Love in the Future

Love in the Future
Studio album by John Legend
Released	August 30, 2013
Recorded	2011–13
Genre	R&B soul
Length	49:04
Label	GOOD Columbia
Producer	Dave Tozer (exec.) Kanye West (exec.) 88-Keys Ali Shaheed Muhammad Bink! Boogz David L. Anderson II Dave Tozer Doc McKinney Da Internz Darhyl Camper Hit-Boy John Legend Jon David Anderson Kanye West Ken Lewis Malay Mark Williams Nana Kwabena The Runners The Twilite Tone Q-Tip Jeff Bhasker Travi$ Scott Pharrell Williams
John Legend chronology
Wake Up! (2010) Love in the Future (2013) Darkness and Light (2016)
Singles from Love in the Future
"Who Do We Think We Are" Released: March 25, 2013 "Made to Love" Released: June 18, 2013 "All of Me" Released: August 12, 2013 "You & I (Nobody in the World)" Released: April 29, 2014

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Exclaim!	5/10
Now
The Observer
PopMatters	8/10
Rolling Stone
Slant
USA Today

Love in the Future is the fourth studio album by American singer John Legend. The album was released on August 30, 2013. The album, executive produced by Legend, Kanye West and Dave Tozer, features guest appearances from Kimbra, Rick Ross, Stacy Barthe and Seal. The album was supported by four official singles, "Who Do We Think We Are", "Made to Love", "All of Me" and "You & I (Nobody in the World)". Upon its release Love in the Future received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 68,000 copies in its first week.

In August 2013, during an interview with XXL, John Legend spoke about how long it took him to finish the album, saying:

"Well I did the Wake Up! album with The Roots in 2010, so it’s really only been three years in my mind, because I put as much energy and time into that as I would my own album. Then I did some shows with them and I toured with Sade, so I spent a decent amount of time on the road, and then I spent the past couple of years on the album. It took a little longer on this album than on previous albums, but I’m really just a year off my pace."

He also spoke about working with Kanye West on the album, saying: "I worked with Kanye more on this album than I had before, and I think part of it is just us connecting and getting together to create, given how busy he is and how busy I am. Just finding time for us to work together kind of added a little bit of extra time to the process. But I think it was worth it." He also spoke about how he feels this is his best album yet, saying: "I feel like it’s my best album yet, and I think creatively, we did some great things. The collaboration and the talent that we have on the album is better than we’ve ever had. As far as producers, co-writers and people just helping shape the sound. I feel like Kanye’s leadership was great in helping to do that. I really feel good about it."

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