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| | Common (rapper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Following the popularity of this album, Common Sense was sued by a ska band with the same name, and was forced to change his moniker to simply "Common". | | | His next album, Electric Circus (2002, 2002 in music), featured a break from the norm, and had Common rapping over electric rock music and electronica-influenced tracks. | | | The album, which made a point of eschewing any gangsterism in response to questions about his musical integrity, was critically acclaimed and led to a major label contract with MCA Records. |
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| | Rapper no longer simply common |
| | The album is cleverly consistent and one of the few hip-hop albums of recent memory that is listenable from start to finish. | | | Common closes with the political "A Song For Assata," piecing together his brilliant wordplay to diagram the travails of Cuban freedom-fighter Assata Shakur. | | | The backdrop for Common's breathtaking power is a mix of old-school bass tracks laid over inventive influences from soul, jazz and Afro-beat. |
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| | DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Common¹s new album anything but ordinary |
| | Common's latest album, "Like Water for Chocolate," is a big step up from his last album, "Someday It'll All Make Sense." He has left behind the synth and sample sound in favor of the neo-soul sensibility that artists like the Roots and Mos Def have popularized. | | | A lesser MC would have used the song to channel some misdirected hostility, but Common manages to arouse the listener's indignation as well as wish the exiled freedom fighter well. | | | The subject of Common's rap, mainly how music transcends time, is the perfect salute to Kuti. |
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http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/issues/00/04.17/ae.common.html
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| | Common the Rapper |
| | Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate everything in its path. | | | The album was well received in the press, and Common raised his profile with several notable guest spots over the next couple of years; he appeared on Pete Rock's Soul Survivor, plus two watermark albums of the new progressive hip-hop movement, Mos Def and Talib Kweli's Black Star and the Roots' Things Fall Apart. | | | Bumped up to parent label Relativity, Common issued the first album under his new name in 1997. |
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| | UCSDGuardian - Recordings: Common - Be |
| | Common’s lyrical ability is as versatile from similes to storytelling as in previous albums, although not quite as creative or original. | | | Nine of the 11 tracks are produced by Kanye West, creating an appropriately soulful background for Common’s inspired lyrics. | | | It is too early to tell whether this album will bring together the two halves of hip-hop and bring the game to a higher level, both musically and intellectually. |
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http://www.ucsdguardian.org/cgi-bin/print?param=hiatus_2005_06_02_15
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| | Common not a plain rapper |
| | As is "Be." Even while he was recording "Electric Circus," Common says he told then-girlfriend Erykah Badu that he wanted to do a raw hip-hop album. | | | With a worldwide simultaneous release, Common is fitting in an international promo tour, then it is back to the States for a monthlong tour with Legend starting July 18. | | | Common adds, "We were like two kids in the studio saying, 'Man, this almost sounds like Pete Rock or Gang Starr.' But it was our own stuff we were coming with." |
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http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/0525common.html
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| | Mutual admiration shines on Common/West collaboration |
| | Now, two of the most successful artists from the Windy City have joined forces on Common's sixth album, "Be," one of the most anticipated releases of 2005, and one of the smartest and most moving rap recordings in years. | | | The album's relative failure marked the end of Common's relationship with MCA Records, but a new force on the Chicago rap scene was on the ascendance and coming to the rescue. | | | Common celebrates the release of "Be," which arrives in stores on Tuesday, with two concerts at the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn, at 7 p.m. |
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| | USA WEEKEND Magazine |
| | The album cover for Electric is a close-up of Common, bald-headed and bearded, surrounded by a sea of faces who've influenced his music. | | | They just stared as Common launched into rocked-out rebel-rap anthems and experimental tracks from his latest CD, "Electric Circus". | | | One idea behind "Electric Circus," his latest CD: "I wanted kids in the ghetto to be like, 'Man, I might want to play the guitar.' " |
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http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/030720/030720common.html
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| | universalurban.com :: Common |
| | The name of his masterpiece is BE, simple yet profound the album is culmination of 13 years in the music biz and a lifetime of feeling, learning and growing. | | | Not only does Common spit aggressively to solidify his status as a super-MC, he also shows and proves with masterfully crafted story raps and conceptual rhymes that showcase the depth of his ability as a storyteller. | | | Hes concerned with making music thatll speak to the listeners mind, body and soul, good music thatll stand the test of time. |
