John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up Everybody (ft. Common & Melanie Fiona)

John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up Everybody (ft. Common & Melanie Fiona)

The Roots and John Legend are two of the best at their respective crafts, with John belting out the smoothest tunes in R&B and The Roots pretty much being the last (if only) hip-hop band out right now. It's only right that the two entities would collab for an album, much less a track honoring the great Teddy Pendergrass. The interpolation is done ridiculously well, to my surprise. Melanie Fiona is officially on my radar for R&B. She kills the vocals on her part. I wasn't so sure Common needed to be on the track, but he does it justice. The album is called 'Wake Up' and from that title we can gather that this is going to be an inspiring production, to say the least. I'm keeping my eyes open, as should you. Wake up and check out the change, people...