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July 3, 2007

John Legend Slow Dances On Stage, Gets Lifted

Say what you will about his music, but the man is packing some serious neo-soul.

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He's been doing this sort of thing a lot lately... probably to prove he's not gay!

Posted by: Ju Bean at 07/03/07 3:49 PM | Reply
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Get Lifted and Once Again are both modern soul masterpieces. That's what I'll say about his music.

Posted by: red at 07/03/07 3:53 PM | Reply
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what a nagger

Posted by: Ben at 07/03/07 3:56 PM | Reply
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sheer white pants while grinding on stage are never a good idea. you heard it here first. right after you saw it i mean. and by it i mean john's legend.

Posted by: porkins at 07/03/07 4:06 PM | Reply
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lol is this seriously a John Legend has a big penis post

Posted by: the dude at 07/03/07 4:41 PM | Reply
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lol @ porkins- john's legend. oh thats great. wow.

Posted by: jessiedoll61 at 07/03/07 4:54 PM | Reply
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new arctic monkeys b-side "plastic tramp"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kxe1z7

Posted by: kevin at 07/03/07 5:18 PM | Reply
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i'm straight!! see?!! i'm straight!

Posted by: pork at 07/03/07 6:59 PM | Reply
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its ironic to see all these homophobic/racist posts when all you out there in cyberland probably can't even say, "hello", to a pretty woman.

Posted by: isaac at 07/03/07 7:33 PM | Reply
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"Get Lifted and Once Again are both modern soul masterpieces. That's what I'll say about his music."

Amen.

Posted by: Chris at 07/03/07 8:56 PM | Reply
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Am I crazy? It actually looked like he had kind of a small boner- that part at the end was just a fold in his pants, curb your enthusiasm style.

He's no Cheney, that's for sure:
http://aaaathatsfiveas.blogspot.com/2007/04/when-your-back-is-turned-here-comes.html

Posted by: polarized at 07/04/07 10:09 AM | Reply
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By far one of the best soul singers around right now. And how can you think that man is gay? Even if he were, it wouldn't change the fact that he makes some sexy music.

Posted by: corey at 07/04/07 12:51 PM | Reply
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Isaac,

I never said he was gay, nor do I think he is. I'm just pointing out that when male celebrities are inundated by rumors about their sexual orientation, they tend to do stupid shit like this to prove otherwise. From my personal perspective, there seems to be a huge stigma behind being perceived as gay in the black community, as opposed to someone like Justin Timberlake who thrives on riding that line.

And I think that as far as the male soul genre goes, his music is better than all of his contemporaries.

Posted by: Ju Bean at 07/04/07 1:41 PM | Reply
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I think we're all just ordinary people.

Posted by: Calliwell at 07/04/07 3:36 PM | Reply
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There I was thinking this was a family site. Shame on you Stereogum, shame on you.

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