{"product_id":"carlton-smith-jumel-cold-diamond-mink-id-better-id-better-instrumental","title":"Carlton Smith  Jumel \/ Cold Diamond \u0026 Mink- I'd Better\/I'd Better (Instrumental) [ vinyl ]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only cover tune on Carlton Jumel Smith's \"1634 Lexington Ave.\" album is not really a cover at all, since it was first cut by Carlton himself already 10 years ago. The sultry 2009 edition of \"I'd Better\", that was put out on the short-lived UK Soulchoonz label, is a nice piece of programmed mid-tempo modern soul. The new version, now getting a 7\" single treatment on Timmion, still sounds miles away from the polished earlier effort.It starts off with a nice guitar led beat before settling into a sweet Tighten Up groove, a funky road which still has plenty curves to explore, even for Cold Diamond \u0026amp; Mink, who are certainly not lifting water from this particular well for the first time. What remains naturally is Carlton's ultra-soulful vocal performance, and a message of manning up to the max, staying true to your word in front of something divine.It's not that often you hear a more recent version of a song sounding so that you would think it's the old version. Essentially, what you get is a beautiful piece of xover soul, with timeless swagger, and an instrumental with soulful legs of it's own.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'd Better\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'd Better (Instrumental)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 5050580722941\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Timmion Records\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58024155414792,"sku":"5050580722941","price":1.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5987\/1240\/files\/4330029-3180555.jpg?v=1781509825","url":"https:\/\/evo-global-2.myshopify.com\/products\/carlton-smith-jumel-cold-diamond-mink-id-better-id-better-instrumental","provider":"EVO GLOBAL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}