If this music video for Common’s “Raw” were a true story, I wouldn’t believe it. For one, when you’re gambling with an “ex-drug-seller” who looks like a member of the Boo Yaa Tribe and his girl douses him with a drink, more than likely dude’s not going to just brush it off. Read the rest of this entry »

Spoiler Alert: 2008′s Universal Mind Control was an awkward, over-produced mess. Common seems to have understood this fact and abandoned the loud, technotronic mishmash of noises that polluted that album for something more honest and subtle. The result is The Dreamer/The Believer; Common’s best effort in years. Read the rest of this entry »

Continuing on his recent media run, Common appeared as a guest on Sway & Dev’s radio show this morning and pretty much confirmed the intended target of the poisonous darts in “Sweet” were aimed at one, no longer anonymous MC. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been enjoying Common’s latest LP over the past week as much as I have, you’ve probably already envisioned how the visual should go for “Celebrate,” The Dreamer, The Believer’s soul-warming single. But, if you imagined Lonnie strictly hanging around some Windy City OG’s, you’d only be half right Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah, a small percentage of you have already pirated Common’s new album. But for everyone else, here’s a chance to listen to The Dreamer, The Believer and do it legally. Read the rest of this entry »

“Even through the unseen, I know that God watches/ From one King’s dream, he was able to Barrack us.” You’ve got to believe in something, right? Well, with “The Believer,” the fourth leak from Lonnie’s upcoming album, takes listeners to the steeple and reminds minds to never get stagnant Read the rest of this entry »

“The aggins I used to hoop with is now who I ball with.” Common isn’t playing around this album. If you didn’t believe that by now, you will when you hear “Celebrate.”

After “Sweet” found the typically refined rapper unleashing some much-needed steam, this No I.D. production finds Lonnie sitting by the fire, enjoying the company of close friends and loved ones. Read the rest of this entry »

The gloves are off and the filter has been burned to a crisp. While the audio I posted was squeaky clean, Phil The God’s latest cinematic presentation with Lonnie Rashid Lynn is venomous and cold blooded for your ears to experience. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to producer No I.D. and his Instagram we now have an early glimpse at the songs included on Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer. Set to be released on December 20th, the album’s features are few but prominent since they include the likes of Nas, Maya Angelou and John Legend and the final track looks to be a “Pops” joint. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember what Comm’s homeboy said the first time he heard “Sweet?” Well, seeing is believing but hearing will get you killed when Lonnie Lynn brings out that piece of Southside of Chicago that we knew he still had tucked away in his inner psyche Read the rest of this entry »

For all those worldly thinkers who find themselves asking why the sky is blue, Common gives his best guess on one of life’s little mysteries with the single and accompanying video from The Dreamer, The Believer. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes it has to be deeper than rap. Deeper than what’s on the surface of the lyrical context that puts things into an elevated creative space. Warner Bros. is welcoming Common into the mix with open arms and a blank checkbook so that The Dreamer, The Believer can be everything we want it to be. Read the rest of this entry »

A quick behind-the-scenes look at the video shoot for Common’s latest single, “Blue Sky,” for his upcoming The Dreamer, The Believer. The video was shot last Friday in Los Angeles by director Paris Read the rest of this entry »

DJ Timbuck2 offers up Common’s “Blue Sky,” second numero dos from his upcoming The Dreamer, The Believer. Read the rest of this entry »

Common and Nas aren’t releasing a full album like the rest of their peers but they still have one helluva bang-up job with the first visual for The Dreamer, The Believer, Com’s first album since signing his new deal with Warner Bros. They say sleep is the cousin of death but if you just happen to doze off while this Hip-Hop opera is blaring, Read the rest of this entry »