John Legend

John Legend – Once Again (2006/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:08 minutes | 669 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Getting Out Our Dreams – Sony Urban Music – Columbia

“Once Again”, the much-anticipated second solo album from the multi-platinum Grammy-winning artist John Legend. He has worked with a great list of producers and co-writers, including Kanye West, will. I. am, Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Sa-Ra, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen, Dave Tozer and Avenue. There is a special guest appearance from Mary J. Blige. Though he had worked with Blige before, Legend said he got to know her better this time around. The album has a range of influences, from soul to hip-hop to classic pop to alternative.
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John Legend – Love In The Future (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:30 minutes | 725 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © G.O.O.D. Music – Columbia

Love in the Future is John Legend’s first solo album since 2008. Featuring the production work of Kanye West, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, Doc McKinney, the Runners, 88 Keys, Bink, and Hit-Boy, this Deluxe Version contains four additional tracks. The album is brimming with the work of five years put in by this R&B master songsmith, as well as several covers, including one of “Angel” by Anita Baker. Love in the Future is a fantastic album for old and new John Legend fans alike.
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John Legend – Darkness and Light (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:55 minutes | 561 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Unlike John Legend’s first four proper studio albums, this one, his fifth, was produced almost entirely by one person. Floored by Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color, Legend — coming off his first number one pop hit and an Academy Award — recruited Blake Mills, that album’s chief collaborator. Mills, who also plays several instruments and co-writes almost every song, responds in kind here with a similarly vivid touch. Even at its most processed, the album sounds handwrought, a fully evolved synthesis of gospel, folk, rhythm & blues, and adult pop. Legend’s supporting cast of songwriters, an unconventional mix of commercial pop and underground figures that widely ranges from John Ryan to Will Oldham, is completely different to that of 2013’s Love in the Future. The bulk of the songs are thematically similar nonetheless, with the embrace of an intense and long-term partnership — up against “all that shit from the outside” — at the center. A little more personal and societal context is drawn here. It starts with “I Know Better,” a ballad led by Larry Goldings’ Hammond organ and piano, where Legend enters in almost startling fashion with “They say sing what you know, but I’ve sung what they want.” He renounces vanity, then beams “My history has brought me to this place/There’s power in the color of my face.” After the elegant funk-soul number “Penthouse Floor,” a triumphantly escapist number enhanced by Chance the Rapper, the content switches to more personal matters. A one-night stand (“Temporary Painless”), the rejection of anxieties to seize commitment (“Surefire”), love after war (“What You Do to Me”), and life under a microscope (“Overload”) are among the subjects. There’s also a moving ballad, featuring tenor sax from Kamasi Washington, addressed to Legend’s daughter. In addition to Legend’s laser focus and Mills’ presence, the album is tied together by the supreme rhythm section of Pino Palladino and Chris “Daddy” Dave. Each track has its own kind of burning intensity. The album’s front, back, and inner photos are in black-and-white, but the music evokes rich shades of yellow, orange, and red. ~ Andy Kellman
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John Legend – Bigger Love (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:57 minutes | 626 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

“These songs are about joy, hope, and resilience,” John Legend tells Apple Music. “The power of the human spirit.” His upbeat seventh album Bigger Love was largely recorded in 2019, before a pandemic and mass protests swept the globe, but its message is no less relevant or uplifting: Love wins. Shaped by the same wrecking crew from his blockbuster Christmas album, including Raphael Saadiq as executive producer, the songs here serve as a bridge between vintage and modern Black music; he hat-tips The Flamingos and Marvin Gaye, reimagines trap drums, and flirts with Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Equally exciting are the young hitmakers (Tayla Parx, Cautious Clay, and Anderson .Paak are a few) and clever collaborations (bluesman Gary Clark Jr., rising reggae sensation Koffee) peppered throughout, making these instant classics feel unmistakably now.
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John Legend – LEGEND (Solo Piano Version) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:49 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records

Award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist John Legend has released LEGEND (Solo Piano Version), a stunning collection of stripped-down selections from his double album, LEGEND.

“After releasing LEGEND last fall, a few of the songs kept coming back to me, wanting to take on a new form,” says Legend.

He adds, “I’m excited to share LEGEND (Solo Piano Version) with you today – just me and my piano. I hope these renditions can serve as a reminder that we’re all ever-evolving.”
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John Legend – LEGEND (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:21:02 minutes | 960 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records

R&B and soul legend John Legend reports back. Full of vulnerability, praise and healing – his album “Legend” will be released in 2022!

The album was produced by Legend and prolific producer and writer Ryan Tedder and is a dynamic double album of songs marked by sensuality and joy but also pain and healing. “Legend” is the first album where the musician uses the meaning of his name. Legend explains, “I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music.”

Already the first two singles “Honey” and “Dope” of the album make you want more and the next hit single “All She Wanna Do” from the upcoming album was created in collaboration with the GRAMMY-nominated US rapper Saweetie and was also top-class produced and co-written by Ryan Tedder, Monsters and Strangerz, Zach Sketon and Halatrax.
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