Naturally, these traits surface clearly on “Sing,” a collaboration with Pharrell Williams that contains some of the natural ebullience of “Happy,” along with the upscale whitebread rap of “The Man,” but this good cheer surfaces on songs that are far removed from rhythm. Like Mraz, Sheeran plays around with hip-hop cadences but at his core he’s a singer/songwriter, and a sensitive one at that, one who prefers love tunes to songs of protest, something that is quite evident on X, his second collection of original songs.Īlthough he sometimes pours out his armed with no more than an acoustic guitar, he’s not a troubadour those hip-hop roots means he’ll not only ramble out a rap, but he’s also quite comfortable with luxurious, shimmering textures and buoyant melodies. – X (Wembley Edition) (2015) FLAC (tracks) Tracks: 24 Playtime: 01:41:30 Size: 634.9 MB Genre: Pop, Alternative, Singer, Songwriter Label: Asylum Records UK Released: 2015 It’s a little glib to call Ed Sheeran the U.K.’s answer to Jason Mraz, yet there’s a grain of truth in that statement.
