If you've listened to Top 40 radio or flipped through the video channels during the past few years, odds are pretty good you know something about John Legend. He played piano on Lauryn Hill's 'Everything Is Everything' and might as well be considered Kanye West's sidekick, having assisted the producer and MC on several sessions — Jay-Z's 'Encore' and Slum Village's 'Selfish' being two of the more prominent 2004 singles featuring his work. A former choir director, he has also released a handful of energetic live discs, some of which are credited to his less hubristic birth name, John Stephens. And though he claims 'I've got something new,' you've also heard substantial chunks of Get Lifted in records made decades ago by Sly & the Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Quincy Jones, and Bill Withers. This might not be a problem for listeners who crave anything that recalls the music they first heard in their youth, but Legend's over-reliance upon his inspirations is an impediment as much as a slick way to grab attention. That's because he has more than enough talent and charm to get by on his own.

1. Prelude  
2. Let's Get Lifted  
3. Used To Love U  
4. Alright  
5. She Don't Have To Know  
6. Number One  
7. I Can Change  
8. Ordinary People  
9. Stay With You  
10. Let's Get Lifted Again  
11. So High  
12. Refuge (When It's Cold Outside)  
13. It Don't Have To Change  
14. Live It Up