 | Universal Mind Control [Read More ...]
Description: Explicit Version. Grammy Award winning artist Common returns with his unique brand of cutting edge Hip Hop on his 8th album Universal Mind Control. The 2008 album on the G.O.O.D. Music /Geffen label is executive produced by multi-platinum producers The Neptunes & Kanye West and f... |
 | Finding Forever [Read More ...]
Description: Multi-faceted Hip-Hop superstar Common is prepping his highly anticipated seventh album, Finding Forever, for a July 31st release on G.O.O.D Music/Geffen Records. The album is the follow up to the four times Grammy nominated, critically heralded and Kanye West produced Be, which ... |
 | Like Water for Chocolate [Read More ...]
Description: It's no coincidence that most top 40 rappers are under 25: rap revels in misspent youth. Which makes Common's adventures in adulthood so interesting. He's an astounding lyricist, always has been. But with Like Water for Chocolate he's made the tricky transition from b-boy to b... |
 | Be [Read More ...]
Description: Though heralded as an instant hip-hop classic by some, Common's Be doesn't quite live up to the hype, though it is still has several strengths going for it. Compared to the esoteric themes and production of his last album, Electric Circus, Be is far more grounded in street-level ... |
 | Tobacco Road [Read More ...]
Description: Common Market's Tobacco Road showcases true flowing intelligence from MC RA Scion over DJ/Producer Sabzi's [also of Blue Scholars] most creative and melodic compositions to-date. It is laden with heavy introspection and RA Scion's staunch personal convictions on life, love and ar... |
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 | Electric Circus [Read More ...]
Description: Rock & roll has grabbed Common by the neck and given him a good shake. With its heavy, multilayered sound, Electric Circus is steeped in the Chicago-born and Brooklyn-based rapper’s newfound love for Pink Floyd, Traffic, and, above all, Jimi Hendrix. But, like many new converts... |
![]() | Resurrection [Read More ...]
Description: A couple of years after asking Can I Borrow a Dollar? and before he lost the "sense" in his moniker, the Chicago MC now known as Common dropped this impressive sophomore set, marking him as one of the most versatile MCs to emerge in the 1990s. Shirking the often derivative flows ... |
 | One Day It'll All Make Sense [Read More ...]
Description: Common's skills are unique, and his style is complete, but his most effective talents are in constructing an album of material that listens like a book. One Day is a fully realized, start-to-finish memoir of a Chicago-based African American male, and it's equal to any challenge f... |
 | Can I Borrow a Dollar? [Read More ...]
Review: ""EZ...EZ Like Sunday Morn'" (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars):This is Common (Sense)'s first LP "Can I Borrow A Dollar". I really didn't pick this up until about a month ago. I think Common had a very good starting point back in 1992 with his singles "Soul By The Pound" and "Bre... |
 | Common Market [Read More ...]
Description: In the 2000s, Seattle's mushrooming underground hip-hop scene revolved around Alexei Saba Mohajerjasbi, better known as DJ Sabzi, an Iranian-American producer and Northwest native. After turning heads in the 206 as part of the hip-hop duo Blue Scholars, Sabzi hooked up with RA Sc... |
 | Black Patch War [Read More ...]
Description: Black Patch War is a 7-track EP by Seattle hiphop mainstays Common Market (RA Scion on the rhymes, Sabzi of Blue Scholars on the beats). Offered as the first official follow-up to the successful eponymous debut album, Black Patch War, released on the group's own Massline Media, i... |
 | Thisisme Then: The Best of Common [Read More ...]
The Common we already knew.:This compliation shows just how talented Common really is and how he is able to make some of the best underground hip hop songs. |
 | Universal Mind Control [Read More ...]
Description: Two LP set. Grammy Award winning artist Common returns with his unique brand of cutting edge Hip Hop on his 8th album Universal Mind Control. The 2008 album on the G.O.O.D. Music /Geffen label is executive produced by multi-platinum producers The Neptunes & Kanye West and feature... |
 | Resurrection [Read More ...]
Description: A couple of years after asking Can I Borrow a Dollar? and before he lost the "sense" in his moniker, the Chicago MC now known as Common dropped this impressive sophomore set, marking him as one of the most versatile MCs to emerge in the 1990s. Shirking the often derivative flows ... |
 | Be [Read More ...]
Review: A real poet that can rap:Common takes me back to the time when rap was poetry and not this hard edge noise that is on the airwaves.
"The Corner" - my number one cut and my anthem.
"The Food" - the beat and lyrics just get me rockin.
BE is for music lovers and rap realist. I ... |
 | Common Sense Live! at the Belly Up Tavern [Read More ...]
Description: The Common Sense Band released thier first CD, "Live at the Belly Up Tavern" in 1994. It captures the band in its earlier dance and "Reggae Roots" days. The Common Sense exhuberant live show is a must see for any music fan that wants to dance, have fun, and hear some awesome po... |
 | Finding Forever [Read More ...]
Description: Multi-faceted Hip-Hop superstar Common is prepping his highly anticipated seventh album, Finding Forever, for a July 31st release on G.O.O.D Music/Geffen Records. The album is the follow up to the four times Grammy nominated, critically heralded and Kanye West produced Be, which ... |
 | Time Travelin' [Read More ...]
Description: 2008 release. With a career spanning over 17 years Common is a veteran in the Rap game, that seemingly ages like a fine wine. From his on record feuds with Ice Cube in the mid '90s all the way up to his last two records with Kanye West, Common has always remained true to himself ... |
 | Common Sense [Read More ...]
A fresh new collection of soon to be hits, from California's finest World/Pop American Funk Rock Band. These 14 original songs also feature Special Guest appearances from Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Pato Banton and more. |
