John Legend - Get Lifted

Artist:

Legend, John

UPC:

827969277621

Description:

Personnel: John Legend (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards); John Legend; Kanye West (vocals, rap vocals, programming, drum programming); Tarrey Torae, Vaughn Stephens, MBalia Singley, A. Wayne Stephens, Ronald Stephens, Kashaan Stephens (vocals, background vocals); Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson, Lenesha Randolph, Tarey Torae, James Roston, Na2, Candace Anderson, Tara Michel, Candice Anderson (vocals); Dave Tozer (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programming, drum programming); Glen Jeffery, George Pajon, Curtis Jay, Jayme Kelly Curtis, Sharief Hobley (guitar); Corey Hogan (saxophone); Steve Tirpak, Jenee Dixon (trumpet); Elizabeth Lea (trombone); Horn Dogs (horns); will.i.am (Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, programming, drum programming); Jeremy Dyen (synthesizer); Swiss Chris Flueck, Jimmy Coleman (drums); Ted Chung, Shvona, Ronald "Bumper" Stephnes (hand claps); Brett Stephens, Marjorie Stephens, Brandy Stephens, Vada Stephens, Phyllis E. Stephens, Doris Stephens, Dionne Stephens, Phyllis Y. Stephens (background vocals); Snoop Dogg (vocals, rap vocals, spoken vocals); Miri Ben-Ari (strings); Tim Izo (flute, saxophone); Printz Board (trumpet).
Audio Mixer: Manny Marroquin.
Recording information: Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Sound Images, Cincinnate, OH; Studio Crash, Philadelphia, PA; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; The Stechia, Los Feliz, CA; The Stewchia, Los Feliz, CA; WEstlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographers: Patricia Tyree; Danny Clinch.
Unknown Contributor Role: Matt Hueneman.
Arranger: Miri Ben-Ari.
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.
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.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Prelude
2. Let`s Get Lifted
3. Used to Love U
4. Alright
5. She Don`t Have to Know
6. Number One
7. I Can Change
8. Ordinary People
9. Stay With You
10. Let`s Get Lifted Again
11. So High
12. Refuge (When It`s Cold Outside)
13. It Don`t Have to Change
14. Live It Up

Album Information

Release Date:

12/28/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Contemporary R&B

Label:

Columbia (USA)

Producer:

John Legend; Miri Ben-Ari; Kanye West; Will.I.Am; Dave Tozer; Devon Harris; Paul Cho; John Legend; Kanye West; Will.I.Am; Dave Tozer

Catalog Number:

92776

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Snoop Dogg; Kanye West; Will.I.Am; Lauryn Hill

Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.

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