Raphael Saadiq Live at 2009 Essence Music Festival, "Never Give You Up"

[jordkend]

I was there. Awesome show!

[decernoify]

Incredible footage. An instant classic. All the best to you all!

[dnliten1]

mr/ms braology - u know ur music - im from cali also .but live in atl now....trust me they dont play cali music out here at all.........its refreshing to here some real organic music from the soul......... some of my peeps in da biz - but whose peeps isn't these days.......... i was mistaken bj with the dude that sung the same song with raphael on tom joyners show.......thanks for info enjoy ur day

[braology]

The guy singing in the video with Raphael is BJ Kemp from Cali.

[dnliten1]

yo cj hilton is not in this video singing, however he sings on the original record ............... the dude in the video is some cat from houston texas.....hes got a decent voice too check out cj's video MODEST its one of my favorite videos raphaels playing the bass the keyboard player(mr campbell ) is married to one of the MARY MARY sistas and mr wah wah watson is a bad west coast legend mutha musician

[londyjamel]

cj hilton is the other soloist on this song. he's got a lovely voice. looking forward to hearing more from him.

[niecy91091]

i was there and it was a beautiful show....i love his songs...very soulful

[locceddiva1920]

I wonder who the other lead on this song is. It's a beautiful song :)

[tajmabruno]

I wish I was there, this is my favorite song off of his latest cd