Musical Heroes with Kal – John Legend

August 11th, 2009 | By Kal

I know the word Legend gets thrown around too much these days, but with this man, it’s for good cause as it’s his name – sort of.

While I don’t claim to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of all of his material, I had his 2004 album Let’s Get Lifted on repeat for the whole year.

In the era of Lady Gaga, where the lip-synching model is queen/king depending on what you’ve read, I like the idea of one man and his piano.

My favourite tracks of his are Ordinary People and She Don’t Have To Know, but he’s also proven he can live with rappers such as Jay Z in Encore, Kanye West in Never Let You Down and more recently Rick Ross, for whom he sung the hook on Magnificent.

If you needed further proof of his talents, he’s rated highly by one of the greatest “pianomen” ever – Stevie Wonder.

Why is he one of my Heroes? A producer once said I sounded like him – no pressure there then!