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| | Common finds new reason to 'Be' The San Diego Union-Tribune |
| | The rapper admits the poor sales results for "Circus" gave him a "hunger and urgency" that fueled the new album. | | | It's one of the few cameo appearances on Common's album, bucking hip-hop& normal guest-star pile-on. | | | West was the protege of No I.D., the man who produced Common's first albums. |
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050606/news_1c06common.html
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| | Just What Do Fans Want? A Rapper Ponders His Answer - New York Times |
| | Common, from Chicago, released his first album in 1992, and in the years since he has acquired a reputation as a righteous hip-hop bohemian: the kind of lover who begins every encounter with a few sticks of incense; the kind of fighter who takes aim at rappers who don't take hip-hop seriously. | | | Common acknowledged the reaction to that album early on Monday night, rhyming, "They started saying, 'Yo, Common's dressing all crazy and doing that out-there music for some girl/ And she done changed his world.' " | | | Common performing Monday night at S.O.B.'s, where he highlighted tracks from his latest album, "Be." |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/arts/music/25comm.html?ex=1274673600&en=563c4f619b25a991&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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| | :: MVRemix Interviews - Common :: |
| | Common: First of all, I believe that Kanye is from the same womb of music that I am. | | | A wealth of classic descriptions with regards to his forthcoming album "BE" have helped hype up the release (which drops in May) considerably. | | | He loves the Tribe Called Quest's, and the Pete Rock's, the DJ Premier and Gang Starr stuff, that's probably his home too. |
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http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/common05.shtml
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| | Review of the Common CD Be - Rap Music |
| | Another thing I picked up by listening to this album is that there are a lot of love songs on the album. | | | Review of the Common CD Be Common's latest CD Be debuted at #1 on the Hip-Hop Albums Chart and #2 on the Billboard Top Album Chart. | | | He is still conscious and has a message to his music but he also has more hard hitting lyrics and the production by Kanye West makes the entire album enjoyable to listen to for music lovers who aren't as concerned about the message behind the music. |
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| | Common rolls with Kanye, plots Nas tour |
| | Chicago rapper Common will return on May 24 with the album "Be," which was produced by Kanye West. | | | The 11-track set will be co-released via West's Good Music imprint and Geffen, to which Common remains signed. | | | He says he's in talks for a summer co-headlining tour with Nas, and is hopeful to be a part of a Good Music package in the fall with West and John Legend. |
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http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/0326common.html
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| | Common |
| | Common’s new album, ‘Be’, is out now at all good record stores. | | | ‘Be’ will be Common’s sixth album to date, and is neither a replica of his style on ‘Resurrection&; nor is as out there as ‘Electric Circus’ was; this is the product of all his albums put together. | | | People start getting edgy as Common has to be at Choice FM in half an hour to do a recorded interview. |
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http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/05/common/common.html
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| | Amazon.com: Be: Music: Common |
| | Common's strength has always been his superior lyricism, and it feels like it is put on the back burner here on some of the songs. | | | I would be thrilled if Common and Kanye ended up doing a Blackstar duo-type album, but for a solo Common LP the Kanye stamp feels to heavy here. | | | Common's "BE" couldn't come along at a better time -- one of several saving graces in hip hop music that hopefully gets the crossover/commercial/mainstream recognition to help present a more balanced, more significant and intelligent image of hip hop music than the norm that gains commercial success. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009FGWIK?v=glance
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| | MP3.com: Kanye to focus on label in '06 |
| | Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate everything in its path. | | | Thrilled with success of albums from John Legend and Common that he produced, rapper West says he plans to spend the next year developing his protégés. | | | It was very exploratory, especially so for a rap album released in 2002, containing developments -- some of which soared, some of which sank -- that few longtime followers could have foreseen. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Be: Special Edition/Parental Advisory: Music |
| | Common has stuck with one main producer on Be albeit the ubiquitous Kanye West and even has time to use Jon Legend with an excellent piano riff on one of the outstanding tracks of the album "They Say", absolutely superb. | | | Chicago rapper Common returns with the album Be. | | | Sure it's tight and in places works well, but it's just sounding a bit too samey - the sound is broadly the same whether it's on his albums or on other's like Common's. |
