D'Mello - Best Love Story (2003 Rare Album)
Born and raised in the small, rural province of Trinidad known as Phoenix Park, Winsome 'D'Mello' Singh grew up listening to Calypso and Reggae. But it was the sounds coming from the United States that got her interested in a career in music.
In High School she participated in a number of musicals and on Sundays put it down in the church choir.
After graduating from High School at the young age of 15, she set out for the United States with dreams of getting a record deal.
She counts Pattie Labelle, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey as her biggest inspirations. "When I first heard Mariah's "Vision of Love." I just knew what I had to do and that was the kind of music I wanted to sing," D'Mello recalls.
Moving to Coney Island, New York City to live with family, she worked part-time in retail to make ends meet. The majority of her time was spent honing her craft. She joined a local church choir and hit Manhattan's studio session scene.
It was there that she met a producer who introduced her to Adeka Stupart, a songwriter signed to Universal Records.
With the help of a music industry veteran Andrew "Dice" Ramdhanny, they scored a publishing deal and shortly after D'Mello got a recording contract with Warner Brothers Records. She didn't stop there, working with Adeka she wrote songs one of them being 3LW's "I Do Wanna Get Close To You." Work then began on her debut album "Best Love Story".
The first single from the album is titled "Best Love Story" a collaboration with Mobb Deep. Unfortunately, the single did not do great on charts and it underperformed.
Her next single "Never Miss A Good Thing" also did not do great on charts which made her album to be shelved multiple times.
Since then, it seems as D'Mello receded from the spotlight, until she practically faded into obscurity.
Tracklist:
00:00 01. Best Love Story (feat. Mobb Deep)
05:29 02. Just Don't Know
09:28 03. Can't Get Over You
13:35 04. Runaround
17:28 05. Say Da L
20:58 06. Feels So Complete
25:36 07. Honey Baby
29:57 08. Not Over Your Ex
33:42 09. Not Havin' It
37:12 10. Never Miss A Good Thing
41:06 11. Holla (feat. Foxy Brown)
45:30 12. Fakin' Me
50:44 13. Roll Up