Steve Spacek

𝘼 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙣𝙚𝙤-𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡’𝙨 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩-𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 4-𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙀𝙋 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 2003–04 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙡 𝙎𝙖𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙦, 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙌-𝙏𝙞𝙥 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩—𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙬.

Left unfinished for over two decades, these recordings were shaped during a period when abstract soul, experimental hip-hop, and future funk were all intersecting in rich, fertile ways. What remains is a forward-thinking, exploratory take on neo-soul, steeped in heavy MPC grooves, dusty Rhodes textures, and a broken-beat sensibility that still feels ahead of its time.

With Raphael Saadiq’s signature production finesse, Common’s introspective lyricism, and Q-Tip’s ever-laidback mic presence, this EP balances raw demos with timeless innovation. It’s a glimpse into an alternate future of soul that never quite happened—until now.