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- John Legend
- Band Name: John Legend
- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
- Summary: The latest album for the Grammy-winning artist features Andre 3000, Brandy, Estelle and Kanye West as guests.
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): R&B, Soul
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 22
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Mixed: 8 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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The makeover works for the most part--even if there's something a little absurd about hearing him proposition a platonic friend ('Cross the Line') or someone he's met moments before ('Quickly') in that barbershop-quartet croon.
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60This is a good album, but there's a pull between the commercial and the more left-field. [Dec 2008, p.104]
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On his third full-length, the charisma that launched Legend's career fails to grease the gears of a scattered and lethargic song cycle, one where he shuffles through various shades of adult contemporary and is repeatedly upstaged by high-profile guest appearances.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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Phil10Great vocals, that's why I give JL a 10. Can you sing like this? He is up there with Phillip Baily and Maynard J. K.
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ChrisB10Great album!
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EnzoP7
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