As in sports, the toughest thing to do is repeat.
After the flourish with which entered the music scene two years ago, the follow up album was a highly-anticipated offering from the man who brought soulful cool back to the R B music scene and, with it, became a multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, certified music star.
Legend's first full-length solo venture Get Lifted beautifully flashed the Chicagoan's vocal ability against a brilliantly produced Kanye West musical backdrop; a perfect melding of two of urban music's most talented men and an ideal canvas for Legend to show off his unmistakable tone.
The result was a return of classic R B mixed with just enough pop tendencies to make Get Lifted a commercial and critical success.
With Legend essentially a household name, he returns with Once Again, his second solo effort that lets him step out more on his own. Although Kanye is still there to lay a bulk of the tracks, Legend is left to his own devices lyrically with no thoughts that guest appearances are needed to assist the overall product.
In the end, the second helping of Legend is not entirely like the first serving, but not entirely unlike it either.
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