Features
Tuesday, December 11 2007
The Best Hip-Hop of 2007
From Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five to a dope album named Desire, hip-hop showed growth in 2007.
Columns
Friday, May 5 2000
Like Water for Chocolate: Common's Recipe for Progressive Hip-Hop
Like the surreal Laura Esquivel novel that Rashid 'Lonnie' Lynn invokes in the title of his brilliant new release Like Water for Chocolate.
Reviews
Thursday, February 2 2012
Common and Atmosphere Make Freezing History at Colorado’s Red Rocks
Minneapolis indie rap crew Atmosphere seemed an iffy choice to headline the landmark show, but the capacity crowd welcomed the group as if they were a St. Bernard carrying the world’s largest brandy cask.
Tuesday, January 3 2012
Common: The Dreamer / The Believer
Common teams up with '90s muse No I.D. to make an album as forward thinking sonically as it is rote lyrically.
Tuesday, December 16 2008
Common: Universal Mind Control
Pharrell and his Neptunes exert a svengali-like control over the record, helping Common release his most contrived and banal album to date.
Tuesday, November 27 2007
Common: Thisisme Then
Herein lies another industry rule. Record companies count on us to buy the same music (at least) twice.
Monday, July 30 2007
Common: Finding Forever
As good as Finding Forever is -- and it's very good -- it's hard to imagine it vaulting Common into superstar status. It's the curse of being sly and thoughtful.
Blogs
Wednesday, June 30 2010
Gil Scott-Heron, Derrick Hodge: 27.June.2010 - New York
Gil Scott-Heron brought his legendary brand of soul, and surprise guest, Common, to Central Park’s Summerstage Sunday.
News
Tuesday, January 3 2012
Common — rapper, actor, writer — has a new album that’s a return to his roots
LOS ANGELES — Common was trying not to crack a smile. The rapper-turned-actor-turned-author was in the midst of having his face powdered in preparation for…
Friday, March 27 2009
Hip-hop star is an un-Common artistAudra D.S. Burch
Well before the government declared the country to be in recession, Common - the Chicago hip-hop artist - was already chronicling its pain. He took…
