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Common: Rap's Role Model
Posted on October 25, 2011 - 1:56pm — Allyson McGintyRapper, actor, and best-selling author Common covers this isssue of Rolling Out Magazine, discussing his new memoir One Day It'll All Make Sense and his entrance into the rap game. Also included in this edition of Rolling Out are interviews with Professor Marcyliena Morgan and Professor Jocelyn Wilson about The Hip Hop Archives, and hip hop's role in academia.

One Day It'll All Make Sense
Posted on September 20, 2011 - 1:59pm — QueenSabaCommon has earned a reputation in the hip-hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs. His journey toward understanding is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother, Mahalia Ann Hines.

Universal Mind Control
Posted on February 15, 2011 - 11:44am — schuyler1103Explicit Version. Grammy Award winning artist Common returns with his unique brand of cutting edge Hip Hop on his 8th album Universal Mind Control. The 2008 album on the G.O.O.D. Music /Geffen label is executive produced by multi-platinum producers The Neptunes & Kanye West and features the Neptunes on the bulk of the production.

I Used to Love H.E.R.
Posted on October 27, 2010 - 10:34am — akadagathurTrack List:
I Used to Love H.E.R. (Radio Edit)
I Used to Love H.E.R. (Instrumental)
I Used to Love H.E.R. (Acapella)
Communism (LP Version)
Communism (Instrumental)
Communism (Acapella)

Be
Posted on October 27, 2010 - 10:27am — akadagathurA1 Be (Intro)
A2 The Corner ft. The Lost Poets
A3 GO! ft. John Mayer
B1 Faithful ft. Bilal, John Legend
B2 Testify
B3 Love Is...
C1 Chi City
C2 The Food (Live) ft. Kanye West, Dave Chappelle
C3 Real People
D1 They Say ft. Kanye West, John Legend
D2 It's Your World (Part 1 & 2)

The Anthology of Rap
Posted on October 14, 2010 - 1:59pm — akadagathurFrom the school yards of the South Bronx to the top of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. In this pioneering anthology, Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois demonstrate that rap is also a wide-reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes.

The Source No. 127 (04/2000)
Posted on July 14, 2010 - 2:25pm — akadagathurIce Cube, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre: Show You How The West Coast Rocks
Beanie Sigel: What Y'all Know About Life in Hell
Common: Finds His Freedom in Castro's Cuba
Run-DMC: Callin' It Quits
Cali: XZibit, Hittman, Boots And Medusa, Mel-Man and the Hottest Beat Makers on the Pacific

The Source No. 128 (06/2000)
Posted on July 14, 2010 - 2:14pm — akadagathurBig Pun: Our Exclusive Look at the Crushers Last Days
Bone Thugs: How Long Will They Last Without Bizzy?
Choclair: Canada's Kingpin Slips Across the U.S. Border
Tony Touch, Eminem in the Lab, The Lox, Common's Latest, DJ Doo Wop, R.I.P. Graf, Turntable Takeover
Plus: Back in Attica, Drag-On, Indian Casinos: Cash or Culture?, D.I.T.C.

XXL Vol. 9 No. 4 (05/2005)
Posted on June 24, 2010 - 11:40am — J.ColemanChurch for Thugs: Styles
Still Tippin': Trillville
Build You Up: Mike Jones
The Documentary: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Urban Legend: Jimmy Henchmen
Just a Moment: Fat Joe
Position of Power: T.I.

XXL Vol. 9 No. 5 (06/2005)
Posted on June 24, 2010 - 11:17am — J.ColemanAll or Nothing: Common
More Gangsta Music: Boyz N Da Hood
Higher: Cassidy
Seductive: Ying Yang Twins
Lost and Found: MF Doom
Shots Fired: 20 Greatest Diss Songs
Switch: Dame Dash
So Much More: Cam'ron
