Roots (Musical group)
5) Wake up!
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This collaboration album from John Legend and the Roots features covers of political, social, and war-protest songs from the '60s and '70s, including Marvin Gaye's Wholy Holy; Donny Hathaway's Little Ghetto Boy; Mike James Kirkland's Hang on in There; Eddie Harris and Les McCann's Real Compared to What; and the first single, Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes.
6) Undun
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Having previously released twelve projects, The Roots have become one of the best known and most respected hip-hop acts in the business, winning four GRAMMYs, most recently for Best R & B Album for Wake Up! Best Traditional R & B Vocal Performance for "Hang in There" (with John Legend) and Best Group or Duo R & B Vocal Performance for Shine. Amidst The Roots" busy schedule, from performing as the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to recently...
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The 2009 documentary Soundtrack for a revolution "tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music - the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. Features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists; archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders."--IMDb.
13) Volume one
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The debut studio album from American R&B production team, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
14) Night catches us
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In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
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The story of the American civil rights movement through its music, the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and more, as they fought for justice and equality. Includes new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, archival footage, and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders. Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, from the labor movement, and even from the black church.