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2974751, Tiny Desk Concert: Common and Friends at the White House
Posted by natenate101, Tue Oct-04-16 01:13 PM
http://pitchfork.com/news/68751-watch-common-perform-with-robert-glasper-and-bilal-at-the-white-house/
Man, this whole performance is wonderful. Got Bilal, Kareem Riggins, Robert Glasper, and some gorgeous woman on vocals and flute (who is that?!!!). Musically it sounds great, especially that second song A Letter To The Free.
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2974760, Don't sleep on this. Really incredible
Posted by justin_scott, Tue Oct-04-16 02:06 PM
If this is what's on Common's upcoming album, i'm excited.
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2974764, Any chance of some MP3s of this? n/m
Posted by phemom, Tue Oct-04-16 02:34 PM
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2974782, NPR Usually puts them up
Posted by JtothaI, Tue Oct-04-16 06:02 PM
as one big file. Maybe in a couple days?
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2975493, go to youtube
Posted by justin_scott, Sat Oct-15-16 01:24 AM
then copy the link and use listentoyoutube.com
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2974784, Fantastic performance
Posted by Kosa12, Tue Oct-04-16 06:13 PM
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2974788, damn...that last joint gave me chills straight up
Posted by Stadiq, Tue Oct-04-16 10:28 PM
This whole thing is incredible.
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2974790, This was dope
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Wed Oct-05-16 01:41 AM
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2974798, Greatness...
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Oct-05-16 07:59 AM
Damn...Common gotta have the widest range of highs and lows ever.
Great spirit on this...looking forward to the new album.
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2974809, threw that dilla at end
Posted by boyd, Wed Oct-05-16 09:11 AM
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2975358, That was slick!
Posted by ToeJam, Wed Oct-12-16 03:31 PM
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2974825, Dope.
Posted by Brew, Wed Oct-05-16 02:46 PM
Kind of awkward at first knowing he was performing in front of such a small group but it got easier to watch cause the musicianship was amazing.
This dude can still write rhymes man. His flow is still off at times in his late-career but his rhymes are really, really good. I like the 3 new tracks here. Better than the first two that were released recently in terms of flow.
That song about Pops was chill-inducing. Such deep, dope shit. I can't wait to hear the studio version. That type of song is the reason I fell in love with Common's music in the first place. I don't think there's anyone who does introspection better in hip-hop over the years.
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2975359, RE: Dope.
Posted by ToeJam, Wed Oct-12-16 03:32 PM
>Kind of awkward at first knowing he was performing in front
>of such a small group but it got easier to watch cause the
>musicianship was amazing.
Yeah, once they just started creating for each other it jelled.
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2975090, Man this was amazing. Glasper + Bilal are everything.
Posted by CherNic, Sat Oct-08-16 09:04 PM
Common with live musicians....he should think about touring like this. Okay maybe not. But I love stripped down shows.
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2975316, one of the best shows I've ever been to was Com w/ live band. EC tour.
Posted by High Society, Tue Oct-11-16 07:01 PM
band was A Black Girl Named Becky.
he doesn't tour w/ a band anymore?
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2975317, I only saw him once. 06. It was just him and DJ.
Posted by CherNic, Tue Oct-11-16 07:20 PM
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2975322, He's done both intermittently since EC I feel like.
Posted by Brew, Tue Oct-11-16 08:24 PM
He's dope live no matter which he decides. Black Girl Named Becky was great. DJ Dummy was always fun too. Seems to be his go-to tour DJ at least in my experience.
Think the last time I saw him live was like 2008 or 2009 and he was just with a DJ, but the time before that (only a year or two earlier) he was with a band.
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2975696, i agree that he does both well
Posted by makaveli, Wed Oct-19-16 01:50 PM
he brings a lot of energy.
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2975100, Studio version of the "Freedom Come" joint is at the end of "13th"
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Oct-09-16 05:19 AM
"13th" is an awesome documentary on Netflix.
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2975500, correction: It's called "Letter To The Free"
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sat Oct-15-16 07:18 AM
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2975520, Bought it on Amazon. This song has a healing quality. Beautiful
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sat Oct-15-16 05:40 PM
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2975405, Thank you OKP
Posted by 13Rose, Thu Oct-13-16 08:30 PM
That was beautiful. Little Chicago Boy touched me for real. Pop's Raps were so dope they made me feel like he was my family for real. Com seems like he's back in his bag. Gonna check out this new album.
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2975408, RE: Tiny Desk Concert: Common and Friends at the White House
Posted by C. Thelonius, Thu Oct-13-16 11:02 PM
>and some gorgeous woman on vocals and flute (who is that?!!!).
