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John Legend - Evolver
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| John Legend's voice is constitutionally incapable of veering off-key, much less cracking or hiccuping. That kind of polish can give his music a certain adult-contemporary flavor, which he tries to escape on his third album Evolver by flirting with flashier synths and randier lyrics. The makeover works for the most part — even if there's something a little absurd about hearing him proposition a platonic friend (''Cross the Line'') or someone he's met moments before (''Quickly'') in that barbershop-quartet croon. Turns out Legend is still at his best when he plays to his voice's strengths with clean-cut ballads like''Everybody Knows.'' B+...full text |
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Third albums are difficult. The debut should come easy - the songs have been searing themselves through the writer's being, the performances ring as creativity is let off the leash, and everything feels natural, focused and fresh. The follow-up includes some technical improvements to performances and writing, and accentuates the debut's positives. But number three? That's different. "Evolver" - its title a none-too-subtle nod to the transitional phase Legend evidently feels in the midst of - is a typical third album. Where "Get Lifted" only had to introduce his talents and underline them, its follow-up, "Once Again", was Legend's unapologetic tilt at making The Classic Soul Album. It was as successful as it was prepossessing - a record of rich, warm writing, Legend's voice mellower and the writing ever more confident. "Evolver" is only partially the expected next step, its different direction chosen as much, you sense, to keep things interesting for himself as for any other, less artistically noble reason....full text |
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After two studio records of retro-leaning R&B, the Ohio-born singer steps more fully into the 21st century on his latest (Columbia) with songs intended almost as much for dance floors as for candlelit boudoirs. Legend breaks out busy hip-hop beats on "Green Light," raising his voice to falsetto on the hook before yielding to dazzling, ebullient wordplay from Andre 3000. The OutKast co-leader isn't the only rapper on the album. Kanye West contributes, too, his voice digitally altered on "It's Over" as he delivers a lyrical break-up note peppered with deft analogies to the end of Jay-Z's tenure as head of Def Jam Records and Whitney Houston's split from Bobby Brown....full text |
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