Tuesday, July 23, 2013

SHREM'S INSTITUTE OF LOST CLASSICS: "TELL HIM" - McKay


I discovered this beautiful soul song exactly 10 years ago on some random compilation I don't even remember the title of at this stage. The girl goes by the name McKay and was at that time already a member of the acid jazz crew Brooklyn Funk Essential. Stephanie McKay had her debut released via Go!Beat which explains Portishead's Geoff Barrow co-producing this single. Pretty much the whole album became a "lost classic" but this magnificent track, alongside "Loving You" which I literally couln't find anywhere in the whole internet, I cherish with particular passion until today. When trip-hop meets soul...