Stevie Wonder

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Instead of taking his vision, God gave Stevie Wonder the ability to create an originative inspiration; he is an undeniable genius not only in rhythm and blues category, but in soul, rock n’ roll, jazz, pop, and even in reggae. Also recognized and approved as a producer and a composer, Stevie Wonder took many elements of those musical genres and re-built and converted them into his own personal expression. Among his many ambitious works, the album called Songs in the Key of Life, released in 1976, is acknowledged as the most determined and impressive collection of songs that touches on practically every matter in this planet, and it shows some of the finest performances of his career. Stevie Wonder, a living legend, has greatly influenced the rock music in a narrow view and the modern music in a broad view, which reveals that he is not bounded within the “Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame” (1989).
The album consists of two CDs. First disc starts with “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and “Have a Talk with God”, sharing that he has secure sense of faith and spiritual dedication. As the album progresses, however, the latter tracks—“Pastime Paradise” and “Village Ghetto Land”—that contain the illustrations of tough realities of life propose a clear distinction to the tenderness from the former tracks and observe the plight of the living in the past with small hope for the future. One of the most triumphant songs on Songs in the Key of Life, “Pastime Paradise” is one of Wonder’s finest recognized compositions, due to the sampling used in Coolio’s “Gangster’s Paradise,” which was the hit in the year of 1995. This song is classified as one of the first records that makes use of synthesizer strings, which in fact sound as real synthesizer strings, as a result of revolutionary effect. Not only the modest organization was incredibly successful, but is the lyrics social comments that are particularly re...