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Legend drops his debut, GET LIFTED, into the center of the neo-soul universe, and it's a charming, earnest record. Sometimes he dives into a contemporary slow jam, as on "Let's Get Lifted;" other times he finds a groove the Delfonics would be proud of, as on the West-driven "Number One." On the gently gorgeous "Ordinary People, " however, it's just the man and his piano. Whether he's truly the future direction of any genre or not, Legend is an artist to watch, and GET LIFTED offers the first major taste of his talent.
This dualdisc version of Get Lifted includes a DVD of Live at the House Of Blues plus a video remix featuring Lauryn Hill
Six years after cutting his musical teeth as a teen, tickling the ivories on the classic Lauryn Hill single "Everything Is Everything," John Stephens popped up everywhere in 2004, going by the bold name of John Legend. His ubiquity was unsurprising, since he was taken under the wing of Kanye West, the year's breakout success, who tabbed Legend "the future of hip-hop." It's an interesting label for a man whose elegant voice and schooled songwriting conjures up Bill Withers and Al Green, but sometimes the future intersects with the past in a manner transcending revival.
Personnel: John Legend (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards); Kanye West (rap vocals, programming); Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Dave Tozer (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programming); Miri Ben-Ari (strings); Tim Izo (flute, saxophone); Printz Board (trumpet); will.i.am (Moog synthesizer, programming).
Rolling Stone (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "His brand of soul is mannered, even elegant. And he's got range..."
Spin (p.88) - "[M]ashing up Sunday-service passion and request-line soul. His voice leans on subtlety more than melisma, and his sound has a crisp live-band jump, rather than canned neo-soul static." - Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly (p.85) - "Like Ray Charles, Legend joins the spiritual and the secular in satisfying, sexy ways....Almost every tune seduces with catchy hooks and soulful singing..." - Grade: A-
Q (p.121) - "[He has] a gift for writing crowd-pleasing songs, whether upbeat and funky or spare and introspective..."
Uncut (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[H]e introduces some intriguing new variations on the retro R&B template....Jeff Buckely is surprisingly brought to mind in Legend's passionately fragile delivery."
Vibe (p.144) - 5 discs out of 5 - "It's refreshing to hear a male vocalist who has enough talent to be more than a legend in his own mind."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.63) - Ranked #43 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[L]ayering choral gospel on hip hop's brag in a style bowing to Stevie and Curtis." Get Lifted Music | List Price | $17.96 (You save $2.31) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Soul/R&B, Urban Soundtrack, Rock, Soul/R&B, Live Performances, Contemporary R&B | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2004 | | All Time Sales Rank |  58362  | | CD Universe Part number | 6989046 | | Catalog number | 75154 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Dec 06, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Live | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | John Legend; Kanye West; Will.I.Am; Dave Tozer | | Engineer | Michael Peters | | Personnel | John Legend - vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards
Printz Board - trumpet
Miri Ben-Ari - strings
Dave Tozer - guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, programming
Tim Izo - flute, saxophone
Also: Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Will.I.Am, Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill | | Additional Info | Special Edition |
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Like a male Sade, or vintage Steely Dan without the irony, smooth R&B vocalist Kem weaves mellow, late-night musical tapestries over '70s-style jazz grooves. In the process, he manages to sound completely contemporary without so much as a single hip-hop beat or squiggly synth line. Kem's voice is an instrument of subtle grace and power, his vocal timbre and clipped phrasing owing an immediately obvious debt to Sam Cooke, but, interestingly, also occasionally recalling Dave Matthews. Best of all, however, is the Motown vocalist's sense of restraint. The maturity of his delivery belies his youth and puts many established vocalists to shame. Combining the best elements of Luther Vandross, Lou Rawls, and Seal, Kem delivers a slab of jazz-inflected rhythm & blues that proves it's ...
| | Aaliyah - So Much More Than A Woman DVD (2004)
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With a highly successful career as a solo R&B diva, it looked likely that Aaliyah would enjoy a long and lucrative time in the music industry. Sadly her time was cut short in a tragic plane crash, but her legacy lives on, and this release represents a celebration of her life. Much of the footage here is previously unreleased, offering a vital insight into the woman ...
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If John Legend hadn't made his name working with Kanye West, producing Jay-Z, and playing on Lauryn Hill's classic THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL, his 2004 studio debut GET LIFTED would have still established him as a true frontrunner in the world of R&B. His studio follow-up, 2006's ONCE AGAIN, is better than its predecessor; the music is still steeped in vintage 1960s- and '70s-flavored R&B, but Legend's songcraft, productions, and nuanced singing are even more appealing.
Most impressively (especially for someone who swapped his birth name for "Legend"), the music is remarkably understated, subtle, and textured. The cool-toned groove of the album's lead-off single, "Save Room," is a case in point, as is the beautiful, mid-tempo "Show Me," which floats on intricate electric guitar patterns ...
