Check out the new single “Wake Up Everybody” from the highly anticipated collaboration album between The Roots & John Legend. On the track is featured R&B soultress Melanie Fiona and rapper Common.

The harmonies betwen John and Melanie take you somewhere waaaaay back in the country where people use to harmonize like it was their last day on earth!

The album hits stores and online during the big album release music month of September (09/21).

Wake Up Everybody (feat. Common & Melanie Fiona) by user8327767

Here’s the full track list for the album.

1. “Compared to What”
2. “Hard Times”
3. “Little Ghetto Boy”
4. “Wake Up Everybody” feat. Common and Melanie Fiona
5. “Our Generation”
6. “Love the Way It Should Be”
7. “Hang On in There”
8. “I Can’t Write Left Handed”
9. “Wholly Holy”
10. “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”
11. “Shine”

Rick Ross new album TefLon Don is becoming one of the most anticipated rap albums of the year with his lead single “Super High”, and productions from The Hitmen, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and special appearances from Trey Songz, Jada Kiss, Erykah Badu, Drake, Chrisette Michelle, Kanye West, Jay-Z and more.

Check out this hot new track “Free Mason” featuring Jay-Z and John Legend. TefLon Don will be in stores and available online July 20th!

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Last night, R&B singer John Legend was honored at the BET Awards with the Humanitarian Award for his successful work with his Show Me Campaign, a non profit that has mobilized efforts in Africa and the U.S. to battle poverty through education reform.

Unfortunately, shortly after the award was presented to John, all attention went immediately from his Humanitrium efforts to “John who the hell edged your hairline?” on twitter. One tweet to another, John’s hairline became a trending topic.

Today John, took to the internet and let the kids HAVE IT with 4 fierce tweets! Check out his comments:

SNAP FOR THE KIDS!!!

Pop/R&B diva Beyonce has been one of many to be added to the “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” telethon/telecast. She, along with hubby Jay-Z and Rihanna will be performing in London for the telethon. Artist such as Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, and many others will be performing in the U.S. for the telecast portion.

Well this should be entertaining, there are soooo many acts! I like that we as a nation can come together on things such as a natural disaster but if only that could transcend into everyday issues. That would be a blessing and a miracle for us all. Make sure you tune in to watch. Here is a list of channels that will broadcast the telethon/telecast on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT:

“Hope for Haiti Now” will air across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia, SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, CNN en Espanol, HBO Latino, and Canadian networks including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic.  The event will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com, VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and FloTV. “Hope for Haiti Now” will also air internationally on BET International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide.  ”Hope for Haiti Now” will be available non-exclusively to all terrestrial radio stations around the globe and SIRIUS XM Radio as a one time only radio broadcast via the MTV Radio Network and Westwood One.

Jake Jacobs VI

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