sofull.

freud's couch

Soul

soul

SOUL

Funk

free strum

Soulgospelig

John Legend is an artist mature beyond his years. He is a crooner in the best possible sense of the word — self-assured, gentle and debonair. For Legend’s sophomore album Kanye West resumes his role as executive producer, but Once Again is a mellower affair than Get Lifted. The songs get their gentility from Legend’s low, cocoa-smooth vocals, which never fail to bring a potentially hyper song to a place of calm. Though Once Again features an impressive assembly of producers — including Craig Street, will.i.am and West (all contributed multiple songs) — Legend is wholly in control of the album’s tone and tempo. The hip-hop underpinnings are balanced by the elegant jazz of “Again” and “Maxine.” “Where Did My Baby Go” is so simple that it feels timeless — it could be a piece of an old album by Arthur Alexander or even Joan Baez, made new again by Legend’s warm breath. “Save Room” is a song that glides so sweetly and effortlessly that it challenges every shred of malice that might be lurking within the listener. Even sweeter is “Slow Dance,” a melody as compact and pretty as a jeweled pocketwatch.

Once Again

Each Day Gets Better

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. 

Prelude

Ordinary People

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Tetra

Down The Road

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Missing On The Motorway (Tiger Mendoza Mix)

Five Great Guitars - African Blues Tour
Live recording 2011

Special guest: Habib Koité
Jan Kuiper: guitar
Zoumana Diarra: guitar, kora, balafon, n'goni
Erwin Java: elektric guitar
Digmon Roovers: guitar-bass
Mousse Pathe M'Baye: percussion
Dramane Diarra: percussion

Sound: Neil Denholm


Five Great Guitars - Bougouroubou

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

Wake Up!

Wake up Everybody (feat. Common & Melanie Fiona)

Fix Our Eyes On Jesus Christ

Magical Mystery Tour
written by John Lennon - Paul McCartney
recorded by: The CompanY
featuring: Gerard Salonga (conductor) and FILharmoniKA
from the album, GROUP HUG (Viva Records 2008)


Magical Mystery Tour

channel ORANGE

Pyramids

Listen to Miguel's newest track "A D O R N ".

A D O R N

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

Hang on in There

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

DUKE DUMONT - FOR CLUB PLAY ONLY VOL. 2

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Turbo Recordings presents the second in a series of club-vanquishing EPs from @dukedumont.

Following the rapturous reception of his first club-centric EP for Turbo, as well as remixes for Santigold and the forthcoming AlunaGeorge single, UK superproducer Duke Dumont returns to tighten his stranglehold on the worldwide nightgeist with FOR CLUB PLAY ONLY VOL. 2, this time training his sights on the Vocal Anthem heavyweight title.

A-side "No Money Blues" brings UK bass and deep house into the realm of crossover pop, while "The Giver" is an ecstatic vocal house anthem that would fit seamlessly alongside the most uplifting MURK classics. These are probably the two most "feel-good" tracks we will put out all year, but the impeccable level of quality actually lets you "feel good" about "feeling good."

This EP positions Dumont as the versatile international hitmaker we know him to be, establishing a globe-spanning Dukedom to unite us all.

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Duke Dumont - The Giver

got stoned and mixed really old records for half an hour

DJ Shadow Mix by Culprit One.  "Reconstructed: Best of DJ Shadow is now available at http://djshadow.com

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New music from the soulful Bilal 
TOO HIGH

off of his new mixtape The Retrospective