"One of the cornerstones of my music taste currently is Sade’s Love Deluxe, a syrupy quiet storm album that planted the first seeds of the trip-hop explosion of 1990s Britain. The sensual vocal power of tracks like “Pearls” and “Like a Tattoo” envelopes me, throwing a heavy blanket of ambient romance and yearning over me. The MF DOOM sample of "Kiss of Life" in its original iteration is a buoyant declaration of love. And the intricate details in the production call to mind the meticulousness of Steely Dan who, much to my brother’s mirth, did not make the Cassette"