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Saturday, December 23 2006

Best Albums of 2006

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006.


Thursday, December 14 2006

Best R&B of 2006

Mike Joseph's picks for the year's best in R&B include manly soul men, retro futurists, sex-you-up lyricists, and one funky Jehovah's Witness.


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Wednesday, November 5 2008

John Legend: Evolver

Evolver is one of the better R&B albums of 2008, and Legend goes a long way towards proving himself as a jack of all trades.


Friday, February 4 2005

John Legend: Get Lifted

Legend has fashioned a rather nuanced and sophisticated debut -- a Nora Jones for the R&B faithful.


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Friday, January 30 2009

R&B star John Legend evolves

Since he exploded onto the music scene in 2004, John Legend has broken ground by going back to basics. The 30-year-old former session player writes…


Tuesday, December 9 2008

John Legend talks about the new direction of his music and a lot of other things

Things haven't been going too badly for John Legend since he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. For three years, the singer and…


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