John Legend

MP3: John Legend – “Rolling in the Deep” (Adele Cover)

If anyone could cover such a riveting, expressively large r&b tune like “Rolling In The Deep,” especially to match vocals from a songstress as exceptional as Adele, than it’s got…

MP3: Estelle & John Legend – Sing and Flow (Free EP)

I’d like to wish our American readers a Happy Thanksgiving, though it’s starting to look like Christmas around here. First Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox (aka Atlas Sound) releases four album-length “volumes”…

John Legend & The Roots – “Wake Up” (Arcade Fire Cover) (Studio Version)

It’s no secret that the Roots and John Legend admire Arcade Fire’s socially conscious lyricism and humanitarianism. Their first collaborative effort, a covers album dedicated to politically charged songs, was…

Lupe Fiasco – “Never Forget You” f/ John Legend

New Lupe! Since the rapper revealed that his forthcoming third LP, Lasers, will come out in March, we’ve been eagerly awaiting any samples of the new repertoire. After releasing the…

REC’D: Kanye West – “Blame Game” f/ John Legend & Chris Rock

We’ve spent the last few days with Kanye West‘s undeniable album of the year front-runner, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and listen after listen, “Blame Game” proved itself to be…

Kanye West – Christian Dior Denim Flow f/ Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, & Others

After the leak of a couple of unfinished album tracks, Kanye West took to Twitter and explained that he would not be releasing a G.O.O.D. Friday track this week. It…

SATURDAY

DOWNLOAD: Chiddy Bang x The Naked & Famous – “Young Blood” (Remix) Chiddy Bang and Xaphoon Jones remixes one of 2010′s most fun surprises, “Young Blood” by New Zealand’s The…

ALBUM REVIEW: John Legend and The Roots – Wake Up!

STREET DATE: 09.21.10 | EMUSIC | AMAZON| INSOUND | ITUNES RATE WAKE UP! [STARRATER] There aren’t many hip hop artists out there willing to tackle socially and politically conscious music…

MONDAY/TUESDAY

HIGHLY REC’D: LCD Soundsystem – “Home” When This is Happening first came out, I listened to “Home” every day. Every time I got in my car, every time I turned on…

John Legend & The Roots – “I Can’t Write Left-Handed”

On the twelve minute, epic cover of Bill Withers’ “I Can’t Write Left Handed”, The Roots team up with John Legend to deliver an incredibly powerful and moving song in…

WEDNESDAY

HIGHLY REC’D: The Right Now – “Nobody” [Originally published yesterday, but the post had loading issues. It's been fixed and reposted] The first thing that came to mind while listening…

The Right Now – “Nobody”

The first thing that came to mind while listening to The Right Now’s song “Nobody” was John Legend. Like Legend, Stefanie Berecz delivers an impressively self-aware message about a phenomenon…

MONDAY

WATCH: Kanye West – “Runaway” f/ Pusha T (Live at MTV VMAs) Following the grating performance of the song (class act) Taylor Swift wrote for him, Kanye West performed “Runaway,”…

John Legend – Everybody Knows (RAC Remix)

PMA favorite RAC is back with a remix of John Legend’s latest single, “Everybody Knows.” John Legend is no stranger to singing over an electronic beat. He recently lent his…

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