I'm not sure I remember her singing, but the flute player is Elena Pinderhughes. She's one to watch, cuz you're right, she's dope af. If you haven't checked out Christian Scott's Stretch Music (2015), definitely check that out cuz she's all over that. If by chance Scott and his octet (he has 2 drummers in this current band!) come through your city, you MUST go. It'll be 50 times better than the CD, I guarantee. I caught them live at the Detroit Jazz Fest last year and Pinderhughes killed (well they all kinda did tho but she def stood out). Incredible improviser.
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2975486, yeah...this was great...
Posted by Warren Coolidge, Fri Oct-14-16 11:02 PM
that performance of Freedom was amazing...
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2975492, simply beautiful
Posted by justin_scott, Sat Oct-15-16 01:23 AM
i can't wait for this next album
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2975535, Com is that dude...always has been
Posted by Dstl1, Sun Oct-16-16 08:54 AM
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2975548, Common's NEW ALBUM drops November 4th!!!
Posted by justin_scott, Sun Oct-16-16 03:09 PM
i'm hyped for this
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2975551, Yo Doctor Strange, I'ma let you finish, but Com drops today(c)Me
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Oct-16-16 04:32 PM
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2975554, Is that showing on november 4th?
Posted by justin_scott, Sun Oct-16-16 05:41 PM
Shit, if so, that might be a GREAT day. My ex comes back to town, New Common album, AND a doc strange movie? Fuck
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2975558, nice
Posted by Dstl1, Sun Oct-16-16 07:21 PM
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2975569, tracklist...
Posted by BNueve, Mon Oct-17-16 10:51 AM
01 Joy and Peace ft. Bilal
02 Home ft. Bilal
03 Word From Moe Luv Interlude
04 Black American Again ft. Stevie Wonder
05 Love Star ft. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ
06 On a Whim Interlude
07 Red Wine ft. Syd & Elena
08 Pyramids
09 A Moment In the Sun Interlude
10 Unfamiliar ft. PJ
11 A Bigger Picture Called Free ft. Syd & Bilal
12 The Day Women Took Over ft. BJ the Chicago Kid
13 Rain ft. John Legend
14 Little Chicago Boy ft. Tasha Cobbs
15 Letter To the Free ft. Bilal
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2975572, What's the title of the album ?
Posted by Brew, Mon Oct-17-16 12:08 PM
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2975574, Black America Again
Posted by justin_scott, Mon Oct-17-16 12:50 PM
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2975622, Ah I knew that. Someone explain "Again" to me.
Posted by Brew, Tue Oct-18-16 09:22 AM
Serious question. Like what is the significance of adding "again" to the title ? Excuse my ignorance.
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2975630, from what i've read
Posted by justin_scott, Tue Oct-18-16 01:21 PM
the themes of the album could be relevant in any time period that black people have been in america, be it 1960 or 1800. i could definitely be wrong on that, but that's what i took from him talking about it.
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2975633, Word.
Posted by Brew, Tue Oct-18-16 01:58 PM
I read that too. Still think it could've simply been titled "Black America" and had the same effect. But I asked cause I wasn't sure if maybe the title referenced some important speech from, say, the Civil Rights era or something, containing the term "Black America Again" that I wasn't privy to. Absent some sort of historical reference like that it just reads awkwardly as an album title to me.
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2975674, I think the again
Posted by tariqhu, Wed Oct-19-16 09:15 AM
is a play on trump's make america great again.
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2975697, That makes sense. Thanks.
Posted by Brew, Wed Oct-19-16 01:55 PM
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2975679, Common himself explained it in this interview (video LINK)
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Wed Oct-19-16 10:31 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBsItjLckQ#t=10s
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2975698, Nice. Thank you.
Posted by Brew, Wed Oct-19-16 01:57 PM
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2975570, beautiful performance
Posted by BNueve, Mon Oct-17-16 10:54 AM
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2975858, Here's the track called Home. It's pretty great.
Posted by natenate101, Thu Oct-20-16 06:40 PM
http://pitchfork.com/news/69168-common-shares-new-song-home-listen/
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2975880, yeah, Common is KILLING IT
Posted by justin_scott, Thu Oct-20-16 09:19 PM
beat is ill as fuck too. this sounds like Common's best since Be (not to say he hasn't dropped dope albums since then).
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2975881, yeah, Common is KILLING IT
Posted by justin_scott, Thu Oct-20-16 09:19 PM
beat is ill as fuck too. this sounds like Common's best since Be (not to say he hasn't dropped dope albums since then).
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2975956, shot me with your Reagan and now you wanna Trump me
Posted by justin_scott, Fri Oct-21-16 02:00 PM
common really came with it lyrically on this album. every track i've heard is just littered with quotables and great lyrics.
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