Raphael Saadiq: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Raphael Saadiq play at the Tiny Desk. This Tiny Desk concert was part of Tiny Desk Fest, a four-night series of extended concerts performed in front of a live audience and streamed live on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. More from NPR Music: Tiny Desk Concerts: Twitter: Instagram: Dec. 5, 2019 | Rodney Carmichael -- The first time Raphael Saadiq played Tiny Desk, “it was really a tiny desk.“ “And honestly we were kinda complaining about it,“ Saadiq laughs, recalling that performance in 2009, back when hosting intimate little concerts behind Bob Boilen’s desk was still a fledgling idea at NPR Music. “Like, we kinda didn’t wanna do it,“ he admits in hindsight. It wasn’t until the video-taped version of his set hit the Internet and began picking up views that the lightbulb went off for Saadiq, too. “It’s like probably the biggest streaming I ever had, so it’s kinda good to be back — not kinda good; it’s really