Earlier today, Common appeared on CNN to talk about his appearance on episode four of Chicagoland with Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and his Common Ground Foundation’s collaborative youth jobs initiative with Donda’s House and the Chicago Urban League. Watch the clip above and click here to read more about the Common Ground Foundation, Donda’s House and…
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Video: Common & Dreezy Discuss “Chi-Raq” On WGCI
Last week, Nicki Minaj and Lil Herb definitely shook things up when they dropped their collaborative effort, “Chi-Raq.” The song was quite polarizing, as many thought the song was exploitive on Nicki’s part. Others thought the joint was simply a good look for Herb. Either way, everyone felt some type of way about it. After…
Common & Donda’s House Announce The Chicago Youth Jobs Collaborative & First Annual AAHH! Fest
Common’s Common Ground Foundation and Kanye West’s Donda’s House Inc. will be teaming up with the Chicago Urban League for a new youth jobs initiative and a new music festival, AAHH! Fest. Common made the announcement during a press conference yesterday at the Museum of Contemporary Art alongside Rhymefest of Donda’s House and later released…
Wale f/ Rick Ross & Common – Sunshine (Remix)
Produced by Tone P and Stokley Williams. More new black soul. Com Sense kicks a verse alongside Ricky Rozay on the official remix of Wale’s “Sunshine”. Props to ‘Plex for the heads up.
Common – The Ladder
I’ve never seen Game of Thrones on HBO, but I know people frequently rant and rave about it. So much so that they decided to drop a mixtape in support of the show — a first for an HBO series, no? A Soprano’s mixtape would’ve been too fire, though. Anyhoo, here’s Com Sense’s contribution to…
Video: Preview Common’s New Single “The City”
Produced by No ID So far we’ve heard two joints from Common’s new project, Nobody Smiling. The Ab-Soul featured “Made In America” and “War.” The project is to be executed by super producer No ID, and is due out sometime later this year. Well today we get a preview of a third joint, which you’ll…
Video: Blaqstarr f/ Common – Dear Diamond
Directed by James T. Moore and James Kapner. Common assists DJ/producer Blaqstarr on “Dear Diamond”, which you can check out the official video for above. Spotted at HHNM.
Video: Common – L.A. Leakers Freestyle
While at Power 106 for The #LIFTOFF, Com Sense blessed the L.A. Leakers with a freestyle straight off the dome over “The Food”. Doesn’t get much doper than that. Related: Common f/ Ab-Soul – Made In Black America [Prod. by No I.D.]
Common f/ Ab-Soul – Made In Black America
Produced by No I.D. The tag team of Common and No I.D. continue their run of solid records with “Made In Black America”, which features TDE representative Ab-Soul. This is second joint we’ve gotten since Common announced his Nobody’s Smiling LP with No I.D. (“War” was the first) and it’s just what you would expect from…
Video: Common Talks Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Lil Herb & Lil Bibby
As part of his ongoing interview with Vibe, the magazine asked the Chicago legend about his thoughts on Chicago’s new crop of artists. Com expressed that he had a lot of love for Chance The Rapper and his sound, and also cited that he’s a fan of Vic Mensa, Lil Herb and Lil Bibby. Note…