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| | Emmylou Harris Roses In The Snow CD (1980) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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On her sixth country album, ROSES IN THE SNOW, Emmylou Harris decided to explore her growing interest in bluegrass music. It was a bold move: first, because bluegrass had traditionally been the exclusive domain of men (Hazel Dickens being the most notable exception to the rule), and second, because it meant breaking with a formula that had served her well on her five previous releases. Harris tilted the odds back in her favor by assembling an all-star supporting cast including Ricky Skaggs, Tony Rice, Jerry Douglas, and the Whites, then selecting--with usual impeccable taste--10 great songs for inclusion on the album.
As one would expect, Harris salutes the masters of bluegrass here, reworking numbers associated with Ralph Stanley ("The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn"), Bill Monroe ("Wayfaring Stranger") and Flatt and Scruggs ("I'll Go Stepping Too"). Digging even further back, she also comes up with, and delivers on, A.P. Carter's "Gold Watch and Chain" and Bill Halley's "Miss the Mississippi and You," both vestiges of recorded music's earliest era. It's not all ancient history, however: ROSES also includes a hit version of Paul Simon's "The Boxer," miraculously recast as a bluegrass-friendly number.
Combining acoustic bluegrass with traditional Appalachian melodies (and tossing one contemporary tune, Paul Simon's "The Boxer," into the mix), Roses in the Snow ranks among Emmylou Harris' riskiest -- and most satisfying -- gambits. [The 2002 reissue features two bonus tracks, "You're Gonna Change" and "Root Like a Rose."] ~ Jason Ankeny
Remastered reissue of the original 1980 album with two previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'You're Gonna Change' & 'Root Like A Rose'. Highlights include the title track, the traditional 'Wayfaring Stranger' & 'Green Pastures', versions of Ralph Stanley's 'Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn', The Louvin Brothers' 'You're Learning', the Center Family's 'Gold Watch & Chain', & much more. 2002.
Recorded in July 1979. Originally released on Warner Brothers (3422). Includes liner notes by Holly George Warren.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic ...
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| | Vladiswar Nadishana Traditional Music Of Ancient Kuzhebar Aborigines CD (2006)
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Buy this CD for cheaper price from Kunaki:http://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=112833Vladiswar Nadishana is a russian virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and composer from Siberia. He plays on more than 50 instruments, including self-maded. His style is the modern world fusion or ethnic jazz.___Vladiswar Nadishana: dzuddahord, guitar, sitar, mandola, bulgarian tambura, fretless bass, double-bass, flute, gayda (bulgarian bagpipe), bansuri, overtone flute, kena, kuzhebar flutes, various percussion, ghost catcher, junkphones, sampler surgeryYoul’: trumpet, double bass, on track 9, violin on tracks 9 and 4Julia Dashevskaya: vocal on track 10, Tatjana Gordeeva: vocal on track 10, Cat Basik: vocal on track 3Musiс: Nadishana / trad., Track 9 - Youl' / Nadishana, Tracks 4, 7, 8 - Julia Dashevskaya / Nadishana __In 1990 along with studying at the Cinema Engineers Institute in Sankt-Petersburg Vladiswar Nadishana began his self-education in playing guitar. Then he mastered other instruments like fretless bass guitar, sitar, mandola, chanzy, jew's harp, ethnopercussion (darabuka, djembe, kalangu, udu, frame drums); winds (bansuri, quena, kalyuka, zhaleyka, gayda). Besides he has created some experimental musical instruments: dzuddahord, pruzhingum, plastrimbaphon, rablorrum, ghostcatcher, pin-sansa, spring-pivot-gamelan, banbang (preparated beer- and coffee-tins) etc. In 1991 he founded his first group «Soulbuilding Society" together with Lavrenty Mganga, then he played in «Ensemble Ri» with Lavrenty and Youl(1996). He also launched two other projects with Youl: «Phonic Duet»(1994) and «The Fourth Race» (2001). 2000 - was the foundation year of a trio «Russian-Tuvinian Karma Knot» with a throat singer from Tuva, Ayas Holazhyk. Vladiswar also plays in the group «Capercaillies at the Treshold of Eternity». In Berlin he works with famous ethno DJ Genetic Drugs and with Ramesh Weeratunga, a musician from Sri Lanka . All these groups and artists create music based on an experimental synthesis of musical traditions from all over the world. (ethnojazz, trance-ethno fusion, new world music etc.)Since 2000 Vladiswar lives in «Tibercul» the biggest ecovillage of the world. There he established «The Department of Sound Microsurgery» (DSM) . DSM is a creative research laboratory, tackling a wide variety of project: from mastering unknown ancient musical instruments to investigating the influence of modern sound electronics on the human energy structure. . The Department researches also ...
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