Moodymann – Forevernevermore

It really is pretty definitive – and it holds up beautifully almost 20 years later, from his take on Chic’s ‘Don’t you want my love’ to ‘The thief that stole my sad days’ – there are just too many certified classics here to mention. Quite apart from anything else, Forevernevermore manages to sound experimental, sophisticated, fucked and joyous all at once – making reference to classic Piano House one moment, and deepest Techno the next, his vocal narrative offsetting pure euphoria with a sharp dose of Motor City realism.