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Common checks in during a recent flight delay in Philly. Good luck getting in or out of Chicago today, by the way. via The Nation
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Video: Common Checks In From The Road
LILY AND COMMON TRACK: Drivin' Me Wild
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Track:Drivin Me Wild (ft. Lily Allen)
Drivin' Me Wild I have varied reactions when it comes to Common’s music. At times I get aggravated (or is it too strong of a word?) in his performance at Kanye's "Get 'Em High". His performance in Smokin' Aces wasn't at all beyond compelling. But since he doesn't act for the majority of his time, I'll make this pass. But I was extremely surprised with this track. When I heard that Lily Allen wa
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Common: Electric Circus
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2003 saw the release of Common's Electric Circus and if this album isn't an experience, I don't know what is. Over the years I've found that this is an album you either hate or love. The people who love it tend to commend Com for his risk taking and his adventurous route taken on this release and [...]
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Like Water For Chocolate: Original Samples
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We've compiled most of Common's albums into sample sets here and this was a set previously compiled by Bulldog. His site (BMusicSite) has gone through a bunch of changes over the months and sadly all of his sample sets have been lost. I wanted to revisit this set anyway since I found 5 more samples [...]
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Video: Common's 'Universal Mind Control' Cyberfunk
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Conscientious rapper Common recombined Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and Hype Williams' 21st-century visuals to create the mesmerizing video for "Universal Mind Control," which went live on Tuesday on imeem, the awesome online music resource. The single comes from the new...
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New Common (Feat. Pharrell) Video - "Universal Mind Control"
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In July Common released the two-track Announcement EP, which was really just that: an announcement that there was a new record on the way, of which Pharrell Williams figured to be a big part. The EP's Neptunes-produced/Pharrell-featuring pair of songs -- "Announcement" and "Universal Mind Control" -- double as the first two cuts on Common's forthcoming album. The latter is the record's title tr...
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Finding Forever: Original Samples
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I know you're wondering, "hasn't this sample set been done before?". Yes it has. In fact, it has been attempted not one, not two, not even three, but four times prior to this post. So why revist it? The contrubutors here at This Is Hip Hop and I are preparing for our next Artist Week [...]
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Common: Be
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To just "be" seems so general, yet, strangely specific doesn't it? Apparently, the album, previously called "Basement Evolution," was Common just be-ing. How do we know this? He is in, no doubt, an ultra comfort zone with Chicago brethren, Kanye West, throughout the entire album. Aside from two masterful tracks produced by the late J [...]
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Video: Common Rates His Album 11/10
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5 stars in Rolling Stone, and a XXL in XXL. Thoughts? I think I'm ready for The Believer I kid, I kid - I dig the direction of UMC , although I'm sure a lot of you don't.
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Common Mixtape Round-Up
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I guess people thought today would be as good of day as any to drop two unrelated Common mixtapes. Why not, right? The first was put together by the good folks at 27HH and is promoting the fact that you can buy Common's album online the day it drops (December 9th) for $0.99 (sorry, I don't know where the cents sign is on this keyboard of mine, nor do I care, I'm not talking about a No Limi...
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New! Common - Gladiator
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Common goes hard on this one. I'm liking it more than 90% of other new Common I've heard. It's gonna be on Universal Mind Control . Thanks to OnSmash . Common - Gladiator PigeonsandPlanes
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Feature: Why did The Gap go “urban” and can they pull it off?
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The Gap is going full force in their new ad campaign to reach the urban demo with the help of Ashanti, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Trey Songz and more. Question is...will it work?
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Video: Common "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" (Preview)
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A lot of y'all (myself included) were feelin the video for "Announcement" by Common feat. Pharrell. Today we get a sneak preview of the video for "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" by Common and Pharrell. It took a long time but this song did grow on me. From the brief clip we get, the video looks like some space age futuristic ish just like you would expect with a beat like that. No word yet on...
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Common - Pimpin (Prod. J Dilla)
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Vintage Common laced with a Dilla beat. Off of DJ Eves' Laced With Gems mixtape. Common - Pimpin (Prod. Dilla) PigeonsandPlanes
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