Video Premiere (Sorta): John Legend, The Roots, Common & Melanie Fiona “Wake Up”, Shot in Brooklyn Heights

By on August 23, 2010 2:05 pm in Arts and Entertainment

The John Legend video for “Wake Up” featuring the Roots, Common and Melanie Fiona, shot in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights has hit the interwebs.   The cover of the classic Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes song features a rap by Common, seen here in a funky 70s flashback motif shot on Cranberry Street.

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4 Responses to Video Premiere (Sorta): John Legend, The Roots, Common & Melanie Fiona “Wake Up”, Shot in Brooklyn Heights

  1. Karl Junkersfeld August 23, 2010 at 5:00 pm #

    Excellent post bossman.

    I tried to get a quick shot of the making of this video but was rebuffed. Here is my attempt:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHR6EKrI_HE

  2. Mona Bregman August 24, 2010 at 4:27 am #

    I love the song”Wake Up”. If you listen carefully, the message of the lyrics is very powerful.

    Great video, as usual Karl, from the lady who knows what the oldest house is in the Heights.

  3. George Earl August 24, 2010 at 9:58 am #

    “No mo’ sleepin’ in bed….” Well, if more true American citizens (yes, of all colors) took that advice, we’d be pulling ourselves out of the proverbial dumps. It’s sad to realize that a majority of this nation is just waitin’ in bed for whatever Uncle Sam will plop in their mailbox.

  4. Cranberry Beret August 24, 2010 at 10:16 am #

    Which is the oldest house in the Heights?