

Common
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. His literate, intelligent, nimbly performed rhymes and political consciousness certainly didn't fit the fashions of the moment, but he was able to win a devoted cult audience. By the late '90s, a substantial underground movement had set about reviving the bohemian sensibility of {\alterna...[more]
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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE DECEMBER 9TH RELEASE DATE. Grammy Award-winning artist Common returns with his unique brand of cutting-edge hip hop on his eighth album Universal Mind Control. This new album is executive produced by The Neptunes and Kanye West and features The Neptunes on the bulk of the production.
CD $15.99
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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER AND WILL SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE DECEMBER 9TH RELEASE DATE. VINYL FORMAT. Grammy Award-winning artist Common returns with his unique brand of cutting-edge hip hop on his eighth album Universal Mind Control. This new album is executive produced by The Neptunes and Kanye West and features The Neptunes on the bulk of the production.
2xLP $13.99
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While many of his peers were drawing black and white pictures of thugs, gangsters, pimps and hoes Common was dipping into a thousand-color palette to paint a picture that would capture the experience of the average person and all of its nuances. 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. "I look at my career like a circle," says Common. "My last album, Electric Circus, was the fur [ read more ]
CD $14.99
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VINYL FORMAT. An overview of Common's early days on Relativity -- featuring a few tracks each from Can I Borrow A Dollar?, Resurrection and One Day It Will All Make Sense -- a strong sample of his earlier greatness.
LP $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Although Chicago is often praised for its blues, jazz, and house music, the city has failed to be successful when it comes to rap. One of the few Chicago MCs who has enjoyed any type of national attention is Common Sense, whose complex style of rapping and jazz-flavored tracks inspire comparisons to De La Soul, Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Pharcyde. On his sophomore effort, Resurrection, the South Sider doesn't hesitate to let you know that he has considerable techniqu [ read more ]
LP $7.99
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VINYL FORMAT. With his previous records (released under the name Common Sense), Common demonstrated that he was one of the few Midwestern rappers to have a unique vision, but One Day It'll All Make Sense is where his talents come into focus. Blending hip-hop with jazz is a '90s cliché, but Common relies on bebop rhythms and street poetry, resulting in an album that has a loose, organic flow. The grooves have deep roots and the rhymes have humor, heart, and intelligence -- few of contemporaries could [ read more ]
LP $7.99
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Common spent the '90s carrying the Native Tongues torch through an era dominated by gangsta rap, earning a sizable underground following. Positive-minded alternative rap came back into vogue by the new millennium, and Common managed to land with major label MCA for 2000's Like Water for Chocolate. The album established him as a leading figure of alternative rap's second generation, not just because of the best promotion he'd ever had, but also because it was his great musical leap forwa [ read more ]
CD $13.25
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VINYL FORMAT. While many of his peers were drawing black and white pictures of thugs, gangsters, pimps and hoes Common was dipping into a thousand-color palette to paint a picture that would capture the experience of the average person and all of its nuances. 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. "I look at my career like a circle," says Common. "My last album, Electric Circus[ read more ]
2xLP $17.99
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Finding Forever is the follow up to the four times Grammy nominated, critically heralded and Kanye West produced Be, which spawned hits including 'The Corner', 'Go', and 'Testify'. This album finds Kanye again taking the bulk of production work with help from Will.I.Am on the sultry 'I Want You', the late great J. Dilla on 'So Far To Go', featuring a surprise guest appearance by DAngelo and G.O.O.D Music producer Devo Springsteen on 'Misunderstood'. On Finding Forever, Common, rips the [ read more ]
CD $10.99
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An overview of Common's early days on Relativity -- featuring a few tracks each from Can I Borrow A Dollar?, Resurrection and One Day It Will All Make Sense -- a strong sample of his earlier greatness.
CD $13.99
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VINYL FORMAT. Finding Forever is the follow up to the four times Grammy nominated, critically heralded and Kanye West produced Be, which spawned hits including 'The Corner', 'Go', and 'Testify'. This album finds Kanye again taking the bulk of production work with help from Will.I.Am on the sultry 'I Want You', the late great J. Dilla on 'So Far To Go', featuring a surprise guest appearance by DAngelo and G.O.O.D Music producer Devo Springsteen on 'Misunderstood'. On Finding Forever, Co [ read more ]
LP $13.99
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With his previous records (released under the name Common Sense), Common demonstrated that he was one of the few Midwestern rappers to have a unique vision, but One Day It'll All Make Sense is where his talents come into focus. Blending hip-hop with jazz is a '90s clichT, but Common relies on bebop rhythms and street poetry, resulting in an album that has a loose, organic flow. The grooves have deep roots and the rhymes have humor, heart, and intelligence -- few of contemporaries could [ read more ]
CD $13.28