BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R – Found A Light (Beale Street)

“Found A Light (Beale Street)” is the kind of track that doesn’t ask for your attention—it earns it slowly, steadily, with deep roots and long shadows. BADBADNOTGOOD unearthed an old instrumental, handed it to Memphis-based V.C.R.

This isn’t just about jazz. Or funk. Or Southern traditions. It’s about what happens when memory, place, and sound start talking to each other in the same room. V.C.R.’s voice carries the weight of Beale Street’s past, where joy and grief always shared the same sidewalk, and channels it into a song that doesn’t just nod to heritage; it tries to hold it together with both hands.

The production isn’t flashy. It’s deliberate. The groove breathes, the arrangement expands without showing off, and BADBADNOTGOOD—always patient collaborators—leave the spotlight open just long enough for V.C.R. to make her point. And she does. This song, she says, is a milestone. You can hear it in every turn of phrase, every measured phrase that sits between soul and symphony.