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| | Rolling Stone : Common, Kweli Get Electric |
| | The Chicago-based rapper is supporting his new album, Electric Circus, released last fall, but primed for a re-release with a bonus DVD next week. | | | Common will hit the road for a twenty-one date hip-hop package tour with Talib Kweli, Gang Starr and Floetry in tow, starting February 26th in Denver. | | | Among the other acts, Kweli will be supporting his first solo album, Quality, which was released last fall. |
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| | village voice > music > Common's Be by Elizabeth Mendez Berry |
| | The track is as magnetic as the sun-baked spot outside a bodega. | | | After an intergalactic trip on his last album, Common has a zoom lens view of the hood—he shares glimpses of other people's heartbreak and deferred California dreams. | | | Nine of the concise album's 11 tracks are West's; the remaining two come from Dilla, a/k/a Jay Dee, whose pear-shaped production dominated Common's voluptuous 2000 Like Water for Chocolate. |
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| | Common is still regarded as an underground sort of backpack rapper, a genre that isn’t radio-friendly, not to mention complete kryptonite to the 106th and Park audience that actually buys albums. | | | FAR FROM ORDINARY: Common’s new album Be could be a masterpiece. | | | Whereas most backpackers are doomed to a life of college radio, Kanyeezee linked up with Roc-A-Fella and delivered commercial hits for Jigga with the same backpacker sensibility, albeit a Gucci backpack. |
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| | GReAtEsT rApPeR aLiVe - Page:6 |
| | Jay-Z is a great rapper, hes got hot songs, he's made a lot of money, and had a lot of #1 albums, but so did NSYNC, so that's not the only factor. | | | He's been one of the most successful rappers over the last 10 years, Illmatic is arguably the best CD ever made, and he's the man. | | | Nas is the #1 Rapper Alive now, and if you don't believe me, smoke some weed and listen to Book of Rhymes. |
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| | The Rapper Sword Dance - Origins and History |
| | Nor do we know how the rapper was discovered - but it is most likely that it was discovered by accident when mining tools were adapted to be used as improvised swords. | | | Cecil Sharp recorded notations of a number of rapper dances, and published notations of five of them in the three volumes that made up his book The Sword Dances of Northern England. | | | However, traditional notated dances remain popular, especially among teams in the north-east of England, and three teams from the south sometimes perform the Beadnell dance, one of the dances notated by Cecil Sharp. |
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| | Common (Rapper Common Hasn't Lost His Sense) |
| | Common: The band is called A BLACK GIRL NAMED BECKY and we have five pieces in it. | | | We gonna do A BLACK GIRL NAMED BECKY album, but it's not gonna be a Common Sense album. | | | Common: Man there's super musicians in Chicago man. Super soulful, artists, musicians. |
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| | JS Online: Rapper Common plays ringmaster in a psychedelic 'Circus' |
| | Currently touring with Gang Starr and Talib Kweli, Common is working with a six-piece band that includes a DJ. | | | Common probably wasn't living up to his old moniker, Common Sense, when he released "Electric Circus" in December. | | | There's no track called "Black Light" on the new album, but there could have been, as Common moved from the progressive, neo-soul-tinged flavor of "Chocolate" to a more experimental, multilayered meld of hip-hop and psychedelic rock and soul that blurred boundaries even as it widened the range of what hip-hop could be considered. |
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| | MTV News - Common Lets It Be On Upcoming Down-Home Album |
| | Common, halfway through recording his sixth album, already has a title. | | | Common is also scheduled to record with the Neptunes and ?uestlove (a.k.a. | | | He said he hopes fans will feel that love in his music, regardless of whether he releases an eclectic album like Electric Circus or the more down-home long player Be's shaping up to be. |
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| | yaledailynews.com - Common electrifies hip-hop |
| | After all, the first successful hip-hop record, "Rapper's Delight," was a novelty song made by Sylvia Robinson (the president of Sugarhill Records) in order to capitalize on what she saw as a fresh new sound. | | | Like most of the album, the track is produced by the Roots' drummer, Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, who combines Stereolabs' psychedelia with Common's hip-hop sensibilities. | | | The following song, "New Wave" -- featuring Laetitia Sadier of the indie-rock Stereolab -- is the best song on the album, and one of the most creative hip-hop singles of the past year. |
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| | Southern Voice Online |
| | On the track titled “Between Me, You and Liberation,” Common soberly tells of a friend coming out of the closet to him, and the emotions he experienced while listening. | | | On his latest CD, “Electric Circus,” Common seemed to repent for the anti-gay lyrics he regularly spewed on his first four albums, including, “Homo’s a no-no, so faggots, stay solo” and “I’ll turn you into the artist formerly known as You gay ass fag.” | | | Rapper Common shows that in anti-gay genre, lyrics may change |
