COMMON

COMMON
Finding Forever
Universal Records
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RATING: 4 out of 5
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Two years after his previous album "Be" dropped, Common has released more addictive quality music to the streets with his latest album "Finding Forever". With the shake up of album release dates this year, Common's album dropped weeks before Talib's and Kanye's to get a jump on things. Though he doesn't get much radio play, his truth speaking single "The People" is in heavy rotation on BET show Rap City. On this album Kanye West was the executive producer and produced majority of the album though the rapper Common had help from other producers like Will.i.am, J Dilla and Devo Springsteen. In the up tempo song "The Game", DJ Premier is doing the nasty with the turntables bringing you back to the early 90's when music had scratches in them. Just last week Common released another single "Driving Me Wild", which features the singer Lily Allen who is the one of the two guest appearances on the album, the other is D'Angelo on the song "So Far to Go". The album is like a smooth slide that has great song selection and great song placement. Whether to get this album or not is really a no brainier if you liked the previous Common albums then you'll fall in love with "Finding Forever".

HIGHLIGHT TRACKS: "Start the Show", "The People", "I Want You", "Southside", "The Game", "Break My Heart"