John Legend & The Roots Cover “Our Generation” For Levi’s Pioneer Sessions

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Legend & The Roots re-craft a lost classic by the great, yet somehow underappreciated, soul singer Ernie Hines. Legend and The Roots’s modern interpretation of “Our Generation” retains the all of the authenticity of the original track: It gets funky from the outset, with big fat brass and an ice cold keyboard vamp, inspirational backing singers and a particularly gritty vocal by Legend who reiterates Hines’s 40-year-old message about making the future better by “getting rid of all the hate.”

Follow the link below to download the full track.

John Legend & The Roots Cover Ernie Hines “Our Generation” For Levi’s Pioneer Sessions.

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