Tiny Harris Instagram – Xscape • My Little Secret • 1998
In 1998, Xscape released their final album together, Traces Of My Lipstick.. Time and Time again, I’ve told y’all how much I loved this album and hated that it was the last, because it was so great and finally seemed like this was the album that was going to place them within the mainstream center of the Pop World.
Following the success of the Diane Warren penned “Arms Of The One Who Loves You” came a Jermaine Dupri written and produced record titled “My Little Secret” that literally debuted in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100, If that wasn’t showing where they were headed, I don’t know what else did.
Ive talked before about how similar this song was and is to Usher’s Nice & Slow, but as far as just as a song, as a single, I’ve never said how great I felt this song was. From the first verse to the last, this song just seemed like the opening door to new beginnings for the group.
We always give Kandi praise for that first verse and that bridge where she hits that infamous note, but I feel like @majorgirl verse is never really highlighted, and I can’t forget her and @kandi verses on the remix. I loved that JD always had a remix ready following Xscape’s singles.
With Traces Of My Lipstick, the girls were no longer girls, they had become young women who were at their most beautiful, their most creative, their most gifted and this song is a reflection of that, it’s echnically the last Xscape song to be released (they broke up before Softest Place On Earth could be pushed) which leads me to say they ended their first stint together on a high note, literally.
#Urbansoulsuite | Posted on 28/Oct/2025 06:05:00
