Common Sense

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Common :: Nobody’s Smiling

Steve 'Flash' JuonJuly 29, 2014

The title of Common's latest offering "Nobody's Smiling" immediately evokes memories of Eric B. & Rakim's "In the Ghetto" for me. The interludes and scratc... Read More...

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8.5

Common :: The Dreamer/The Believer

Steve 'Flash' JuonJanuary 31, 2012

It would be the height of dishonesty if I didn't tell you from the jump that Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. b/k/a Common is one of my favorite artists out of the last ... Read More...

LPReview

5.5

Common :: Universal Mind Control

Jay SoulDecember 9, 2008

The following excerpts may have been stolen and transcribed from Common's Dictaphone. Everything recorded was supposed to make up his forthcoming unofficial au... Read More...

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Year 2007 in Review (by Vern Pitt)

Vern PittDecember 25, 2007

As the end of the year draws closer it's time for everyone to start moaning about, how this wasn't a good year for hip-hop and how it used to be better ten or f... Read More...

Interviews

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Common :: Thisisme Then: The Best of Common

Steve 'Flash' JuonDecember 11, 2007

"Greatest Hits" or "Best Of" albums are always a highly mixed bag. Big fans of the artist represented on such an album invariably already own everything on the... Read More...

CompilationReview

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Common Sense :: Can I Borrow a Dollar?

Matt JostFebruary 14, 2006

It is a remarkable coincidence that in 1992 two rappers out of Chicago made their national debut who are still around today, well over a decade later. Back the... Read More...

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Reviews

Roc Marciano x The Alchemist : The Skeleton Key

Dillon & Batsauce :: What Have We Done

Bigg Cy (Gunslinguz) Interview

Common :: Nobody’s Smiling

Common :: The Dreamer/The Believer

Common :: Universal Mind Control

Year 2007 in Review (by Vern Pitt)

Common :: Thisisme Then: The Best of Common

Common Sense :: Can I Borrow a Dollar?