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Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common, Universal Music Group, Island Def Jam, and Interscope Geffen A & M were all hit with a copyright-infringement suit by the daughter of musician Joe Farrell, thanks to their sampling his 1974 song "Upon This Rock" without Farrell's estate's OK. [Reuters]
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The homophobia of his early albums, as well as recent singles (I'm pretty sure "stay in your lane, Brokeback ain't the way of the game" is meant as a gaybait in 2007's "The Game") would imply that Common is seriously bothered by alternate lifestyles. Even his pseudo-apologia "Between Me, You & Liberation" on Electric Circus was more conflicted than regretful. But this video of an awkward Common nodding and adding "yes, yes, y'all"'s to "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Holiday" at an outdoor fair in San Francisco reveals that if he can't get over the idea of two men having sex, it's not because he's a closet queen. [TMZ]
Breaking News: Common Is Probably Not Gay
The homophobia of his early albums, as well as recent singles (I'm pretty sure "stay in your lane, Brokeback ain't the way of the game" is meant as a gaybait in 2007's "The Game") would imply that Common is seriously bothered by alternate lifestyles. Even his pseudo-apologia "Between Me, You & Liberation" on Electric Circus was more conflicted than regretful. But this video of an awkward Common nodding and adding "yes, yes, y'all"'s to "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Holiday" at an outdoor fair in San Francisco reveals that if he can't get over the idea of two men having sex, it's not because he's a closet queen. [TMZ]
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Welcome back to our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament, which has already provided us with a few tight races, a few blowouts, and many, many amazing comments from the ballot-casting public. Today we close out the first round of voting in the Bad Photoshop Bracket with two covers that look like they were inspired by the same Trapper Keeper—or at the very least, the same batch of bad hallucinogens.
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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament Takes A Squiggly Path
Welcome back to our Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament, which has already provided us with a few tight races, a few blowouts, and many, many amazing comments from the ballot-casting public. Today we close out the first round of voting in the Bad Photoshop Bracket with two covers that look like they were inspired by the same Trapper Keeper—or at the very least, the same batch of bad hallucinogens.
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ebony and ivory '07
Well, some 20 hours after the video for Common and Lily Allen's new single hit the Internet, no less than 900,000 copies have appeared on the various video sites, perhaps not so surprising for a guy who recently had a No. 1 album and a woman who might as well have in the perspective-skewed world of bloggery. Common sports a white penguin suit, there's an astronaut, some aquamarine-tinted beer commercial hallways, Lily Allen recreates the climatic running-in-slo-mo scene from "Under The Bridge" (somehow having less pendulous chest wobble than A. Keidis) in the only green dress she seems to own, a woman becomes pregnant, there are masks of what look like Kimora Lee and Russell Simmons (??), etc. What does it all mean? That the jumbled, quasi-narrative pop video is not yet dead? That better Lily Allen than John Mayer? Nothing at all? Everything?
Video: Common Feat. Lily Allen, "Drivin Me Wild" [The Fader]
Common And Lily Allen Have A Weird-Looking (Video) Baby
Video: Common Feat. Lily Allen, "Drivin Me Wild" [The Fader]
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Buoyed by the power of his super-psychedelic hoodie, no doubt, Common debuted at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200. His Kanye West-produced album Finding Forever sold 155,000 copies in its first week on store shelves in the U.S., a total that was high enough to give the Chicago rapper the first No. 1 album of his career.
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Common Finds The Top Spot
Buoyed by the power of his super-psychedelic hoodie, no doubt, Common debuted at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200. His Kanye West-produced album Finding Forever sold 155,000 copies in its first week on store shelves in the U.S., a total that was high enough to give the Chicago rapper the first No. 1 album of his career.
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Common Finds Himself On Reviewers' Minds
Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today's entry is Common's Finding Forever, which hits stores in the U.S. tomorrow:
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"The Game" is another solid track from Common's upcoming Finding Forever album; while it's not as leap-out-at-you great as "The People", it's further proof that DJ Premier should be employed on at least 80 percent of all rap tracks. Weirdly, this is the second Common track in a row to make a yoga reference, which means that he's about one album away from doing ads for the Gap's new line of Shavasana sweats:
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Leak Of The Day: Common Once Again Goes To The Mat
"The Game" is another solid track from Common's upcoming Finding Forever album; while it's not as leap-out-at-you great as "The People", it's further proof that DJ Premier should be employed on at least 80 percent of all rap tracks. Weirdly, this is the second Common track in a row to make a yoga reference, which means that he's about one album away from doing ads for the Gap's new line of Shavasana sweats:
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"The People," a new song from Common's upcoming Finding Forever album, wound up on Spine Magazine earlier this week, and it's one of his best tracks yet. Produced by Kanye West, "The People" is a sharp state-of-the-state cut that ties together the Grammys, a Finding Nemo reference and a jab at white people who only care about "dogs and yoga." Just don't tell Common about this, or he'll be really pissed!
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Leak Of The Day: Common Stretches Out
"The People," a new song from Common's upcoming Finding Forever album, wound up on Spine Magazine earlier this week, and it's one of his best tracks yet. Produced by Kanye West, "The People" is a sharp state-of-the-state cut that ties together the Grammys, a Finding Nemo reference and a jab at white people who only care about "dogs and yoga." Just don't tell Common about this, or he'll be really pissed!
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Videodrone: Common And Kanye West Take A Shine To Chi-Town
Common debuted his new single, "South Side," during the weekend's Pepsi Mega-Citement Soft-Drink Purchase Hullabaloo; it's surely the first hip-hop song of the year to include references to Steve Jobs, Grey Poupon, and American Idol. The track also features a cameo by Kanye West, who shows his usual restraint by only taking over sixty percent of the track.
Common & Kanye West - Southside LIVE (2-3-2007) [Onsmash, via Spine Magazine]
Common & Kanye West - Southside LIVE (2-3-2007) [Onsmash, via Spine Magazine]
