{"id":26485,"date":"2011-02-17T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=26485"},"modified":"2011-02-17T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T09:11:35","slug":"j-period-feat-black-thought-rakim-john-legend-in-the-ghetto-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/j-period-feat-black-thought-rakim-john-legend-in-the-ghetto-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"J.Period Feat. Black Thought, Rakim &#038; John Legend &#8211; In The Ghetto (Wake Up!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26486\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/j-period-feat-black-thought-rakim-john-legend-in-the-ghetto-wake-up\/cc-rakim-img525\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"525,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cc-rakim-img525\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26486\" title=\"cc-rakim-img525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?resize=525%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?w=525&amp;ssl=1 525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/cc-rakim-img525.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hot on the heels of John Legend &amp; The Roots&#8217; Grammy-winning night, Truelements presents the first single release from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/j-period-the-roots-john-legend-present-wake-up-radio-mixtape\/\" target=\"_blank\">WAKE UP! RADIO<\/a> &#8212; an epic collaboration between Black Thought, John Legend, and the God MC himself, Rakim &#8212; &#8220;In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)&#8221;  Produced by J.Period, this history-making digital 12&#8243; release pairs two of hip hop&#8217;s most legendary MC&#8217;s together on wax for the first time, with a soulful finale from R&amp;B superstar, John Legend.  Revisiting the themes of the Eric B. &amp; Rakim original, &#8220;In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)&#8221; shines a new light on ghetto life to reveal that some things may have changed, but many more remain the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"470\" height=\"36\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.divshare.com\/flash\/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjE0MDgyNzYxO3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTQwODI3NjEtYjYyIjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToyMDE3ODI5O3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjk3ODg5MDE0O30=&amp;autoplay=default\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Download: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.divshare.com\/direct\/14082761-b62.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">J.Period Feat. 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