Minnie Riperton – Inside my love (Epic Records)

Released: 15/07/1975

Another record from one of my favorite soul singer – Minnie Riperton (check out my post about “Reasons“).”Inside my love” is taken from the “Adventures in paradise” album and is a brilliant, sensual and fragile love song, performed with the sweetest voice very few artists can match to this day. Minnie was one of the few that totally mastered a five-octave-and-a-half vocal range – and just look how she really kills it live. Fantastic. 

The whole soul community was devestated when she passed away at the age of 31 – But her music lives on. There are some good re-interpretations of the song – worth mentioning is the house mix by Jean Jaques Smoothie from back in 2002, and of course Kenny Dope’s “Get on down” which really made good use of the sample.

I have included it in my Spotify playlist, where you also find “Reasons” among other great tracks.

YouTube | Minnieriperton.com | YouTube | Amazon | Last Fm |