Common and John Legend – “Strange Fruit”

Common and John Legend – “Strange Fruit” December 2, 2009

Thanks to Eric B for this one…
“Strange Fruit” was originally intended for Common’s album, Finding Forever, but the song didn’t appear on that album when it was released back in 2007. The beat, which is produced by Devo Springsteen, ended up on Cassidy’s album, B.A.R.S.: The Barry Adrian Reese Story (2007) and still features John Legend singing the hook. Nina Simone’s version of the Billie Holiday classic (“Strange Fruit”) was sampled in creating the song and the version below with Common was just leaked online last week.

MP3: Common and John Legend – “Strange Fruit” (Download)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

2 Comments

1 Filly B

Posted December 2, 2009 at 1:26 am
Permalink

nice man, thanks for the shout. I didn’t know Cassidy got the beat..good to know tho. This should have made the album.

2 Dave King

Posted December 2, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Permalink

This was great. Was everything on the album this good (or better since this didn’t make it)?

1 Filly B
Posted December 2, 2009 at 1:26 am

nice man, thanks for the shout. I didn’t know Cassidy got the beat..good to know tho. This should have made the album.
2 Dave King
Posted December 2, 2009 at 5:01 pm

This was great. Was everything on the album this good (or better since this didn’t make it)?