The Roots and John Legend will release Wake Up!, a collaborative album out September 21. Named after the Arcade Fire song, the idea to team up for an album came about during the 2008 Presidential election. The guys turned to politically and socially charged soul and R&B songs from the ’60s and ’70s, recreating tracks like Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy” and Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy.”
Check out a video of the studio session for the first single, a cover of Ernie Hines’ “Our Generation” after the jump.
The Roots just released their eleventh full-length How I Got Over earlier this week.
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