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Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	cant be compared to anything else
Disadvantages:	a few songs that shouldnt be  on the album

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This is John Legends debut album. yet it his not his first installment into the industry, as he has featured and done the bv's on many tracks including Alicia Keys 'You don't know my name', jay Z's 'Encore' and Slum village 'Selfish' to name a few. On this album john collaborates with urban allstars like 'Snoop' and 'Kanye'.

This album is a good mellow album, but it also has a lot of songs that make you think, like 'Ordinary people'. John legends tracks each tell a meaningful story some about relationships but also a few about life in general. The lyrics are very strong and well thought about and even on paper the lyrical content is fantastic. if that wasn't enough he then delivers this great words with a strong very trained soulful voice, his gospel roots are truly reflected throughout this whole album. Including songs like 'Used to Love you' which was his first single to be released from the album. This song is a great unexpected mid tempo track; the accompanying video also compliments the single very well. The best song on the album in my opinion is Refuge (When It's Cold outside)' this is a very conscious track with phenomenal harmonies. It's an easy listening tracks but also has a very strong message behind it. Everyone needs to listen to this track. John has somehow managed to diffuse hip hop, gospel, soul and R'n'B together successfully. Not many artists are able to accomplish that. This man can do no wrong, this album is a masterpiece.

John has also worked with our own home grown 'Estelle', I'm sure that 2006 will be his year.

I can't wait for his sophomore album!