Jimmy Napes: The Songwriters

Jimmy Napes: The Songwriters

Just as Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds developed the new jack swing sound of late­-'80s American R&B, Jimmy Napes helped shape the smooth, supple grooves that emerged from the UK in the ‘10s. Get to know the writer and producer behind these swoony slow­-dance numbers and downtempo jams made famous by Mary J. Blige, Sam Smith and others.

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