The Colour in Anything
by James Blake · music · 2016
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james blake's third album, released may 6 2016 on polydor. blake started recording in his south london bedroom studio, then moved to shangri la studios in malibu to finish with rick rubin producing. frank ocean contributed writing and justin vernon co-produced and sang on tracks, ocean described by blake as "a huge inspiration for this record" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_in_Anything). "love me in whatever way" samples donny hathaway's "giving up" and "radio silence" interpolates bill withers' "hope she'll be happier" without credit (https://www.discogs.com/release/8926860-James-Blake-The-Colour-In-Anything, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Silence_(James_Blake_song)).
what shaped this
the makers, scenes, and predecessors this work came out of, grouped by how the influence reached it
lineage
- Hope She'll Be Happier · Bill Withers
interpolated
Radio Silence interpolates the Bill Withers track, building around a lyric from the original song, though this was never credited on the release.
source ↗ - Giving Up · Donny Hathaway
sampled
A track on The Colour in Anything features a sample from Donny Hathaway's Giving Up, properly licensed and credited.
“A3: Featuring samples from the Donny Hathaway recording 'Giving Up' produced under license from Atlantic…”
source ↗ - More · Tamia
sampled
A track on The Colour in Anything features a sample from Tamia's More, properly licensed and credited.
“C1: Featuring samples from the Tamia recording 'More' produced under license from Elektra Entertainment Group…”
source ↗
what’s downstream
later work that traces back to this one