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John Legend - Our Generation
Artist: John Legend
Featuring: The Roots
Producer: The Roots
Album: Levi's Pioneer Sessions
Label: G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia
Despite all the changes that hip-hop has gone through over the years, the art of sampling has never left the music. Heck, Jermaine Dupri and Diddy made careers out of sampling and re-inventing songs (see Dirty Money’s Angels for recent proof). What has become a rarity, however, is the complete re-make of a song; apart from that We Are the World tomfoolery. Luckily, Levi’s Pioneer Sessions series is changing all that. Following previous offerings like Nas’ remake of Slick Rick’s Hey Young World and Raphael Saadiq’s It’s a Shame, today we proudly feature Our Generation by newfound collaborators John Legend and The Roots (see Doin’ It Again and The Fire), a remake originally credited to the soulful Ernie Wells. In comparison, the updated version has crisper production thanks to The Roots superb skills and Legend’s emotional delivery, but the tracks still maintains the same inspiring essence as the original. In other words, it’s exactly the kind of song our generation needs to hear. Additionally, the record is also the first offering from The Roots and Legend’s upcoming collabo album, Wake-Up.
This song first appeared on the
R&B / Pop Chart
on July 6, 2010
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| Posted on Jun 27, 2010 |
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I swear that I had no clue these two musical forces would be coming together for an entire project when I basically begged them to do just that in my feedback of "The Fire." But now that I know (and my unofficial musical prayers were answered), I cannot help but love everything they've offered up thus far.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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Wow, this is exactly what i would expect from some of my favorite artists coming together. Legend sounds like he was born to sing for the roots. This project is gonna be some smooth songs for the soul.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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talk bout feel good music. this belongs on a movie soundtrack. a movie that comes to mind that this song would fit perfectly with is White Men Cant Jump.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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Wow. real music, I love it.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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If you want funky with a little smooth on the side, you found that buried treasure my friend
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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I heard like 4 collabos in the last week and it never crossed my mind they were doing a whole project. I am retarded.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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Definitely like the message of the song and instrument-heavy production.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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It'd be impossible for these two to make anything less than super quality tracks. Like the last couple Roots albums, I've got no doubt that Wake Up will be a great album, that's a little depressing.
Love the remake, but hopefully this cut also gets some people to listen to Ernie Wells. The man's such an underrated great soul singer.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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Incredible track. I love it.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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I have never been a fan of the Roots and nothing that I am hearing lately is making me change my mind at all. The beat on this track by the roots is nice. John Legend sounds pretty good here too. This just isn't my type of music...It's OK because I can't put it into my rotation, because this sort of thing is not my Bag Baby!
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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I don’t know if it’s the mood I’m in or what but I’m not feeling this, which is rare because I have loved the previous songs.
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| Posted on Jun 28, 2010 |
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WOW I NEVER WOULDA GUESSED IT... BUT NOW THAT I HEAR IT, IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE NOW THAT I HEAR IT. LOVIN THE FUNKNESS HERE. NOT AN EVERYDAY ALL THE TIME THING BUT DAMN IT IF YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL YOUR HEAD MOVIN ON YOUR SHOULDERS WITHOUT EVEN REALIZIN IT.
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| Posted on Jun 29, 2010 |
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This dude is just a good artist. The roots are freakin sick too.
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| Posted on Jun 30, 2010 |
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They make a great team and So far I'm liking this!. cant wait to hear what they will come out with next.
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| Posted on Jul 04, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jul 07, 2010 |
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love the beat, john legend bringing back the soul
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| Posted on Jul 12, 2010 |
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solid banger
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| Posted on Sep 03, 2010 |
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