an absence of nearly 25 years. Raphael Saadiq, along with his brother D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley, will again bring their soulful music to the stage. The Tonys’ performance will showcase their timeless hits such as “Feels Good,” “Anniversary,” and “It Never Rains (In Southern California).” Additionally, fans can expect to hear new material from the group.

In addition to the Tony! Toni! Toné! set, Saadiq will treat audiences to an expansive performance that includes tracks from his solo albums, songs from his R&B supergroup Lucy Pearl, and his acclaimed compositions for artists like D’Angelo, Daniel Caesar, Brent Faiyaz, Solange, and Beyoncé.

“I’ve always wanted to put my family back together,” says Saadiq. “Playing with the Tonys again is a thank you to the fans, the Super Tonians, for supporting all my musical efforts. Without those who were with us from Day One, where would I be? But the main reason is that my father, Charlie Wiggins, would’ve wanted it this way–to see me, D’Wayne, and Tim playing together again.”

Presale tickets will be available starting June 21 for the artist’s fans, followed by Live Nation and Spotify presales on June 22. General ticket sales will commence on June 23. Fans can purchase tickets for the tour through RaphaelSaadiqMusic.com. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness this extraordinary reunion and experience an unforgettable evening of R&B and soul music.

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Raphael Saadiq Teased A Tony! Toni! Toné! 2023 Reunion Tour And Fans Are Incredibly Overjoyed

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Raphael Saadiq is having a productive year so far, taking a prominent hand in producing Beyoncé’s 2022 triumph Renaissance (and should have shared in an Album Of The Year victory, according to most people) and Daniel Caesar’s forthcoming Never Enough, including Caesar’s February single “Do You Like Me?”

Incidentally, Saadiq shared news yesterday, March 22, that people are liking a lot.

The two-time Grammy winner (and 18-time nominee) — and one-time Oscar nominee for his musical contributions to Mudbound, and he’s also composed for smash series like Insecure, Lovecraft Country, or the newly premiered Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur, if you needed any more proof that the phrase multi-hyphenate was coined on the back of him — announced the Just Me And You Tour is scheduled for this year.

The photo features him sitting alongside his brother, D’wayne Wiggins, and his cousin, Timothy Christian Riley, which teases, “Raphael Saadiq Revisits Tony! Toni! Toné!”

The Instagram post was flooded with comments. John Legend wrote, “Ok I’m there!” Questlove chimed in with, “Man y’all Better Stop Playin Wit My Emotions—this better be REAL.” Bun B, Joe Budden, Lena Waithe, and Keri Hilson also expressed their bewildered excitement.

Identical billboards were spotted around Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California, and Saadiq posted to his Instagram Story, “For more info about Tour Dates Text Me Now @ (310) 861-2685.”

Tony! Toni! Toné! last put out an album in 1996 with House Of Music before their 1998 split. In June 2019, Saadiq foreshadowed a reunion while on Sway’s Universe and doubled down on it with NME that August.

“I’ve been working on new Tonys music for about 15 years,” he told NME. “I just felt like we should do something, a few songs, maybe seven or eight of them and then do a few shows. So I’m not gonna be back-back because I have way too many things going on, but as far as doing a tour and an EP or something, I’m down for that. I’d actually like to perform the very last record we did together, House Of Music. We never toured that record, so if everyone is up for it, I’d like to do that and put out three new records.”

Oh, they’re up for it.

See some of the best reactions below.