John Legend and The Roots remake Bill Withers’ anti-war anthem “I Can’t Write Left-Handed,” originally recorded at the end of the Vietnam War in 1972. The song appears on their ’60s and ’70s covers album Wake Up! “As I record this now, we’re coming toward what we hope is the end of another war of [...]

Trey Songz broke more hearts with his performance of “Already Taken” with The Roots on Monday’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” In addition to appearing on the Step Up 3D soundtrack, Tremaine is also featured alongside the late 2Pac and Pimp C on “Right Now” off Bun B’s album Trill O.G.

John Legend and The Roots deliver a Wake Up! call to listeners with their soulful collaborative effort. The 11-track album, due September 21, contains covers of songs from the ’60s and ’70s, including Marvin Gaye’s “Wholy Holy,” Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy,” and the Common and Melanie Fiona-assisted first single “Wake Up Everybody.” The inspiring [...]

John Legend has announced a September 21 release date for his covers album Wake Up! The collaborative effort with The Roots contains soulful music from the ’60s and ’70s with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement, and consciousness. Inspired by Barack Obama’s election, the disc represents change, hope, and activism, and includes familiar songs such [...]

The Roots’ Black Thought takes the wheel as a New York City taxi cab driver, where he encounters passengers from all walks of life, including a thief and fellow Roots member ?uestlove, in the Jason Goldwatch-directed video for “Dear God 2.0.” The melancholy tune is the first single from the band’s critically-acclaimed new album How [...]

The Roots pen a letter to the man above on “Dear God 2.0,” the first single from their new album How I Got Over, due June 22. Jimmy Fallon’s house band raps about the plight of society, including natural disasters, economic turmoil, and poverty. If you’re feeling down, this song will do nothing to lift [...]