babynoz said:

Revolution said:

compared to Prince? Hell no! compared to Justin Bieber? well, i guess so.

Compared to Prince? WTF? Who compared who in the thread!! Y'all just wanna make these low ass comparaisons that end up with no point made. What if I told you that Prince is shit when it comes to Ravi Shankar or fucking Mozart... Prince is not the best musician in the world, and John Legend is a decent singer and he is very respected in the R&B field.

whitechocolatebrotha said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I don't dislike his music.... nor care for it. It's just there he's had some ok stuff hear and there. And his collabs with Kanye have been pretty good. His new song isn't bad, but it's bland and meh.

Are his albusm worth checking out? the guy is talented and all. But just seems like a male Alicia Keys.

I agree. He's not Donny or Peabo or anyone great, but he's talented and yeah...just "there." I'd much rather listen 2 Peabo all day.

Donny Osmond or Hathaway? Peabo Bryson? you're kidding right?

John is a Legend. Of course his music is cool. Snappy dresser too.

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On a slightly similar note to Billmenever, I wonder who you, Kitbradley, were talking about when you said 'Jeffrey'? I know Peabo Bryson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, but I can't seem to put a surname, face, and music to 'Jeffrey'.

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Or maybe that's the whippersnapper in me talking.

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ginusher said:

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On a slightly similar note to Billmenever, I wonder who you, Kitbradley, were talking about when you said 'Jeffrey'? I know Peabo Bryson, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, but I can't seem to put a surname, face, and music to 'Jeffrey'.

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Or maybe that's the whippersnapper in me talking.

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I think he's referring to Jeffrey Osborne

Shawy89 said:

Revolution said:

compared to Prince? Hell no! compared to Justin Bieber? well, i guess so.

Compared to Prince? WTF? Who compared who in the thread!! Y'all just wanna make these low ass comparaisons that end up with no point made. What if I told you that Prince is shit when it comes to Ravi Shankar or fucking Mozart... Prince is not the best musician in the world, and John Legend is a decent singer and he is very respected in the R&B field.

Awww, you seem to need a hug. My point was it's all relative. Legend is bland imo. He may be respected, but he ain't no pretty man! Prince has always been FIRE and, IMO, much better than Mozart and the other guy you mentioned (who I don't even have the urge to check out at this time).

Mozart was hot, but he ain't SEXY! Dig?

Besides 'Ordinary People' and 'All of Me', his sht is trash.

If you wanna hear someone that is actually good, check out Anthony Hamilton.

Shawy89 said:

Revolution said:

compared to Prince? Hell no! compared to Justin Bieber? well, i guess so.

Compared to Prince? WTF? Who compared who in the thread!! Y'all just wanna make these low ass comparaisons that end up with no point made. What if I told you that Prince is shit when it comes to Ravi Shankar or fucking Mozart... Prince is not the best musician in the world, and John Legend is a decent singer and he is very respected in the R&B field.

Revolution compared Legend to Prince and Bieber; you compared Prince to Shankar and Mozart.

I'd tell you that Ravi Shankar and Mozart would both be terrible busting out any classic Prince from the early 80s. And I'd probably not prefer their versions of "All of Me" to Mr. Legend's. It is completely meaningless to bring them up.

Comparing Legend to Prince does make some sense, however. Legend and Prince can meet on the field of R&B battle, though they're not much alike. And at least one orger has said (I think in the Breakdown thread) that Legend is doing what they want Prince to be doing now. Revolution thinks Prince would win...so do I (in fact, I'll put their current singles up against each other--yep, Prince by quite a bit).

Now, does the comparison mean much? Well, if you tell me someone is like Legend and someone else is like Prince--I'll check out the someone who's "like Prince" first. That's about all it means. But I'd also probably check out the person who's "like Bieber" before I'd listen to the Legend-a-like... because the original bores me to tears.

EddieC said:

Comparing Legend to Prince does make some sense, however. Legend and Prince can meet on the field of R&B battle, though they're not much alike.

I see what youre saying but its still not much of a comparison because Legend doesn't even write his own music. 90% of his albums are written by other people... and they're still boring as hell.

