<\/a>John Legend and The Roots got together with J.Period for the official Wake Up! Mixtape. \u201cOur Generation\u201d is the first release from \u201cWake Up! Radio \u201d and sees Pete Rock & CL Smooth back together on wax for the first time in 7 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With John Legend & The Roots joining forces to propel political songs like Ernie Hines\u2019 \u201cOur Generation\u201d back into mainstream popularity, it was only fitting for J.Period to reunite the group that first sampled Hines\u2019 on their seminal \u201992 single \u201cStraighten It Out\u201d artists from an era when Hip Hop carried its own social message\u2014Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Pete & CL are in rare form on \u201cOur Generation (J.Period Remix),\u201d spitting conscious lyrics that remind us of Hip Hop\u2019s potential to move not only our feet, but our spirit.<\/p>\n

Download \u201cOur Generation\u201d <\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Legend and The Roots got together with J.Period for the official Wake Up! Mixtape. \u201cOur Generation\u201d is the first release from \u201cWake Up! Radio \u201d and sees Pete Rock & CL Smooth back together on wax for the first time in 7 years. With John Legend & The Roots joining forces to propel political …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n