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WAKE UP! OUT SEPTEMBER 21
okayplayer.com have released the first single from the upcoming
collaborative album featuring John
Legend and The
Roots, Wake Up!, out September 21.
"Wake Up Everybody," the only track from the album to include guests, features both Common and Melanie Fiona.
The album will feature soulful music from the 60s and 70s with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and
consciousness. It features eleven evocative songs, including Marvin Gaye's “Wholly Holy” and Donny Hathaway's
“Little Ghetto Boy” mixed with more obscure selections like Baby Huey and the Babysitters’ “Hard Times,” and Mike
James Kirkland's “Hang on in There.” In addition to the new track, check out a live, in-studio performance of "Hard
Times" below.
Wake Up! Tracklist:
01. Compared to What
02. Hard Times
03. Little Ghetto Boy
04. Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common and Melanie Fiona)
05. Our Generation
06. Love the Way It Should Be
07. Hang On in There
08. I Can’t Write Left Handed
09. Wholy Holy
10. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
11. Shine
"Wake Up Everybody"
"Hard Times"
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