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John Legend - Rolling in the Deep (Adele Cover)

Rolling in the Deep (Adele Cover)

Cross The Line

Evolver

Everybody Knows

I Love, You Love (Album Version)

No Other Love

No Other Love (feat. Estelle)

Quickly (Album Version) [feat. Brandy]

Satisfaction (Album Version)

Take Me Away (Album Version)

This Time

If you've listened to Top 40 radio or flipped through the video channels during the past few years, odds are pretty good you know something about John Legend. He played piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything" and might as well be considered Kanye West's sidekick, having assisted the producer and MC on several sessions — Jay-Z's "Encore" and Slum Village's "Selfish" being two of the more prominent 2004 singles featuring his work. A former choir director, he has also released a handful of energetic live discs, some of which are credited to his less hubristic birth name, John Stephens. And though he claims "I've got something new," you've also heard substantial chunks of Get Lifted in records made decades ago by Sly & the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Quincy Jones, and Bill Withers. This might not be a problem for listeners who crave anything that recalls the music they first heard in their youth, but Legend's over-reliance upon his inspirations is an impediment as much as a slick way to grab attention. That's because he has more than enough talent and charm to get by on his own. His own lyrics and hooks are unique and clever enough to get the point across that he's no everyday R&B artist and, just as importantly, he has a personable and instantly fetching voice you could listen to all day long. However, the association with West — whose Sony-distributed boutique label released the record — is very helpful. Without it, Legend would likely be zoned into neo-soul (2003's Live at SOB's New York City really makes this notion apparent), thereby standing little chance of reaching the ears of anyone younger than 30. The production work supporting his songs strikes a fine balance between soul and hip-hop, allowing him to appeal to those who are coming from either angle. This is a very good record. It's a given that Legend is destined to make at least two others that top it. 

Number One (Maxi Single)

Number One (Clean Edit featuring Kanye West)

Get Lifted

Let's Get Lifted Again

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LYRICS:
And I've got a lot to lose, you've got a lot to prove
I've got a lot to risk, you know I can't afford to miss
So we're gonna run around forever just typing
Thinking of what could have been mine and
I know you say you're sorry you'll type back before
Running round in limbo, running round it all
(Running round in limbo, running round it all)

Show me that there's something I could go back for
Show me that there's love worth fighting for
Give me a good reason to believe at all
Running round in limbo, running round it all

If you say you're scared then I'm terrified
If you say you're ready then I'm justified
If you say it's easy then you've crossed the line
If you say it's over then I'm in denial

Show me that there's something I could go back for
Show me that there's love worth fighting for
Give me a good reason to believe at all
Running round in limbo, running round it all

And I've got a lot to lose, you've got a lot to prove

Show me that there's something I could go back for
(Show me that there's love)
Cause we're running round in limbo, running round it all
(Show me that there's love)
Show me that there's something I could go back for
(Show me that there's love)
Show me, cause we're running round in limbo, running round it all
(Running round in limbo, running round it all)


Settle Down EP

Limbo

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Plain Gold Ring (Live at Sing Sing)

John Legend - Tonight (Best You Ever Had) feat. Ludacris
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Tonight (Best You Ever Had)

Tonight (Best You Ever Had) feat. Ludacris

Mint Condition 06 Nothing Left To Say

New album WAKE UP! in stores Sept 21st. Pre-order @ http://www.johnlegend.com/

Wake Up!

Wake up Everybody (feat. Common & Melanie Fiona)

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Kimbra -- "Settle Down" (Live on KCRW)

Mint Condition -Believe In Us

Musical powerhouses John Legend & The Roots present Wake Up!, eleven profoundly evocative songs pulled from the soulful music of the 60's and 70's all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness. The album is highlighted with familiar tracks like "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway mixed with more obscure selections like Baby Huey and the Babysitters' "Hard Times". Wake Up! also includes one original composition, John Legend's "Shine," which is featured in the upcoming documentary Waiting For Superman.

Hard Times (feat. Black Thought)

Compared to What

Our Generation (The Hope of the World) [feat. C.L. Smooth]

Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) [feat. Malik Yusef]

Greater Than One is now available for preorder 
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Get Greater Than One

Dwele  "What You Gotta Do" feat. Raheem Devaughn

Dwele drops another stellar song off his Greater Than One album, "Special". 

Dwele - Special

Chapter V

Trey Songz - Fumble

Hannah Cartwright & Ross Tones - All You Leave Behind

To a man who loves music, a man who loves art, respects the spirit world and thinks with his heart.




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Ready For Love ~ India Arie Cover ~ Angkris

Bow Down / I Been On

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The Beginning...

The Beginning

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