Common

In case you didn’t know, the Cocaine 80s consists’ of Common, James Fauntleroy, No I.D. and Makeba Riddick.

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Common Sense took the mound to throw at the first pitch at the Chicago White Sox’ home opener. The rapper threw a serious ball, and by ball I mean leaps and bounds away from the strike zone. Chances of the emcee putting down the mix and picking up a mitt are slim to none.

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And so the battle of the sweater rockin’ rappers continues as Common hops on Rick Ross’ “Stay Schemin” off the newly released Rich Forever mixtape and strikes the first public blow in the brewing beef with Drake. While the Internets chatter over Drake’s verse on the original track with Ross and French Montana was all this buzz when the tape dropped this past Friday, it only took Common a weekend to think it over and come back with some bars for the rapper he calls “that hoe ass ni88a.” Things are about to get very interesting. #BulletProofSweaterMusic

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MTV caught up with 50 Cent, Common, and some of today’s most popular new hip-hop acts to find out what their resoltions would be for 2012. A handful of non-hip-hop artists also give their resolutions in the clip.
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Common’s latest visual off that forthcoming album.

I had the pleasure of hearing this joint in the studio with Common two weeks ago and it’s definitely some, sondulah, lil homeying soft rappers music. Thanks to Funk Flex the Internets will see what I mean by that desciption of Common’s third single off The Dreamer, The Believer, “Sweet.” Despite the title there’s nothing marshmallowy about the Chi-Town vet’s latest offering where he goes-for-broke with bars directed at some of his spineless microphone peers. Entirely produced by No I.D., The Dreamer, The Believer is in stores next month. A video for this tough talkin’ track is also on the way.

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From the vaults of the underground comes a never before heard tale from Chicago’s Greatest Street Poet, Common. Common’s graphic story comes to life with the assist from visual artist and producer dsteele.

Trademarkk approved.

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Common gives us some long awaited visuals for his first single, “Ghetto Dreams” off The Dreamer, The Believer LP featuring Nas. The video is directed by Matt Alonzo. Common’s new studio album will be released on November 22nd. In the meantime, the single is available via iTunes.

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Here’s a sneak peak at he making of the recently released Common Sense and Nasty Nas collaboration, “Ghetto Dreams.” The track was produced by No I.D., as was the rest of Common’s The Dreamer, The Believer LP arriving this fall.

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