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The Roots (The Forum - 5 and 6 December 2008) This Philadelphia-based group is known best for its jazzy sound and its ability to put on some of the best live sets of its genre. For the past 20 years, The Roots have gained a dedicated underground following while helping build the live-rap scene. |
Angie Stone (The Jazz Cafe - 12 to 15, 18 to 20 December 2008) This singer's last "powerful, playful and coy" album, recorded in Marvin Gaye's studio in Los Angeles, already nabbed a Grammy nomination for the track Baby. A member of perhaps the first female hip-hop group, Stone has co-written songs for D'Angelo and now pens for herself. |
John Legend (Carling Academy Brixton - 9 March 2009) Kanye West's special project wrote songs for the likes of Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys and Janet Jackson before going out on his own. The piano man with the velvety voice - and five Grammys, thank you very much - brings a bit of soul to Brixton in the spring. |
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