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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…


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