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John Legend - The Making Of A Legend (2008)

Posted By: robi62

Date: 14 Jul 2012 14:17:47

This DVD features the story this incredibly talented artist who, at just 28 years of age, has taken the world by storm. With five Grammy awards, two studio albums and a new label, the amazing musician is living up to his name. A composer, singer, and song-writer, Legend is an all around musician. With the help of an Award winning hip-hop producer Kanye West, Legend has risen from the background musical scene to a multi-platinum selling music career, as a front man for entertainers such as Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, Jay Z, Britney Spears, Eve, Common, the Black Eyed Peas and many others. Get to know Mr. Legend from his place of birth, his family, and his relationships to his controversy. He is an artist, a businessman; it would be safe to say he is a legend in the making. This is an in depth look into the life that is John Legend's.
Neo-soul singer and pianist John Legend combined the raw fervor of contemporaries Cody ChesnuTT and the burning precision of D'Angelo. Born John Stephens, Legend was a child prodigy who grew up in Ohio, where he began singing gospel and playing piano at the tender age of five. Legend left Ohio at 16 to attend college in Philadelphia, and it was there that he first found a larger audience. Not yet out of his teens, Legend was tapped to play piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything" in 1998. After completing college, he moved to New York, where he began to build a loyal following playing in nightclubs and releasing CDs that he would sell at shows. He also became an in-demand session musician, playing and occasionally writing for a wide array of artists, including Alicia Keys, Twista, Janet Jackson, and Kanye West.
It wasn't until West signed the young talent to his new label that the Legend name was adopted with 2004's Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory. Get Lifted, Legend's first studio album, was released later in the year. On the strength of enduring single "Ordinary People," the album reached the Top Five of the Billboard 200. This led to three Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album, Best R&B Male Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist. Once Again, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, followed in October 2006 and eventually went platinum. Live from Philadelphia, sold exclusively at Target stores, was a successful stopgap release – a Top Ten album, despite its limited retail presence. October 2008's Evolver spun off the sprightly crossover hit "Green Light" but managed only gold-selling status. Legend followed it with September 2010's Wake Up!, in which he was backed by the Roots. The album featured covers of still-relevant, socially-aware songs like Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes' "Wake Up Everybody" and Donny Hathaway's "Little Ghetto Boy."

Chapters:
1. Family
2. Big Break
3. Colaboration
4. John`s Views
5. Relationships
6. John`s Troubles
7. Johns Music
8. Taste
9. Success

Features:
- Interactive Menu
- Direct Scene Access