John Legend & the Roots will drop their collaborative album ‘Wake Up!’ on September 21. Its determined to be a pure cover album and will feature remakes of classic songs by artists including Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway and many more. The first single, ‘Wake Up Everybody’ is a rendition of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes’ 70ies classic, which also features Common and Melanie Fiona. We have had their cover of Ernie Hines classic “Our Generation” up on the site a few weeks back.
Have fun with this beautiful tune, its pure YUM YUM music in its purest essence:
[audio:http://www.chromemusic.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/john-legend-wake-up-everybody.mp3]john-legend & the Roots ft Melanie Fiona & Common-“wake-up-everybody”
This is the supposed tracklist:
1. ‘Compared to What’
2. ‘Hard Times’
3. ‘Little Ghetto Boy’
4. ‘Wake Up Everybody’ (featuring Common and Melanie Fiona)
5. ‘Our Generation’
6. ‘Love the Way It Should Be’
7. ‘Hang On in There’
8. ‘I Can’t Write Left Handed’
9. ‘Wholy Holy’
10. ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free’
11. ‘Shine’