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Sometimes bizarre, unlikely collaborations work out the best. The modern master of soul and R&B, John Legend, teams up with a dubstep super-group known as Magnetic Man…and the results are top notch. Musicians should team up awkwardly like this more often. Remeber Jay-Z and Linkin Park? Bon Iver and Kanye just a couple weeks ago? Give me something from Enya and Waka Flocka and my life will be complete. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Magnetic Man (feat. John Legend) – Getting Nowhere [via]

I’ve decided to spice up the way we do business around here by adding a little “Best of the Month” feature.  This is for all of the amateurs who don’t check the site on a daily basis, and want a quick breakdown of the top tracks of the past few weeks.  Thus, I have created a method with which you can cherry pick my favorite tracks of the month by simply viewing one post.  Mind boggling right? I’ve included a mixed and mastered continuous stream of the top tracks of the month, just in case you wanted to fluidly listen … Continue reading →

A fresh remix to an already awesome track.  The Roots have never messed around when it comes to their music, and when you toss B.o.B. into the mix there’s a 100% chance the end result will be gold.  Off their new album How I Got Over, which drops today (6/22). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: The Roots (feat. B.o.B. & John Legend) – The Fire (Remix)

Everybody loves The Roots.  Everybody.  Nobody out there is gonna say “The Seed 2.0″ is a bad song, it’s just not possible.  So when two new tracks leak from The Roots’ new album How I Got Over, the people get excited.  And when they both feature John Legend, the people can’t contain themselves.  ”The Fire” is just a dynamite track all the way around, it does everything you want it to do.  Smooth hook, smooth flow with the verses…it’s just fresh.  ”Doin’ It Again” is an equally crisp track; it just sounds like The Roots…which is always a good thing. … Continue reading →

John Legend is the man and it is that simple.  His first album, Get Lifted, is easily one of my favorite albums of all time.  This song is dope, I just wish he would make an album like his first one where he plays the piano more often. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: John Legend- There With You

Huge collaboration here, couldn’t really have lived up to my hopes.  Pretty much everyone on Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music label features here.  It’s a decent jam at best, I expected a little more. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download: Consequence (feat. Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Common, Big Sean & John Legend) – Whatever U Want