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  Frank Ocean and James Blake Join Drake's Fourth Annual OVO Fest 2013

  May 16, 2013 – Drake just earned an astonishing 12 nominations at this year's BET Awards, but the "Started From the Bottom" MC has another reason to celebrate: Drizzy has announced the first few details for his fourth annual OVO Fest. The lineup for the upcoming showcase features channel ORANGE mastermind Frank Ocean, U.K. soulman James Blake, and, of course, Drake himself. …
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  James Blake Brings 'Retrograde' (and a Befuddling Synth) to 'Letterman'

  May 7, 2013 – James Blake and his boys hit the Late Show With David Letterman last night to perform "Retrograde" and happily baffled the beloved host with their array of uncommon instruments. "Their stuff didn't arrive from England so we put together whatever we had backstage," he quips before the unlikely power trio launches into Overgrown's most starkly stirring track. …
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  Watch RZA Make Coachella Girl Dance to James Blake's Undanceable 'Take a Fall for Me'

  April 22, 2013 – "Take a Fall for Me," James Blake's collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan's RZA for new album Overgrown, saw its live debut at Coachella's on Sunday (April 21). Blake unexpectedly brought RZA onstage for the song, something he hadn't done during the desert fest's first weekend, and the fairly awkward performance chronicled in the video above illustrates why. …
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  Coachella 2013 Sunday Field Notes: We Found Molly and the Inexplicably Popular 'Water Bar'

  April 15, 2013 – This gigantic snail is actually moving in our midst. Beware, Coachella. You may get slimed.Ghost B.C. took the main stage at the height of the blazing afternoon sun completely covered in black shrouds. Frontman Papa Emeritus II, who wore his traditional cardinal outfit and skull mask, plus a pair of black gloves, wished us a good evening — at 1:30 p.m. …
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  James Blake Unfurls Two 'Overgrown' Stunners for BBC Radio Live Session

  April 11, 2013 – James Blake — fresh off the release of his "beautifully complex" sophomore album, Overgrown — dropped by the BBC's Maida Vale Studios recently to give a brief live performance and interview for Zane Lowe's Radio 1 program. …
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  Rap Songs of the Week: Dirty Money Lives On!

  April 10, 2013 – Nice to see Kalenna, the other member of Diddy's Dirty Money project showing up on a radio-ready song with Rich Boy (who also hasn't really gotten the second chance he deserves). And Dawn Richard returns the major-label cast-off favor by spotlighting Eve! Meanwhile, Tyga panders, James Blake gets in over his head with the RZA, and a should-be-buzzing producer, Tony Gardner, puts himself in front of the mic.Dawn Richard, feat. …
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  See James Blake's 'Overgrown,' a Beautiful Study in Impermanence

  April 10, 2013 – James Blake has at last released the follow-up to 2011's self-titled masterpiece. Overgrown is a beautifully complex album, and its titular track is an undeniable high point. …
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  James Blake, 'Overgrown' (Universal Republic)

  April 10, 2013 – You might be forgiven for thinking there were two diametrically separate artists named James Blake. First, there's the dubstep l'enfant terrible who, starting in the summer of 2009 and spanning all of 2010, released a 12-inch transmission nearly every quarter. …
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  Hear James Blake Collab with RZA, Sample Big Boi on Two New 'Overgrown' Leaks

  April 4, 2013 – James Blake's Overgrown is due out April 9 — less than a week away — which means the English producer-singer is probably in a rush to stream the precious few tracks we haven't yet heard from the thing. The doomingly sexy "Retrograde" arrived with an earth-shattering video. "Digital Lion" arrived with an assist from Brian Eno. …
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  Zone Out to James Blake's Animated, Color-Swirling 'Voyeur' Video

  April 3, 2013 – James Blake's "Voyeur," from the U.K. producer's upcoming Overgrown (due out April 8 via Atlas/Republic), is on familiar ground. Blake's blue-eyed soul vocals repeat and run through effects, becoming just another element of the music, a hissy, glitchy, post-dubstep take on electro-R&B that evolves gradually and mesmerizingly over the course of the track. …
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