____ them other ______ cause she down for the _______.
Radio edits < cursing.
Here’s the new “Poke Her Face” “Make Her Say” video, which I guess confirms the track for Cudi’s debut, Man on the Moon: The Guardians The End of Day, due September 15 (Grammy deadlines, eh?). Think Lady Gaga should have made an appearance [...]

Rock the Bells returns with another stellar line-up – unless you don’t like Nas, The Roots, Common, Talib Kweli, Big Boi, Damien Marley, Mickey Factz (I see you down there), RZA, GZA, Raekwon, etc. Ask The Fader for free tix.
Hopefully Common won’t show up with the JoBros.

In a reservoir, I flow and go
On and on, like Erykah or etcetera
Designated not to make hits but hit home
Out of proportion, hit makers get blown
-Common, “Real Nigga Quotes”
Common, dude, we need to talk. I’m not one for calling artists sell-outs, as I don’t believe that being successful is grounds for punishment. There’s no [...]

There was a radio rip going around of this a couple of days ago that was just annoying, but Kanyeblog posted up the MP3 of this great new Kid Cudi track. “I Poke Her Face” samples Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” and the play on words is kinda gross but awesome. The track itself features scratching [...]

My inbox was loaded with goodies this morning (sorry, I had too much tryptophan this weekend to keep up with it), one of my favorites being this new track from Common’s upcoming album, Universal Mind Control. The track features Cee-Lo (Gnarls Barkley) on the chorus, which, huh, should be about all you need to know. [...]

To celebrate Merge Records’ 20th Anniversary, Prefix Magazine compiled a list of Merge’s 20 Greatest Albums

Common will be launching a new blog a la Kanye West “soon.” He also did an interesting interview with Pitchfork

The Cool Kids and Matt & Kim are doing a few $5 shows to promote those Mountain Dew Green Label Sound [...]

Above is the badass new video for the first single off of Common’s upcoming album, Universal Mind Control, out November 11 on G.O.O.D. The track features Pharrell…as a robot.
Now move your behind.

I never thought I’d hear myself say that I wish I lived in Chicago. Not that there’s anything wrong with Chicago…I’ve just never said that.
This line-up for Common’s “Common & Friends” concert for his foundation (Common Ground Foundation) is kind of amazing (Pharrell, Will.i.am, Talib Kweli, The Roots). From the CGF website, “The Common [...]

I first heard this somewhat raunchy new Common track a couple of months ago, and I liked it. “Announcement” off of Common’s upcoming album, Invincible Summer, is produced by The Neptunes and features Pharrell in his fly BBC Ice cream. Yum.

Another new Common track off of his upcoming album, Invincible Summer. “Announcement” was produced by The Neptunes and features Pharrell. This is pretty straight up dirrty for Common, as he calls hip hop his “bitch” that “needs a dick.” Even Pharrell sounds completely unlike himself on this track. I didn’t like this at first but [...]