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| | Interview with the Common |
| | But if you've ever heard one of Common's albums, you know what I'm talking about. | | | Recoil: I heard you were going to change the name of the album to Isness, but decided to keep it Electric Circus. | | | The album includes tracks produced by the Neptunes and Roots drummer ?uestlove Thompson, and features an all-star cast of artists, including Prince, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Musiq, Bilal, Cee-lo and Mary J. Blige. |
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| | Fayetteville Online - Current Article Page |
| | Common’s newfound chart success can’t be owed to some sudden change to appeal to pop audiences. | | | After 1997’s “One Day It Will Make Sense” and 2000’s “Like Water for Chocolate,” one of the best hip-hop records released that year, Common was firmly entrenched as one of the most creative MC’s in rap music. | | | But thanks to production and a new record deal from fellow Chicago native and current music “it” guy, Kanye West, Common earned new fans for his refreshing and challenging music. |
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| | Common Sense MP3 Downloads - Common Sense Music Downloads - Common Sense Music Videos |
| | A former Source magazine "Unsigned Hype" winner, Common Sense almost single-handedly put Chicago hip-hop on the map in the early '90s with his excellent debut, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, which displayed a truly unique sound that, nevertheless, situated the rapper somewhere between the ground staked out by A Tribe Called Quest and Gang Starr. | | | His lyrics are packed with allusions and references to pop and street culture nearly as eclectic as those of the Beastie Boys. | | | Stereo MC's' American breakthrough is an energetic, club-oriented collection of colorful, funky dance tracks -- the raps almost seem like an afterthought, yet that doesn't distract from the sheer... |
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| | VRMAG - GUINNESS WORLD’S FASTEST RAPPER |
| | This panorama was shot in Seattle at Common Sence Studios where No Clue was working on his debut album. | | | No Clue broke the record by rapping 723 syllables in 41.27 seconds on his track “No Clue” on January 15, 2005, in front of a licensed speech therapist. | | | Check No Clue Music to hear No Clue's music, which includes a rapid-fire collaboration with DPG alum Bad Azz. |
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http://vrm.vrway.com/issue24/GUINNESS_WORLD_S_FASTEST_RAPPER.html
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| | Tower Records - Be [Instrumental] - Common |
| | Common you owe alot to Kanye for this album! | | | Personnel: Common (rap vocals); The Last Poets (spoken vocals); James Poyser (various instruments); Derrick Hodge (double bass); Num Amuntehu (percussion); DJ A-Trak, DJ Dummy (turntables); John Legend, John Mayer, Kanye West, Lonnie Lynn, Bilal, Luna E (background vocals). | | | Although the album is more streamlined, it's not predictable or unoriginal, as the beats unfold with the same combination of rawness and melodic energy that made Kanye West's debut so uncommonly engaging. |
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| | Amazon.com: Like Water For Chocolate: Music: Common |
| | With Common taking charge lyrically, there's also little doubt that he'll produce a quality product, and he did. | | | Chocolate may be a mature album, but it ain't stern: hilarious, poetic, musical, and intensely personal, this is Common at his finest. | | | This is probably, along with "Things Fall Apart" by the Roots, the best hiphop album in my catalogue and certainly the best album of 2000. |
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| | CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Common: Rapper breaks uncommon ground |
| | When you consider Common's a big fan of acclaimed African-American writers like James Baldwin and Langston Hughes, and musical giants like Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield, you get a hint of what inspires him to write the way he does. | | | Another sweet joint on the album is Pop's Rap Part 2/Fatherhood, featuring a monologue delivered by his dad, who left when Common was born but has since re-surfaced. | | | "I was so overwhelmed and touched by what he said I felt it was important to put it on the record," Common explains. |
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| | HHD Forums - Best mainstream rapper |
| | I think Common has got my vote, his shit is great man. | | | Point is, don't matter what u do, if u got below par lyrics about the same old hoes, drugs, thugs, bling and rims, and a great production team behind you are gonna have a hit song and all of a sudden you hot. | | | cassidy....listen 2 track 3 on him album....strait up fire....cant nobody beat cass in a battle....not common not kanye |
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| | BallerStatus.net News: Common Labeled A 'Racist Bitch' By UK Rappers |
| | Three multi-cultural emcees from the UK didn't take lightly to Common's words and have recorded a track in retaliation. | | | Britain is known to be more multicultural than America, which Doc details on the chorus. | | | You can hear the track for yourself on HipHopGame's UK edition. |
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| | Common Discography at CD Universe |
