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John Legend Teams Up With Rick Ross, D'Angelo Gets A Prince Assist, Plus Download Another DV One Soulful Mix
Posted on January 23, 2009 9:20 AM
If you thought John Legend only works with the likes of Kanye West and Andre 3000 you might be surprised to hear that Legend recently spent some time in the studio working on a track for Rick Ross.
Unfortunately I can't post the song up -- yet. But I will tell you that I've heard it and it's simply magnificent.
Earlier this week, Legend unveiled the video for his song "Everybody Knows" off his latest album Evolver. Watch it now:
John Legend makes some AMAZING videos. You never see him do the same old thing and he uses images that people can relate to in order to tell stories we can all identify with. Anthony Mandler directed the "Everybody Knows" vid. For a minute there I thought John was gonna go the D'Angelo "How Does It Feel" route with this vid but he did something totally unexpected instead.
Speaking of D'Angelo, earlier this week Billboard revealed that D will be collaborating with Prince on his highly anticipated comeback album James River which is due out this Summer via J Records. D'Angelo's manager, Lindsay Guion also stated that D'Angelo is teaming with Gnarls Barkley's Cee-Lo Green in addition to existing collaborations with Raphael Saadiq, Mark Ronson and Roy Hargrove..
Can you imagine what a Prince and D'Angelo collabo might sound like? It's gonna be bananas. Oh and I'll be the first in line for tickets to D'Angelo's upcoming tour (his first in years) which begins this Summer in Europe before hitting the U.S.
And it's Friday, so I have another mix for you guys. This one coming from my Rock Steady crew homie DV One . It's an instrumental set that will blow your mind.
Playlist:
The Family Vibes - la vamp
Kashmere Stage Band - thank you
Mulatu Of Ethiopia - click
Slimm Thug - I aint heard of that
The Menahan St Band - make the road by walking
Jay Dee - The Dee
Clipse - mr me too
Mobb Deep - hell on earth
Jeff Lorber - rain dance
Curtis Mayfield - freddie's dead
Little Brother - step it up
Notorious BIG - machine gun funk
Dennis Edwards - dont look any further
Jack Mayborn - music people
H Flowers - light 6
Les Mcann - the harlem buck dance strut
Idris Muhammad - crab apple
Ahmad Jamal - ghetto child
Joe Thomas - polarizer
Tom Scott - sneakin in the back
Deodato - september 13th
Keak da Sneak - Tshirt, jeans and nike's
Marvin Gaye - i want you
Donald Seward - sing a simple song
Lalo Schifrin - la baraca
Gianfranco Reverberi - nel cimitero di tucson
Download it here: http://www.divshare.com/download/6347926-562
I'm also currently giving away autographed copies of Novel's EP I Am Future Black President and mixtape 808's and Mixtapes. Email me at sohh.soulrebel@gmail.com to get your copy. I only have 5 so hit me ASAP!
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I'm not surprised at all bout John Legend hooking up w/Rick False....Rick will do anything for a dollar and he is a fucking liar and a sell out...John can't hook up with real niggas...Rick is fraud, so them teaming up sounds bout right..And dis nigga had the nerve to name his label "Mayback Music"....WTF!!!!!! Nigga, how many dudes that has bout your music in the past, have a mayback to bump your cd in...He is a fucking sell out, lying ass fat boi that will that is no longer relevant in the rap game... I GURANTEE HIS NEXT ALBUM WILL NOT GO GOLD....
Am I the only one who looks forward to Clo-fresh's rants?