If you’re a ’90s girl, there’s a high chance that you probably know and love Victoria Beckham as Posh Spice from the Spice Girls. Yes, she’s currently a successful designer in her own right, but let’s face it—she’ll always be Posh to us. But did you know that Victoria actually could have been known for her work as a hip hop artist? Don’t believe us? Well, a bunch of leaked demos proves that Victoria was quite serious about a hip hop career.
Back in 2003, Victoria was in the midst of creating a solo album titled Come Together. Though it never materialized into an actual album, 17 tracks recently hit the Internet, and you have to listen to them. The titles of said hip hop-influenced songs include “That Dude,” “Baby Boy,” “DAT Simple” and “I’ll Take You There.” The demo tracks also featured rap artists, such as Ol’ Dirty Bastard and and M.O.P.
So, what sparked these hip hop tracks? Reports claim that Victoria was encouraged to record these songs because of her friendship with Damon Dash, a music producer and co-founder of Roc-A-Fellow Records. While Victoria and Damon were creating the solo album, production was halted because the label she was working under—Telstar—filed for bankruptcy.
A while ago, Damon spoke to the Evening Standard, responding to the reports surrounding Victoria’s collaboration with him. “Because Victoria’s record company aren’t happy about the fact that she came over to New York to work with me they are putting out stories. Before anyone’s even heard the album they were making things up… I heard a story that Victoria was calling herself the female Eminem. That’s just dumb. She never said that,” he said. “I’m going to open Roc-A-Fella Records in London. I’ll show these Telstar cats how it’s done.”
Perhaps a hip hop career isn’t in the cards for Victoria, but we will definitely have this unreleased album on repeat this weekend.