Common

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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]

 

 

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. 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 ]

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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 clichι, 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. 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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