Daskada,the Legend

“These songs are about joy, hope, and resilience,” John Legend tells Apple Music. “The power of the human spirit.” His upbeat seventh album Bigger Love was largely recorded in 2019, before a pandemic and mass protests swept the globe, but its message is no less relevant or uplifting: Love wins.

John Legend drops off his very first double-sided album for the people. Ohio singer John Legend is simply the truth. He may have multiple Grammy awards and achieved the rare EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status, but the prolific singer still feels the need to prove himself. After all of his accolades, Legend has been open about feeling motivated to deliver fresh content about his joys of life, him being inspired by wife Chrissy Teigen and heartbreak after their pregnancy loss a couple years ago. There is never a bad time to get some new music from John Legend and with this new LP in motion, fans across the globe have been gifted with an early Christmas present. Today (Sept. 9), he drops off his double album LEGEND.

"Love in the Future" is John Legend's first solo album since 2008. Featuring the production work of Kanye West, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Q-Tip, Doc McKinney, the Runners, 88 Keys, Bink, and Hit-Boy, this Deluxe Version contains four additional tracks. The album is brimming with the work of five years put in by this R&B master songsmith, as well as several covers, including one of "Angel" by Anita Baker. Love in the Future is a fantastic album for old and new John Legend fans alike.

Given the sped-up classic soul samples with which Kanye West has made his mark, it comes as no surprise that the producer/rapper would pick a tradition-minded R&B singer as his first big pet project. Legend first made his name on Philly's incense-clouded, '70s-obsessed neo-soul scene, then found his way to New York and became West's right-hand man in the studio. His patron's pop smarts serve Legend well–while many contemporary R&B records rely too heavily on a singer's cadence and skill to carry underdeveloped tunes.

Joe Strummer and the Legend of The Clash provides a personal insight into the life of Joe Strummer, lead singer of pivotal punk band The Clash. Since his untimely death in 2002 Joe Strummer has been mourned as a rock'n'roll icon. The enormous sense of loss felt at his death reinforced the importance of The Clash. As time goes by the band just seem to grow in terms of influence and impact; they changed the shape of music and established a benchmark for how exciting a rock band can be.

The resurrection of a legendary and groundbreaking software synthesizer from the past! Originally released in 2006, Albino-3 was the result of a collaboration between Virtual Instrument designer Peter Linsener and Dutch sound designer and musician Rob Papen.