Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics is a double-disc album featuring previously shelved albums Center of Attention by InI and The Original Baby Pa by Deda.
Oh my soul You are not alone There's a place where fear Has to face the God you know One more day He will make a way Let Him show you how You can lay this down. Cause you're not alone
Produced by Ross Robinson. Yeah! Insane, am I the only motherfucker with a brain? I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain How many times have you wanted to kill Everything and everyone, say you'll do it but never will. You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes Can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes
On the soulful Lost & Found, Smith croons over hazy instrumentals that call to mind Amy Winehouse’s 2003 debut, Frank. Smith loves Winehouse and that album in particular, but says she hates to hear anyone being compared to her. She also bridles at getting lumped in with the new wave of R&B - think Daniel Caesar and Kali Uchis. Though she did collaborate with Uchis on her 2018 song Tyrant. People say I’m pop, soul, neo-soul, new R&B, future R&B - fuck knows. Growing up, Smith would have pretend songwriting sessions with her father, a neo-soul artist who performed in a band called 2nd Naicha, but she didn't want to sing in public. Her mother, who makes jewelry, would encourage her to perform at craft fairs, and her auntie, who ran a cake shop, would have her serenade customers a cappella. The practice paid off. Now, she says, I like my album and everything - but I’m better live.
Lyrics to "Eyeless" song by Slipknot: Insane - Am I the only motherfucker with a brain? I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain Ho. .Insane - Am I the only motherfucker with a brain? I'm hearing voices but all they do is complain How many times have you wanted to kill Everything and everyone - Say you'll do it but never will. You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes Can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes. I am my Father's son Cause he's a phantom, a mystery and that leaves me nothing! How many times have you wanted to die? It's too late for me.
Previously unreleased Soul Brother Masters featuring InI "Center Of Attention" and Deda "The Original Baby Pa". All tracks produced by Pete Rock. Recorded and mixed at Greene Street Studios, NYC. Made in France. Mould SID Code: IFPI 1222.
She’s a singer with an album coming out this week, Lost and Found. About three weeks after we meet, Smith will release her debut album, Lost and Found. And before these new songs she’s written and toiled over emerge as worthy selections for the soundtracks of barbecues, beach days, and open-window drives around town, Smith would like to make one thing very clear: She did not date Drake, she explains, while delicately destroying coconut shrimp with her pink and white ombré talons.
It's clear that Gretchen Parlato doesn't want to be restricted by stylistic boundaries, so jazz fans with open ears will find a lot of treasures to discover within The Lost and Found.
