Wake Up! (John Legend & The Roots album)
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Wake Up! is a collaborative studio album by John Legend and The Roots that reinterprets socially conscious soul and R&B songs from the 1960s and 1970s with contemporary arrangements and political resonance.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wake Up! (John Legend & The Roots album) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
collaborative album
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studio album ⓘ |
| artist |
John Legend
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The Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best R&B Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
1960s soul songs
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1970s soul songs ⓘ socially conscious R&B songs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedBySource | music critics ⓘ |
| featuresArtist |
CL Smooth
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Common NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Fiona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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neo soul ⓘ political soul ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasContribution | contemporary arrangements of classic songs ⓘ |
| hasPart |
"Compared to What"
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"Hang On in There" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Hard Times" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Humanity (Love the Way It Should Be)" NERFINISHED ⓘ "I Can't Write Left-Handed" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Little Ghetto Boy" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Our Generation (The Hope of the World)" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Shine" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Wake Up Everybody" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Wholy Holy" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
cover album
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politically themed ⓘ socially conscious ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | listeners interested in political and social issues ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil rights
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political issues ⓘ socially conscious music ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
John Legend discography
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The Roots discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
John Legend
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The Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
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John Legend NERFINISHED ⓘ The Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | album ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
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GOOD Music ⓘ |
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