“I've sort of realized there's a definite pattern to my output at this point: there's an album that everybody sort of loves, that's a real balance between the old and new, like The Dreamer or No Beginning No End, like a blend of jazz and hip-hop, or r&b and soul and hip-hop.” RealSoulEndsBalanceJazzPatternsHip HopAlbumsHipsHopsDreamerDefiniteOutputOld And New Author:Jose James
“There's a more experimental album that follows that, which is like Black Magic and While You Were Sleeping. Then there's a return to jazz, For All We Know and Yesterday I Sang The Blues. It wasn't like a planned thing, I just kind of realized it when I made a list of my albums. Like, oh wow, this is exactly what I did before.” KnowsKindMadeBlackSleepMagicReturnJazzAlbumsListsYesterdayWowBlack Magic Author:Jose James
“When I start working on a new album, I kind of stop listening to a lot of outside stuff just so I can kind of focus.” KindI CanStuffFocusListeningAlbums Author:Jose James
“I'm listening to a lot of Drake, and a lot of Frank Sinatra just because it's his centennial also. I'm going to be doing some tributes to him this year. I love that Beck album. It was funny to me because my two favorite albums of the year were definitely the Beyonce album and the Beck album.” YearsTwoListeningAlbumsFrankTributeBeyonceCentennial Author:Jose James