Show Notes
In the late 1980s, London club collective Soul II Soul were chipping away at the stifling assembly-line atmosphere dominating the UK pop charts with their combination of soul, dance, hip-hop and R&B. Helping them ease the transition from dance flood to living room hifi with their debut album Club Classics Vol. One was production and remix team Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper.
Nellee served as emissary from the blooming Bristol trip-hop scene, bringing a fresh flavour to top 40 radio. Throughout the 1990s he produced some of the most definitive, iconic and enduring pop.
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