Electric Circus is perhaps most brilliant during those moments when Common isn't making bridges to the so-called rock world, but rather pushing the boundaries of black pop. Common and Jill Scott get their swing-on with "I Am Music", a track reminiscent of the Atomic-era styled disco of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band ("Cherchez Le Femme" and "Sunshowers").- Pop Matters
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sweeney kovar
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Jun 6, 2012
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Common's Electric Circus album is seen by some as the Chicago MC at his most weird, by others as him at his most open and experimental. I'd side with the latter. The album came after Like Water For Chocolate, his most commercially successful album to...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jun 12, 2013
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Back when I started doing the Song of the Day series, we would quote other blogs rather than writing our own reviews. That changed after ~6 months, but it means that there's a whole back-catalog of amazing music on Indie Shuffle that just doesn't hav...
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Joshua Mellin
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Sep 28, 2010
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The Roots have an uncanny ability to pair up with just about anyone. Whether its Jay-Z or Jimmy Fallon, or even Bill Clinton, they really are the world's best house band. On Wake Up!, they pair join with John Legend to recreate the breezy political e...
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Tobias Handke
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Sep 25, 2013
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I'm really not sure how I feel about Lupe Fiasco these days. The Chicago rapper's debut, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor, was at the corner stone of skate-rap, and its follow up, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, cemented Fiasco as one of hip-hop's most promis...
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