Fans of Common will be able to see him every week on television this fall on AMC’s new contemporary western “Hell on Wheels.” The series is set to premiere in November, and Common plays Elam. Get a sneak peek of “Hell on Wheels” in this video. RELATED POSTS: What Were Common & Akon Doing At […]
Muhsinah is smarter than you. Well, at least your favorite singer. The winner of our “One Minute to Shine” contest had the beautiful audacity to name one of her recent projects Oscillations: Sine and Triangle. “I was in recording school and I wanted to be an engineer,” she says with a smile. “I was learning […]
No, it wasn’t the Grammys, but Common, Akon and LL Cool J were spotted on the red carpet at this year’s Emmy Awards. Akon performed in segment with the Lonely Island, LL was there representing his TV show “NCIs: Los Angeles” and did a bit onstage, and Common was there to promote his new TV […]
Rapper Common visited the Wendy Williams Show to promote his new book, One Day It Will All Make Sense. The book is co-written by his mother and offers a look into Common’s relationships with the women in his life. During his interview with Wendy he divulged how ex-girlfriend Erykah Badu broke up with him over […]
Common‘s book “One Day It Will All Make Sense” shares the name of his 1997 album, and will be released on September 13th. The memoir includes insight into his relationships with women. Erykah Badu, Taraji P. Henson, Serena Williams and the mother of his daughter are included, but another woman gets even more attention. Dr. […]
Common’s new book “One Day It’ll All Make Sense” releases this month. He gives us a closer look into his life in the memoir. Common reveals being kidnapped at gunpoint by his father at only 8 months old. His father also kidnapped his mother. In the prologue Common gives details about his father’s abusive ways […]
It’s been an interesting week for hip-hop fans over 30 from Chicago and NYC. First Common and Nas drop the video for the “Ghetto Dreams”[watch here] and then Kanye and Jay-Z follow-up with the stuntastic clip to “Otis”[watch here]. All things being equal both songs are dope with videos that excel with their simplicity. However, […]
No you are not back in 1994. Common released the music video to “Ghetto Dreams” featuring Nas. I am so glad Common is back to creating real hip hop and not that robotic music he put out on his last album. The Dreamer, The Believer drops this fall on Warner Bros. Records. Check out the […]
If one more sing-song rapper makes one more song about being famous, I may have to cut my ears off. I expect rappers to boast about the luxuries that come with fame. But when an artist’s catalog contains multiple songs dedicated to explaining just how famous he or she is, and when mind-blowing beats are […]
Common ditches the electro-robotic sound on his last album, Universal Mind Control, and returns to the raw street vibe of his earlier works. This sick beat is produced by none-other than No I.D., who also produced many songs one of my favorite Common albums, One Day It’ll All Make Sense. His upcoming album produced by […]
