James Blake
why James Blake is the most versatile electronic music artist
"In his 2011 eponymously titled debut album, the English musician James
Blake, then 23, rendered his version of A Case Of You, a beautiful song
by Joni Mitchell. Blake’s version, accompanied by a piano and not much
else, may not be quite as moving as Mitchell’s but it’s surprisingly
tender. This is all the more surprising because Blake is known as an
electronic musician who has explored many genres—folk rock, though, is
not prominent among them. Yet that’s the sort of versatility we have
come to expect from Blake. In 2019, he won the Grammy for Best Rap
Performance for King’s Dead, a song he co-wrote with several artists,
including Pulitzer prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock.
Blake, who is gifted with a baritone, doesn’t sing much on it but his
jittery electronic style is clearly evident."
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