| | Personnel include: Common (vocals); Dave Chappelle (spoken vocals); James Poyser (various instruments); DJ Dummy (scratches); John Legend, John Mayer, Kayne West, Bilal, Luna E (background vocals); The Last Poets. | | | Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]is sixth and best disc....[Kanye] West is the producer Common has been waiting for all of his career: He makes Common both catchier and edgier at the same time..." Spin (p.63) - Ranked #17 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005"... | | | The Source (10/92, p.55) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "..an album 13 cuts deep with Chicago flava...a very unique hardcore, yet jazz-influenced, underground sound...The production is top notch.." Personnel: Common Sense (vocals); Tony Orbach (saxophone); Lenny Underwood (keyboards)... |
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| | Chronic Magazine |
| | He’s not a headlining artist, but he has been able to release six albums. | | | The album starts out with the title cut “Be.” The instrumentation knocks you out before the words even have time to take affect. | | | Every so often a song comes along that crosses over musical genres, and Common has provided the next one with “Love Is.” Here he pays homage to his home town of |
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| | NPR : 'Be,' a Remarkable CD from Common |
| | All Things Considered, June 17, 2005 · The new CD by rapper Common, called Be, could be the best hip-hop release of the year, Will Hermes says. | | | NPR : 'Be,' a Remarkable CD from Common | | | NPR regularly feature reviews of the latest music releases from critics including Ken Tucker, who appears on "Fresh Air." |
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| | Music Critics vs Normal People : Media Chin-Check |
| | Of source, Common got the journalist love, with some outlets calling his album classic, while Mike Jones was a mystery to many writers, yet went platinum anyway. | | | He cleaned up that last album, like you would expect from a 3rd album rapper whose responsibilities depended upon what seemed like a sure shot marketting success. | | | That's another reason why there is a lot of diluted garbage on the market, because a lot of rappers are just broke drug addicts before they get signed. |
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| | AllHipHop.com : Daily Hip-Hop News |
| | Although busy with the children, Common said his upcoming album BE, will feature a more aggressive side. | | | Read up on what's poppin' in the non-Hip Hop world of music. | | | “With my foundation Common Ground Foundation, we talk to kids about taking care of ourselves and loving. |
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| | Electric Circus Comes to Town: Common, Gang Starr, - Life & Style |
| | Billed as the Electric Circus tour and headlined by Common, rapper's Talib Kweli, Gangstarr and R&B duo Floetry gathered together at the 9:30 club to put on a performance that can only be described as a hip-hop, soul drenched circus act. | | | The circus invaded the city of D.C. Wednesday night. | | | Electric Circus Comes to Town: Common, Gang Starr, |
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| | Kanye West Tour Dates: Common exits Kanye West tour >> liveDaily |
| | music) is the latest rapper to answer the call of Hollywood. | | | Instead of filling Common's spot with another hip-hop hero, West reportedly has decided to lengthen his own set to include more favorites from his two popular CDs, 2004's "The College Dropout" and the August-released "Late Registration." | | | The bad news is that the film's shooting schedule made it impossible for the rapper to honor his previous commitment to West's tour. |
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| | NPR : 'Pops' Contributes to Rapper Common's Cause |
| | All Things Considered, June 17, 2005 · Lonnie "Pops" Lynn is the father of the rapper Common, and a regular contributor to his son's albums. | | | Lynn's spoken poetry graces the last song on each CD. | | | Lynn says tells Robert Siegel Common's influence set Lynn himself on the right path. |
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| | IGN: Common Gets Cinematic |
| | Common will also perform the song on Live w/Regis & Kelly October 7th. | | | How do the new releases from these rap icons stack up to their previous efforts? | | | Chicago rapper to tour throughout the end of 2005. |
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| | TrouserPress.com :: Common Sense |
| | But while the inclusion of a track called "Communism" suggests a resurgent left-wing orthodoxy in rap politics, the track is just a play on the rapper's name — a litany of words that begin with "com." | | | Sounding like a belated Midwest echo of the East Coast's Native Tongues pumped with testosterone, Can I Borrow a Dollar? | | | Although Common Sense's first album arrived around the same time as Arrested Development's and introduces a similarly laid-back and melodic rapper with more on his mind than blunts and gats, the conscious avoidance of gunplay and death in his rhymes doesn't exactly make the Chicago MC a wholesome positivist. |
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http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=common_sense
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| | highllamas.com forum - stereolab and rapper Common |
| | the members of stereolab are pictured, along with at least 75 other people, on the CD cover of "Electric Circus," the new album by american rapper Common. | | | Mark all forum posts as read [ help ] |
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http://www.highllamas.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=1&topic=30
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