(Video) @Common ft. @Nas - ''Ghetto Dreams'' (Pd. by @Cocaine80s / Cuts by @thetwilitetone )

Video is cool...song is bananas.... & shorty got a phat ass!!

(Classic) Common feat. Sadat X & Talib Kweli - One Nine Nine Nine

Throwback joint of the day.

(Video) Common performs "The Light" and talks new album

 Via Hardknock.tv

Common performs an acoustic version of The Light with Grammy winners Zac Brown (Chicken Fried, Toes) and Colbie Caillat (Bubbly). He also talks to Nick Huff of Hard Knock TV about working on new album The Believer, which is currently due out in the Fall and features production from No Id, Kanye West and more. We also caught up with BMIs Vice President Catherine Brewton who talked to Hard Knock TV about the "How I Wrote That Song" panel and mentioned a possible collaboration with Colbie Caillat and Common in the future.

(Video) Guru ft. Common - "State of Clarity" Remix

Shouts to the lil' homie Fritz the Cat lol....

Rappers heralded as "mature", simply miming growth

Wow. This is a deep article, and one that should be read by anyone who professes to love hip hop.

Courtesy of The Root:

Hip-hop is deep in its third decade of existence. It spans generations. But to suggest that it's grown up in this time is to assume a maturing that hasn't exactly happened. Sure, a small handful of artists have managed to mature creatively, (Scarface immediately leaps to mind) but most rap artists who are heralded as "mature" are simply miming growth.


"Grown man" rappers like Jay-Z or Common are only mature in the absence of immaturity. They are acclaimed for what they don't rap about—namely drugs and violence (the new "off that" mentality only reinforces the culture's widening generational rift). They still make superficial music; they've just swapped out street signifiers for more "respectable" but equally vapid pursuits—business, high fashion, etc.


Jay-Z brags endlessly about texts from President Barack Obama, but he never discusses the content of said messages, let alone seriously consider a health care plan. Jay is Tom Hanks in Big, flopping around awkwardly in a new suit. And the grand irony is that these gestures are mostly wasted. Hip-hop is and forever will be youth music, regardless of how many aging rappers do or do not end up on Oprah's couch. The only people who expect maturity from it are outsiders, those who were never involved in the first place, or those who have grown so far from hip-hop that they no longer need it.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:

G

(Live Performance) Common - Live @ North Sea Jazz Festival

Shouts to Gary over @ Searching For Chet Baker




Performed in Den Haag, Netherlands for the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2005 around the time that he dropped his classic album "Be".

Check this out folks, this show is not to be missed. The video and audio quality is excellent!

Sample Video Clip (tracks 14 & 15 on this dvd)

Common - North Sea Jazz Festival (2005) *BE* Tour

1. Be
2. Real People
3. Common Talks/Introduces the Band & DJ
4. Nag Champa
5. The Invocation
6. Go
7. Faithful
8. Common Talks: Bogus women that do men wrong
9. Testify
10. Common talks to Talib & Mos Def on the phone
11. Respiration/Get em High (Just his verses)
12. Thelonious
13. Funky For You
14. Common invites woman onstage to dance to slow jams.
15. Come Close
16. Freestyling over Electric Relaxation
17. Common Talks: Love
18. Love Is...
19. Common Talks To The Audience
20. They Say
21. I Used To Love H.E.R.
22. Common does a medley of hip hop tracks
23. Common Talks: Foundations of Hip Hop & the DJ
24. DJ Dummy Scratches over "It Takes Two"
25. Common shouts out his band/freestyles a bit
26. The Light

Head on over to Searching For Chet Baker to download the DVDRIP. You'll find the links in the comment section of the DVD blog post.

(Download) DJ Kid Cut Up - "Can I Borrow 99cents For The New Common Album?"

Track List:

1. Intro
2. Announcement
3. They say interlude
4. Gladiator
5. Soul by the pound
6. Resurrection
7. Universal mind control
8. Renegades of funk blend
9. What a world snippet
10. Get em' high
11. Throw ur hands up break
12. The game
13. The corner
14. Punch drunk love
15. Changes
16. Open your eyes
17. The light
18. Inhale snippet

Download Here