Blake Lewis first came to national attention as one of the most unique contestants ever to compete on American Idol, and long before that, as a teenager, he was well-known as Bshorty in Seattle's a cappella, hip-hop, and rave scenes. But with the release of his third album, Portrait of a Chameleon, Blake is taking things to a whole new level. Using Blake's own painstakingly handcrafted library of sampled mouth sounds to create a wide range of music from funk to reggae.