Get Lifted (2004)

Artist: John Legend
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Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records
UPC: 00827969277621
Release Date: 12/28/2004
Buy.com Sku: 63910853
Item#: MJU4TJ
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Prelude ~ John Legend
2. Let's Get Lifted ~ John Legend
3. Used To Love U ~ John Legend
4. Alright ~ John Legend
5. She Don't Have To Know ~ John Legend
6. Number One - (with Kanye West) ~ John Legend
7. I Can Change - (with Snoop Dogg) ~ John Legend
8. Ordinary People ~ John Legend
9. Stay With You ~ John Legend
10. Let's Get Lifted Again ~ John Legend
11. So High ~ John Legend
12. Refuge (When It's Cold Outside) ~ John Legend
13. It Don't Have To Change - (with The Stephens Family) ~ John Legend
14. Live It Up - (with Miri Ben-Ari) ~ John Legend


(P) 2004 Getting Out Our Dreams and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (C) 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

A musical protégé from an early age, 23 year old John Legend has worked with some of the biggest names in music, and now his debut album, Get Lifted. album, which is John's first on a major label, features guest appearances by Kanye West and Snoop Dogg as well as production by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas.
 
"Certified classic. "  Vibe

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel include: 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).
Recording information: The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Westlake Audio, Hollywood, California.
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.
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.

Producer: John Legend; Kanye West; Will.i.am; Dave Tozer

Engineer: Michael Peters

Musical Guests
Snoop Dogg
Kanye West
Will.i.am
Lauryn Hill

 
Artist Overview
Though it appears that he emerged fully-formed in 2004 from the mind of Kanye West, John Legend got his start on the East Coast in the mid 1990s as John Stephens, a promising neo-soul piano-player and songwriter. After he garnered the attention of Lauryn Hill--on whose 1998 classic Legend played--many high-profile studio gigs followed, including a pivotal one co-writing and playing on Kanye West's smash debut. West, impressed with Stephens's abilities, signed him (as "John Legend") to his production company and co-produced his debut album, GET LIFTED, a soul-hip-hop hybrid that wowed critics and listeners alike. Thus rechristened, a Legend was born.

Artist Influences
Al Green | Aretha Franklin | Babyface | Donny Hathaway | Erykah Badu | Lenny Kravitz | Maxwell (R&B) | Prince | Stevie Winwood | Stevie Wonder | Wyclef Jean

Artist Contemporaries
Amos Lee | Beyonce | Common | Governor | Kanye West | Lauryn Hill | Ludacris | Macy Gray | Norah Jones | Outkast


 
Compilation Appearances
Detroit Deli (Explicit Version)
Take 'em To The Cleaners
Beautiful Struggle (Explicit Version)
Beautiful Struggle
Hip Hop Hits: vol 9 (Explicit Version)
Hip Hop Hits: vol 9 (censored)
Hitch
Vol 18.-Now That's What I Call Music
Galactic Soul
Be (Explicit Version)
Brother From Another (Explicit Version)
Brother From Another
Monkey Business
Vol. 19-Now That's What I Call Music
Hip Hop Violinist (Explicit Version)
Hip Hop Violinst
So Amazing... An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross
Habitat Collection:fireside
Different Strokes By Different Folks
Rising Tied (Explicit Version)
Rising Tide/the(clean)
Timeless
2006 Grammy Nominees
R b Dance Mix
Listennn The Album (Explicit Version)
Tiki
Duets: An American Classic
Xclusive R&b (3Cd) 0906
Jagged Edge 0206
Duets: An American Classic (Bonus Track) (Hk)
Hits
Kingdom Come(Explicit Version)(Bonus Tracks)
Kingdom Come(clean)(Bonus Tracks)
Reflections: The Journey
2007 Grammy Nominees
Don't Quit Your Day Job(Explicit Version)
Don't Quit Your Day Job
Rich Boy(Explicit Version)
Rich Boy(Cln)(Explicit Version)
Duets:american Classic(Bonus Tracks)
Pride
Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace
Gotta Have Gospel Vol 5
Grey's Anatomy Vol 3
Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack 1-3 Set
Live Earth: The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis (1CD/2DVD Package)
Jewels In The Crown:allstar Duets Wit
August Rush
Shine
Lay It Down
Lay It Down
You're Beautiful
Just The Hits 2007
Paper Trail (Explicit Version)
Paper Trail
Soul Men
Yes We Can: Voices Of A Grassroots Movement
Back On My B S(Explicit Version)
Back On My B S(Explicit Version)
Total Club Hits 2
Now That's What I Call Music 30
Back On My Bs(Limited Edition)(Explicit Version)
Fist Of God
Deeper Than Rap(Explicit Version)
Deeper Than Rap
Deeper Than Rap(Limited Edition)(Explicit Version)
Wizard Of Poetry(Explicit Version)
Wizard Of Poetry
Uno No Es Uno

 
Associated Artists and Works
The Piano Tribute To John Legend ~ Various Artists
Smooth Sax Tribute To John Legend ~ Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 12/28/2004
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 92776
Label : Columbia (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00827969277621

 
Professional Reviews
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."

  
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