“Virgil you were a kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius. Pharrell Williams saluted Abloh with a few words and a photo of the late designer. “My family was proud of you like you were our family,” Ocean said, after recalling how the designer outfitted his late brother for prom with items from a new Louis Vuitton collection and played willing soundboard to Ocean’s music and design demos over the years. Ocean, on the other hand, offered a lengthier memory of Abloh in an Instagram story. Abloh was commemorated by The Certified Lover Boy rapper on Instagram (see below.) “My plan is to touch the sky 1000 more times for you,” Drake wrote. On Sunday, no more than a few hours after Abloh’s death was announced, West dedicated his long-running Sunday Service recital to Abloh, who created the artwork for several of the rapper’s projects and served as an understudy of his at YEEZY. Peers like Kanye West, Drake, and Frank Ocean eulogized the late designer on social media and in performances. And their arriving from all corners of the intertwined worlds of music, luxury, and fashion. Not even 24 hours after the world learned of his passing, the tributes to Virgil Abloh are flooding feeds. Titans of music, fashion, and their various intersections pay tribute to trailblazing Off-White founder and Louis Vuitton creative director, Virgil Abloh. NYX, MA.Photo by Arturo Holmes for MG21 via Getty Images. Grove shares steamy ode to sensuality with 'Slippery' James Blake turned down working with Drake Read next: James Blake’s 10 best deep cuts and rarities Listen to the full interview on Spotify below. (Note: ‘0 to 100/The Catchup’, even the version without Blake, was never released on any Drake full-length.) For anybody who wondered why a version of that came out and then never made it to the record, that’s why.” If anything, I could actually do with the track being out, I did like it, but I don’t regret the decision. “Just because someone has an impressive amount of clout and a global platform, I don’t give a shit about that, I just want to make good music with people. ![]() I asked how much money exactly I turned down by doing that. He continues: “I remember having a conversation with my publisher later, and saying: What did you think of that decision? Because you know that was a massive album. Blake asked to have his “contribution” removed before it went to retail: “I only sent it as a collaborative idea, not to be sampled on a record… so I got them to take it off.” Elsewhere in the interview, he talks about some beats that he had sent over to Drake, one of which ended up being samples on the original version of ‘0 to 100/The Catchup’. It seems that Blake likes to keep control over his work in all cases. But it fit somehow into the song and it fit into the album, and I’m just honored that they used it.” So I got my phone out and sang some of my own lyrics that were about something else and about somebody else. ![]() James Blake’s appearance on newly launched Spotify show Secret Genius delves into his work with Beyoncé and how he turned down an opportunity to collaborate, so to speak, with Drake.īlake reveals that when he was brought into the studio, he opted not to sing the Bey-penned lyrics provided for him on her own song and instead freestyled his own: “I’ve never sung anybody else’s lyrics, so I just assumed that’s not I was going to be doing. Blake says working with Beyoncé was the best promotion for The Colour In Anything he’ll ever have.
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