Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. (born March 13, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois), better known by his stage name Common (previously Common Sense), is a Grammy award winning rapper, author and ac...read more on Last.fm →
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Tobias Handke
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Nov 14, 2016
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Common's latest album, Black America Forever, is another masterpiece of social and political lyricism and enthralling production that highlights how relevant old hip-hop heads still are.
The title track from the album is one my favorites and has com...
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Tobias Handke
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Jan 7, 2014
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Earlier today, Chicago MC Common announced he would be releasing his tenth album this year, Nobody Smiling. Mere hours later, Common has given us our first taste of the album with the intense "War."Over a dramatic, brass sampling No I.D. production, ...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jul 17, 2012
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Next Thursday (7/26), Virgin Mobile will be partnering with the City of Chicago to hold a benefit event at their retail store, headlined by Common. They'll be giving away tickets (in exchange for a $20 donation to the youth homelessness charity).
Th...
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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 10, 2010
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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 reminisce...
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