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Lemar: The Reason

Dan Gennoe, dotmusic.co.uk, 24 November 2008

OBVIOUSLY LEMAR doesn't have Estelle's phone number. Shame. He could have called her for advice before setting off for America to record his fourth album. Having co-opted John Legend, Kanye West and Will.I.Am into her own reinvention, she knows all about harnessing the might of US R&B songwriting and production talent to turn around a stalled career.

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