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John Legend & The Roots is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, Mike James Kirkland, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Bill Withers and Common. Those roots explain a lot about how John Legend & The Roots arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Legend, The Foreign Exchange, Macy Gray, NxWorries and Silk Sonic, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around John Legend & The Roots, reaching back through Marvin Gaye. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Wake Up! is the first collaborative album and fourth studio album by American R&B recording artist John Legend and hip-hop band the Roots, released September 21, 2010, by GOOD Music and Columbia Records. The album was produced by Legend with band members Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and James Poyser, and features guest appearances by CL Smooth, Malik Yusef, Common, and Melanie Fiona, among others. Inspired by the 2008 United States presidential election, Legend and the Roots primarily covered 1960s and 1970s soul music songs for the album with social themes of awareness, engagement, and consciousness.
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John Legend & The Roots connections
John Legend & The Roots grew out of Marvin Gaye, Mike James Kirkland, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Bill Withers, shares an orbit with John Legend, The Foreign Exchange, Macy Gray and NxWorries. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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