John Legend

"I usually record John through a Telefunken U47 from the late 40s. That’s usually my go-to mic on John — I found that I really like him through the classic U47. It’s just such a fantastic mic, it has a lot of great clarity and body for him. John’s a pretty strong singer, and that mic seems to take it pretty well.

It’s worth noting that I’ve recorded all his vocals on the album to tape. That adds some nice upper harmonics, and it has a very nice saturation and character to it. This vocal has a dark slap-back delay.

Mostly, the signal path would be a U47 going to a Universal Audio 1176, or sometimes an LA2A compressor. Preamp-wise mostly we went through Neve 1073’s or 1081’s. I’m going for character, that’s the main thing. I don’t want neutral, I want character. The 1176 or the Neve impart character on it."

— Dave Tozer, executive producer of Love in the Future

In this photo you can clearly see that he's using the Telefunken M80 Wireless Capsule in combination with a Shure wireless system.

The artist can be seen using the Microphone.

Can be seen in this YouTube video at 00:06

In this video, John recorded his vocals on the SM7B for the song "DOPE" with JID

At: 2:54