The title of Al Green's Lay It Down truly tells it like it is. Conceived as a collaboration between the soul legend and a handful of gifted young admirers from the worlds of contemporary R&B and hip-hop, the album is drawn from a series of inspired sessions that yielded the most high-spirited, funky and often lushly romantic songs of Green's latter-day career. The album features John Legend, Anthony Hamilton and Corinne Bailey Rae, and was produced by Roots drummer Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson and keyboardist James Poyser.