In association with Stylus’ weekly article, we present three tracks from Andrew Unterberger’s Whatever: The 90s Pop Culture Box on the Stypod today.
Soho - Hippychick
One of the greatest “oh, I love this song! Wait a minute…what song is this?” jokes of the 90s, Soho lifted wholesale the immortal opening riff to The Smiths’ “How Soon is Now?” for the intro and hook to their only hit, “Hippychick.” It’ll continue to trip up name that tune contestants for a long time to come, but apart from that it’s an unfortunately forgotten classic of sorts, infectious in that “Tom’s Diner” sort of way while making only about half as much sense than that song did.
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Rappin 4-Tay - I’ll Be Around
Man, talk about an inspired sample choice. There simply couldn’t be a more perfect backing for 4-Tay than The Spinners’ 70s soul classic, and he manages the near-impossible by actually doing the sample justice with his absolutely brilliant verses. One of the set’s biggest lost classics.
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Shanice - I Love Your Smile
This is the second most infectious song in history, behind the theme song to I Dream of Jeanie. And that’s a very, very good thing, but I hope for your sake that your head isn’t planning on doing anything important in the week or so after you listen to this song.
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