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Get up with a Legend

Getting two top notch talents to collabs on a project is not easy. But when it happens, we are all in for a great project. Sitting here still listening to Nas and Damien Marley’s project together, Distant Relatives, it makes me want more artist to join as one to give the fans something special.

One of my favorite rap groups The Roots, has joined up with a multi-talented singer in John Legend to present to the world, Wake Up!

There are so many endless possibles to this project. I’m happy to see these two super talents push aside their ego’s and produced a cd together. From the early reviews, this has the makings of a classic disc.

September 21st is the date to remember. The Roots and John Legend are giving the world an early Christmas present.

Wake Up! tracking

1. Compared To What
2. Hard Times
3. Little Ghetto Boy
4. Wake Up Everybody w/ Common and Melanie Fiona [audio: Wake-Up-Everybody-feat.-Common.mp3]

5. Our Generation [audio:  Levis_JohnLegend_Our_Generation.mp3]

6. Love The Way It Should Be
7. Hang On In There
8. I Can’t Write Left Handed
9. Wholy Holy
10. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
11. Shine

Here is an added bonus. This is the trailer for the video The Fire

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHlLS2yUBaQ

Memphis: Maxwell’s BLACKSummers’night Concert Oct 20th

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Good news for music lovers. Maxwell is returning with his BLACKsummers’night Tour, and he is bringing Common, and Chrisette Michele with him.  The concert is October 20th, @ 7:30pm.  It’s being held at the FedEx Forum.  With him having recently released his BLACKsummers’night album a few months back, he has been on fire.  Tickets go on Pre-Sale tickets can be purchased starting Sept 17th at 10am CST from TicketMaster and Livenation.  The general public can purchase tickets on Sept 19th.  As usual once I get the Pre-Sale passwords, I’ll update the post.

Erykah Badu, Common & Kanye West @ SXSW

Good morning people.  Just saw this video, of a nice performance of Erykah Badu, Common and Kanye West.  They performed at SXSW (South By Southwest) this past Saturday.  Erykah Badu ends up doing her damn thing.  Check it out.

Twitter….. Who’s on it

I think that everyone has heard of Twitter at this point. Also they have heard of the great surge in of people using it in recent months. If you’re a normal person, after you sign up, you wonder what’s next. Well…. for the music lover I have complied a list of Soul music artists, on Twitter that will give you a jump start. To be able to have this much access or just this much detail of a artist’s thoughts is great. If you have found others, that I missed, please let me know, and I’ll update the post.

Ndambi Estelle Vanessa Blossoms

Teisha Marie Havana Wendy & Lisa Choklate

Goapele Muhsinah Janelle Monae Common

Dwele Santagold Maiysha Solange Knowles

Erykah Badu Maxwell Natassja