Today's Lost Classic features a hit from the 80s, and highlights two very different artists from London. Hype Williams consists of two esoteric creatives (Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland) whose music has been described as, "hip-hop-influenced electronic dub".
"The Throning" is their cover of "The Sweetest Taboo", a gorgeous piece of lounge-funk from legendary pop-singer, Sade, who also sang the 1984 smash hit, "Smooth Operator".
As inspiring as Sade has been, and is, to several modern producers, we're more interested in the work that Hype Williams is assembling for future generations to dissemble. The quotes and playlist below will give you a brief look into Hype Williams' sometimes dark, but fascinating, take on pop and cultural values.
“Craig David is the original Drake,” Blunt theorises. “Everything about him. The mixed-race thing; he’s not sure if he can be gangsta enough, he’s quite a nice boy, but then he gets popular and he gets really arrogant, and starts to believe he’s this thing that he’s not. It’s amazing.”
“All I can say is… The same kids asking for me to sign their records be the same kids holding their girl tight when I used to walk past them, and that’s a joke I’ll never stop finding funny.”