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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Prelude ~ John Legend
2. Let's Get Lifted ~ John Legend
3. Used To Love U ~ John Legend
4. Alright ~ John Legend
5. She Don't Have To Know ~ John Legend
6. Number One ~ John Legend
7. I Can Change ~ John Legend
8. Ordinary People ~ John Legend
9. Stay With You ~ John Legend
10. Let's Get Lifted Again ~ John Legend
11. So High ~ John Legend
12. Refuge (When It's Cold Outside) ~ John Legend
13. It Don't Have to Change ~ John Legend
14. Live It Up ~ John Legend
15. So High - (Cloud 9 remix) ~ John Legend
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: John Legend (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards); Kanye West (rap vocals, programming); Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Dave Tozer (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programming); Miri Ben-Ari (strings); Tim Izo (flute, saxophone); Printz Board (trumpet); will.i.am (Moog synthesizer, programming). |
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Six years after cutting his musical teeth as a teen, tickling the ivories on the classic Lauryn Hill single "Everything Is Everything," John Stephens popped up everywhere in 2004, going by the bold name of John Legend. His ubiquity was unsurprising, since he was taken under the wing of Kanye West, the year's breakout success, who tabbed Legend "the future of hip-hop." It's an interesting label for a man whose elegant voice and schooled songwriting conjures up Bill Withers and Al Green, but sometimes the future intersects with the past in a manner transcending revival. |
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Legend drops his debut, GET LIFTED, into the center of the neo-soul universe, and it's a charming, earnest record. Sometimes he dives into a contemporary slow jam, as on "Let's Get Lifted;" other times he finds a groove the Delfonics would be proud of, as on the West-driven "Number One." On the gently gorgeous "Ordinary People, " however, it's just the man and his piano. Whether he's truly the future direction of any genre or not, Legend is an artist to watch, and GET LIFTED offers the first major taste of his talent. |
Producer: John Legend; Kanye West; Will.I.Am; Dave Tozer |
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Engineer: Michael Peters |
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Musical Guests | |
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Snoop Dogg |
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Kanye West |
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Will.I.Am |
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Lauryn Hill |
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
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Magnetic Man |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 12/06/2005 |
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Original Release Date : 2004 |
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Catalog ID : 75154 |
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Label : Columbia (USA) |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00828767515427 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.108)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "His brand of soul is mannered, even elegant. And he's got range..."
- 4 stars out of 5 - "His brand of soul is mannered, even elegant. And he's got range..."
Spin (p.88)
- "[M]ashing up Sunday-service passion and request-line soul. His voice leans on subtlety more than melisma, and his sound has a crisp live-band jump, rather than canned neo-soul static." - Grade: A-
- "[M]ashing up Sunday-service passion and request-line soul. His voice leans on subtlety more than melisma, and his sound has a crisp live-band jump, rather than canned neo-soul static." - Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly (p.85)
- "Like Ray Charles, Legend joins the spiritual and the secular in satisfying, sexy ways....Almost every tune seduces with catchy hooks and soulful singing..." - Grade: A-
- "Like Ray Charles, Legend joins the spiritual and the secular in satisfying, sexy ways....Almost every tune seduces with catchy hooks and soulful singing..." - Grade: A-
Q (p.121)
- "[He has] a gift for writing crowd-pleasing songs, whether upbeat and funky or spare and introspective..."
- "[He has] a gift for writing crowd-pleasing songs, whether upbeat and funky or spare and introspective..."
Uncut (p.132)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]e introduces some intriguing new variations on the retro R&B template....Jeff Buckely is surprisingly brought to mind in Legend's passionately fragile delivery."
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]e introduces some intriguing new variations on the retro R&B template....Jeff Buckely is surprisingly brought to mind in Legend's passionately fragile delivery."
Vibe (p.144)
- 5 discs out of 5 - "It's refreshing to hear a male vocalist who has enough talent to be more than a legend in his own mind."
- 5 discs out of 5 - "It's refreshing to hear a male vocalist who has enough talent to be more than a legend in his own mind."
Mojo (Publisher)
(p.63)
- Ranked #43 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[L]ayering choral gospel on hip hop's brag in a style bowing to Stevie and Curtis."
(p.63)
- Ranked #43 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[L]ayering choral gospel on hip hop's brag in a style bowing to Stevie and Curtis."
