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.

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The eighth Common album was originally titled "Invincible Summer," but delays slid its release back to December. Though Mortal Winter might've been more apt, Universal Mind Control does correctly point toward a lighter, less cerebral set relative to the MC's discography from The Resurrection onward. The glinting "Change" is a track filled with hope and optimism about younger generations and the rise of Obama, and "Inhale," another standout, carries a surplus of uplift and urgency. Othe   [ read more ]

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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 ]

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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.

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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.

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In "The People," Common rhymes "My daughter found Nemo/I found the new Primo," yet it is the late J Dilla -- not DJ Premier -- who is emulated by Kanye West throughout Finding Forever. Dilla's 2006 death has had Common and Kanye not just grieving but further contemplating the making of music that outlasts their time on the planet. This lends a kind of heaviness, a level of seriousness, and a sometimes overbearing sense of "What we are doing here is intended to be important,"   [ read more ]

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In "The People," Common rhymes "My daughter found Nemo/I found the new Primo," yet it is the late J Dilla -- not DJ Premier -- who is emulated by Kanye West throughout Finding Forever. Dilla's 2006 death has had Common and Kanye not just grieving but further contemplating the making of music that outlasts their time on the planet. This lends a kind of heaviness, a level of seriousness, and a sometimes overbearing sense of "What we are doing here is intended to be important,"   [ read more ]

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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.

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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 ]

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Electric Circus cost and won Common some fans. 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. Listeners either felt Common was picking up fresh, new inspirations, or that he was just being distracted by a whole lot of ill-fitting nonsense. With Be, it seems the MC has realized that not every album that's sprawling and eclectic is as good as {^Electr   [ read more ]

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