Whatever your opinion of it I don't think that cut is Hip-Hop in the first place.

IMO if the vocals on the record has only singing instead of rapping it's not Hip-Hop, regardless of the beat. Maybe you can call it "Hip-Hop Soul" like they like to call Mary J's music.

If the record is an instrumental there should be samples throughout the track. Unless you don't believe in instrumental Hip-Hop and like using that term "Trip-Hop" some people use.

There has to be an MC and/or DJ in there somewhere for it to be Hip-Hop.

Shaun G.