又是一个从唱诗班出身的歌手,John Legend 本名John Stephens的John Legend,为什麽将姓改作"传奇",其实是在朋友 的玩笑中取之,叫久之後,渐渐的他自己感觉有一种使命感油然而生,因此在他 有机会成为演出者的情形下,便"改姓"为Legend(他觉得自己该为自己的生命 作出什麽又意义的表现吧!) 十月底才要在美国上架的这张专辑,事实上是一张The College Dropout的 第二章,听R&B或黑乐的人,对The College Dropout应该熟知,这是Kanye West 呕心沥血的成名作,这张专辑元素用得是让人眼花撩乱的多,这里就不再冗赘, John和KW的认识,是透过John在宾大(University of Pennsylvania)的室友 Devo Harris,Devo是KW的cousin,John和KW因为兴趣相投而一起走向音乐这路 ,因此在The College Dropout或KW接下来制作的单歌中,John亦有加入制作 团队 John是玩键盘的,他在1998年Lauryn Hill经典大碟The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill中的单歌Everything is Everything担任此键盘手的工作,这算 是他的处女作品,接下来他也陆续参与一些演出和制作: John's credits and accolades include the following: Featured as a vocalist, pianist and co-writer on several tracks from Kanye West's debut album, The College Dropout , including "Graduation Song", "Family Business" and "Never Let Me Down" (also features Jay-Z ). (2004) Vocalist and pianist on "Encore" and "Lucifer" from Jay-Z's The Black Album (2003) Vocalist on "You Don't Know My Name", the lead single from The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) Co-writer, vocalist & pianist on Alicia Keys ' "If I Ain't Got You (Kanye West Remix)" (2004) Co-writer & pianist on Janet Jackson's new single "I Want You" (2004) Lead vocalist and co-writer on the Black Eyed Peas song "The Boogie That B"from Elephunk (2003) Pianist and video appearance on "Slow Jamz" by Twista & Kanye West f/ Jamie Foxx (2004) Lead vocalist on "Selfish", the lead single from the forthcoming Slum Village album (2004) Co-writer, pianist and vocalist on "I Try" (f/ Mary J. Blige ), the lead single from Talib Kweli's forthcoming album Beautiful Struggle (2004) Lead vocalist and pianist on Talib Kweli's "Around My Way" (2004) Vocalist, pianist and video appearance on "This Way", the lead single from Dilated Peoples' forthcoming album, Expansion Team (2004) Pianist on "Overnight Celebrity", the new single from Twista's Kamikaze (2004) Debut film appearance in Loverboy . Stars Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei (2004) BMI's sole choice to receive one of the five 2002 Songwriter's Hall of Fame Scholarships John's independent releases, John Stephens (2000) and Live at Jimmy's Uptown(2001), have sold several thousand copies at his shows and on his website John's 2003 release Live at SOB's , distributed by Digital Club Network via Koch International, has shipped several thousand units and is available at record stores worldwide. John's brand new limited edition independent release, Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory (featuring John performing solo on acoustic piano) is now available via his website. (2003) Featured performer in Kanye West's School Spirit tour (2004) Headlining live performer at various venues in the New York area, including S.O.B.'s, Joe's Pub, Jimmy's Uptown, and Justin's . He has also played 2K9 and Dream in Washington, DC, as well as the TLA, the Trocadero and the Five Spot in Philadelphia.(2000-2003) Performed on the same bill with national acts such as Musiq, The Roots, The Black Eyed Peas, Common, Talib Kweli, Clipse, Kanye West, Jaheim, Floetry, Amel Larrieux, Res, Glenn Lewis and Kindred, and on radio stations such as Philadelphia's top urban station Power 99 (2000-2003) Vocalist and pianist on future releases by Britney Spears, Eve and Common. (2004) Pianist on "Everything is Everything" from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) Choir director, pianist and head of the music department at Bethel AME Church in Scranton, PA (1995-2004) Former musical director and award-winning soloist, arranger and producer for Counterparts, a nationally acclaimed student a cappella group from the University of Pennsylvania (1998-99) (摘自http://www.johnlegend.com/bio4.html) John和一般会踏入乐坛的黑人一样,在教堂的福音歌曲之下成长的,但John没有走上 街头,他大学主修的是英文,因此他可算是个有"知识"的"传教者",他的音乐如前面所提 到,有着很大KW的影子,或者说是KW的协力制作,这在他的第一首单曲Used To Love U中 可以发现(这首歌很像KW替Talib Kweli作的那首Get By) http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/092776/092776_01_01_full_100.asx http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/092776/092776_01_01_full.ram John的声音很像P. Diddy的手下Carl Thomas,但多了一点苍桑感,Carl的声音比较 浑厚,John的声音则年轻许多(活力?知识?),SONY唱片也许会进这张唱片,但在还没能 够买到的情况下,只很进入网路听听 http://www.johnlegend.com/music.html 或点入http://www.johnlegend.com ,里面有满满关於John Legend的生平及新闻, 希望对各位的R&B世界有所扩充,以上的文章材料也是来自这个网站的,许多未能言及 的部分,就有待各位自个挖掘罗 -- 劳动是一切财富的泉源； 劳动是人类一切生活的头号基本条件； 劳动创造了人类自身。 <<Frederick Engels>> --

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