Billboard has done a cover story on the collaboration between John Legend and The Roots. The album is entitled Wake Up! which drops on September 21st . The article mainly focus' on how John Legend & ?uestlove decided to work together and give out a political message during a great time of need. This is the type of collaboration you dream of (another would be RZA and Nas which is also coming soon) and the timing is perfect considering how apathetic people are right now. Even if you aren't too political you will be rewarded with great music but if you listen carefully you'll also get some messages on life that you may just need to hear. You can stream the entire album below so hopefully this holds us over until September 21st when we can actually pick up the album.
America seems to always be at war," John Legend muses as he casually plinks the keys of his piano at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg. "While politicians go home safe to their families, we've got a government willing to sacrifice people's lives every day."
Read the entire article HERE.
