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  2010 Black Music Best50 4位
2011 The 53rd Grammy Nominees :Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ( is winner)
Score Card
ラップ(rap oriented) 歌(song oriented)
アーバン(urban) アーシー(earthy)
聴きやすい(familiar) リスナーを選ぶ(serious)
評点(rating) (5点満点 fullmark :5)
John LegendがRootsをバックに60-70年代のメッセージ性の強い曲を唄うカバー集。ブラスやストリングスなどを加え、当時の雰囲気を損なわないProduceがなされている。自身のソロ作ではPopな方向へと進むJohn Legendだが、今回は振り出しを遡り、思いっきりソウルフルなものになっている。そのVocalは力強く、ファンクであり、こちらのほうが素質が活かされているのは事実であろう。ヴェトナム戦争, 公民権運動, 人種差別, 貧困などをバックにした歌詞は現在にも通ずるものがあり、ある意味普遍性を持っている。凡百の企画物とは一線を画す名作である。
Tracks 輸入盤  歌詞無し 62 minutes48seconds
Title Composer Time
1 Hard Times Mayfield 5:16
2 Compared to What McDaniels 6:26
3 Wake Up Everybody Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead 4:24
4 Our Generation (The Hope of the World) Moore, Smooth 3:15
5 Little Ghetto Boy (Prelude) Composed by: Biddle, Douglass, Poyser, Thompson, Yusef 1:58
6 Little Ghetto Boy DeRouen, Howard 5:26
7 Hang on in There Kirkland 7:15
8 Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be) Thompson 3:49
9 Wholy Holy Benson, Cleveland, Gaye 5:50
10 I Can't Write Left Handed Jackson, Withers 11:44
11 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Dallas, Taylor 2:42
12 Shine Stephens 4:43
Producers
Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, James Poyser and John Legend(all))
Guests
Black Thought, Common, Melanie Fiona, CL. Smooth, Marik Yusef
Links
http://johnlegend.com
http://columbiarecords.com
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