又是一個從唱詩班出身的歌手,John Legend 本名John Stephens的John Legend,為什麼將姓改作"傳奇",其實是在朋友 的玩笑中取之,叫久之後,漸漸的他自己感覺有一種使命感油然而生,因此在他 有機會成為演出者的情形下,便"改姓"為Legend(他覺得自己該為自己的生命 作出什麼又意義的表現吧!) 十月底才要在美國上架的這張專輯,事實上是一張The College Dropout的 第二章,聽R&B或黑樂的人,對The College Dropout應該熟知,這是Kanye West 嘔心瀝血的成名作,這張專輯元素用得是讓人眼花撩亂的多,這裡就不再冗贅, John和KW的認識,是透過John在賓大(University of Pennsylvania)的室友 Devo Harris,Devo是KW的cousin,John和KW因為興趣相投而一起走向音樂這路 ,因此在The College Dropout或KW接下來製作的單歌中,John亦有加入製作 團隊 John是玩鍵盤的,他在1998年Lauryn Hill經典大碟The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill中的單歌Everything is Everything擔任此鍵盤手的工作,這算 是他的處女作品,接下來他也陸續參與一些演出和製作: 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和一般會踏入樂壇的黑人一樣,在教堂的福音歌曲之下成長的,但John沒有走上 街頭,他大學主修的是英文,因此他可算是個有"知識"的"傳教者",他的音樂如前面所提 到,有著很大KW的影子,或者說是KW的協力製作,這在他的第一首單曲Used To Love U中 可以發現(這首歌很像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的聲音很像P. Diddy的手下Carl Thomas,但多了一點蒼桑感,Carl的聲音比較 渾厚,John的聲音則年輕許多(活力?知識?),SONY唱片也許會進這張唱片,但在還沒能 夠買到的情況下,只很進入網路聽聽 http://www.johnlegend.com/music.html 或點入http://www.johnlegend.com ,裡面有滿滿關於John Legend的生平及新聞, 希望對各位的R&B世界有所擴充,以上的文章材料也是來自這個網站的,許多未能言及 的部分,就有待各位自個挖掘囉 -- 勞動是一切財富的泉源； 勞動是人類一切生活的頭號基本條件； 勞動創造了人類自身。 <<Frederick Engels>> --

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