Cloudbuster said:

babynoz said:

I love y'all

I almost feel bad not digging his music. All Of Me is better to hear than the millonth ass, booty, club song. But it's a standard 4 chord song... and it's just Just The way You Are part 3. Cause Bruno Mars was Billy Joels song rewritten, and this song is like Brunos song rewritten.

He loves her for her, her curves and shit blah blah blah. Just so zzz

Everyday People & Green Light were alright.

Gunsnhalen said:

I almost feel bad not digging his music.

I know!

People give you the side-eye when you say you don't like him.

• A coworker at BN got indignant that night I said that I wished they would change the CD...
• I was at a party not too long ago, and the couple at our table went into attack mode when I said that I didn't like his voice.

Personal preference, ya know?



**I only like "PDA: We Don't Care" because I know the person who wrote the music and played the piano and bass on it...

Gunsnhalen said:

I almost feel bad not digging his music. All Of Me is better to hear than the millonth ass, booty, club song. But it's a standard 4 chord song... and it's just Just The way You Are part 3. Cause Bruno Mars was Billy Joels song rewritten, and this song is like Brunos song rewritten.

He loves her for her, her curves and shit blah blah blah. Just so zzz

Everyday People & Green Light were alright.

I guess his Get Lifted album is regarded as a contemporary R&B classic somehow, that song Ordinary People is his signature and appeared probably on every Top Songs of The Decade list.

You know what, though? I respect that he's still true to his music, he never went EDM or something like that to have success, look at Ne Yo, he had a very successfull career as an R&B singer but then with all that Pitbull & David Guetta stuff he just sold out.

SoulAlive said:

I think he's referring to Jeffrey Osborne

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I only know his 'On The Wings Of Love' song and that duet he did with Joyce Kennedy! Now I want to check out the rest of his discography.

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Yep, its definitely one of his best songs IMO. I think John Legend's OK, he has a few good songs but he's more of an R&B-Pop type artist for the mainstream. IMO his singing is abit hit & miss and I'd much rather listen to Anthony Hamilton, Frank McComb and other singers of that generation if I wanted to listen to a modern R&B artist.

He doesn't have the fire in his belly. Every great artist has some anger in them and art is used as vessel to express it. I've seen him on Bill Maher's show a few times and he seems more passionate about social and political issues. Maybe that is where his heart is and music is just a job.

Now Alicia Keys is the one I can't figure out. She is a snore fest.

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John Legend has virtually no mainstream competition in R&B right now. He's basically lucky. I like some of his music though.

Gunsnhalen said:

I love y'all

The hell is that?

he certainly doesn't live up to his (second) name

Love this tune of his. Moody, soulful, pretty, beautifully performed by all involved!

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Cloudbuster said:

Gunsnhalen said:

I love y'all

The hell is that?

When you find out let me know...

Gotta love guns, he's ummm....interesting.

nd33 said:

Love this tune of his. Moody, soulful, pretty, beautifully performed by all involved!

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babynoz said:

Cloudbuster said:

The hell is that?

When you find out let me know...

Gotta love guns, he's ummm....interesting.

Some things in life are destined to remain a mystery.
I think Guns is one of those things.

Gunsnhalen said:

I don't dislike his music.... nor care for it. It's just there he's had some ok stuff hear and there. And his collabs with Kanye have been pretty good. His new song isn't bad, but it's bland and meh.

Are his albusm worth checking out? the guy is talented and all. But just seems like a male Alicia Keys.

Greatly overrated (like Alicia Keys)

Cloudbuster said:

babynoz said:

When you find out let me know...

Gotta love guns, he's ummm....interesting.

Some things in life are destined to remain a mystery.
I think Guns is one of those things.

He has the skills and chops to be legendary, but seriously lacks the heart and passion in his music. He plays it too safe much like Alicia Keys to be honest.

Clearly a talented guy (and a hottie), but as many have already said - just incredibly boring. He's like the Richard Marx of R&B.

MendesCity said:

Clearly a talented guy (and a hottie), but as many have already said - just incredibly boring. He's like the Richard Marx of R&B.

I like Richard Marx....