Common

COMMON

On his ninth studio album, Common is front and center, handling the spotlight with the same hungry humility he’s held on to all these years.

COMMON BLUE SKY

Chicago MC Common has been churning out his singular brand of uplifting, socially conscious hip-hop for almost two decades now with neither a decline in quality nor end in sight.…

COMMON NAS GHETTO DREAMS

You and your friend ever have the same dream at the same time? Such is the premise of the new Common and Nas video for their track “Ghetto Dreams,” from…

COMMON NAS GHETTO DREAMS

Two months ago, Amazon premiered a preview of a collaboration between veteran conscious MC’s Nas and Common, which is going to appear on Common’s forthcoming ninth LP, The Dreamer, The…

kqgoodfriday

Kanye West delivered “G.O.O.D. Friday” last Friday, in honor of his weekly MP3 series of the same name. The semi-eponymous “G.O.O.D. Friday”, the fifth new MP3 Kanye has given away…

Common

michael brager pictured. photo by joe lally. You know the drill.

I think it’s safe to say that one can’t properly critique/review an album without being familiar with the artist’s previous work (assuming they have any). So as I sit here…