CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: John Ledgen and the Roots 'Wake Up!'

Conceived during and inspired by the 2008 presidential campaign, "Wake Up!" is a snapshot of R&B's activist past. The suave crooner John Legend and impassioned hip-hop band the Roots resurrect 11 soulful protest songs of the '60s and '70s, aiming to conjure and capture a socially conscious fervor. Digging up cuts such as Les McCann's "Compared to What" and Donny Hathaway's "Little Ghetto Boy," Legend and the Roots illustrate that these wartime, working-class narratives haven't gone out of style....

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