John Legend – “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele Cover)

2:15 PM EDT on March 24, 2011

Here is John Legend putting his mark on Adele's powerful sass-soul single "Rolling In The Deep," from her head-turning XL LP 21. The last time someone put a transformational spin on "Rolling" it was Jamie xx with his outstanding Tanya Stephens-beat infused remix. Where Jamie has production, Legend has vocals, so his "Rolling" goes deep on that front -- a cappella, in fact, with some gospel choir-styled backup. So here's the third signature take on one of the year's bigger singles:

(via FADER)

There surely shall be more trying their hand at spinning the original, and that's fine so long as all agree there shall be no broken-hearted acoustic balladeer/coffeehouse takes. It's 2011, and we are better than that now.

But also, there is no Adele song like the Adele song called "Someone Like You." So here's to that.

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