Jedediah Pressgrove - 23.09.2010  When Common is mentioned in a conversation on rap, “socially conscious” is likely to be uttered or suggested. Universal Mind Control has a bit of iron...
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fallingupwards84 - 20.08.2010  This review written in early 2009. Pretend to have that perspective.Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., known in the hip-hop world as Common, has always been a r...
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Sterfish - 14.02.2009 After two critically acclaimed albums with Kanye West at the helm, Common goes in a different direction with his new album Universal Mind Control. Exe...
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Matt Merritt - 21.12.2008  Hip-Hop is, for me, a puzzling genre, where more than in any other style of music I can think of, mediocre performers can become multi millionaires (5...
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Nathan Rabin - 17.12.2008  "Broads say, 'Are you a philosopher' / Yeah,
yeah, I'll philosophie on top of ya," goes the key lyric on Common's puzzling
new Universal Mind Control...
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Thomas Hauner - 16.12.2008  It’s during the refrain of the title track on Common’s latest release, Universal Mind Control, that one hears Pharrell rap, “This is that new shit and...
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David Aaron - 12.12.2008 After successful acting roles in Wanted and American Gangster, Common (real name Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr) finally returns with his eighth studio album –...
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Tyler Patrick Munro - 12.12.2008  Anyone paying attention at this point can tell you it doesn't mean anything: the brief intro is basically just calm before the storm. When the song st...
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WILL HERMES - 11.12.2008 Huh A Common album without a soul-jazz opener Well, rap's deep thinker wanted to make club bangers. So he got the Neptunes to shape this sexed-up se...
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Brian Howe - 10.12.2008  On a song called "Announcement" from his eighth LP, Universal Mind Control, Common raps, "I still love H.E.R., she be needin' the dick/ When it comes ...
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