To avoid any hating, listen to this track before reading on. It’s probably an easy guess anyway.

Finished? Ight, then. The switched up beat, the polyrhythm drum madness, the chopped vocals and horns, and yes, even the incessant whistle in the background. They all combine to make for an intelligent, sweaty and moody night. We are not fans of vocal house, nor are we fond of lyrics about love. But this one is just crispy. Besides, it’s Deee Lite. What do you expect? The song is “Bring Me Your Love (Johnny Vicious Cosmic Isness Remix)” from the secret track on their 1994 album, Dewdrops in the Garden. It’s crazy that musicians like this used to be on MTV. Painting by Sylvia Ji.

We’re gonna start a new category called “Throwbacks.” It’ll be a semi-regular feature where we post up older joints that catch our attention again for one reason or another. To start off with, we got this cut from the BX’s Nine, “We Play 4 Keeps.” It’s off his second album, Cloud 9, which dropped in 1996. Ish is on some gulliness all around, from the lyrics to the beat. Image by Kngee.