The Roots & John Legend - Wake Up!

[DrRapid]

The Roots' latest album "How I Got Over" has received a lot of fan and critical praise, definitely amongst my favorites this year. Well now they're coming up with a new project with John Legend who I think is a great singer, so I'd like to see what this album will turn out to be like. I wonder if Black Thought will feature in this much... So far I really like the 3 songs which are out. Any of you interested (if any) check the songs out.

The Roots and John Legend will revive a host of soulful songs on their upcoming collection of covers, Wake Up!, which is due in stores in September.

The track list — which was revealed by Rap-Up.com on Monday (July 12) — includes 11 songs, and Chicago MC Common and Grammy-nominated songstress Melanie Fiona make appearances on the album. Wake Up! revisits songs such as "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway, "Wholy Holy" by Marvin Gaye and "Hard Times" by Baby Huey and the Babysitters.

Although the album is a collection of vintage tracks, Legend said the timeless lyricism has a contemporary appeal. "These songs sound so relevant now," Legend said in a statement. "On most of them, you wouldn't change a lyric. 'Wake Up Everybody' (the album's first single, featuring contributions from Melanie Fiona and Common) has four verses — the first one is a general statement, the second is about education, third is about health care, and the fourth is about making a better environment. No editing needed."

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Our Generation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJZjW_CO128
Hard Times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOgkRniS ... r_embedded

[BILI]

Wake Up Everybody is

Still gotta listen to other 2 songs tho