Lady Wray: Piece of Me review – sublime retro-soul

Lady Wray: Piece of Me review – sublime retro-soul

(Big Crown Records)
Missy Elliott’s former protege has been criminally neglected, as this slept-on album blending everything from gospel to boom-bap shows

‘The production still raw enough to crackle off the vinyl’ … Lady Wray.
‘The production still raw enough to crackle off the vinyl’ … Lady Wray. Photograph: Sesse Lind

Never mind just the albums we missed this year, Lady Wray has had a career of them. The American singer was the first artist that Missy Elliott signed to her label, The Goldmind Inc, back in 1997. But after a promising start – including guesting on Elliott’s gamechanging debut Supa Dupa Fly – Wray’s second album got scrapped. Subsequent signings to hip-hop heavyweight labels Roc-A-Fella, then Def Jam ended in another shelved release. In 2012, she formed a duo with British vocalist Terri Walker, who quit during their album tour. Now this, Wray’s sublime third solo turn, has been sparsely covered.

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