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natenate101
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"Tiny Desk Concert: Common and Friends at the White House"


          

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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Don't sleep on this. Really incredible
Oct 04th 2016
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Any chance of some MP3s of this? n/m
Oct 04th 2016
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NPR Usually puts them up
Oct 04th 2016
3
go to youtube
Oct 15th 2016
21
Fantastic performance
Oct 04th 2016
4
damn...that last joint gave me chills straight up
Oct 04th 2016
5
This was dope
Oct 05th 2016
6
Greatness...
Oct 05th 2016
7
threw that dilla at end
Oct 05th 2016
8
That was slick!
Oct 12th 2016
15
Dope.
Oct 05th 2016
9
RE: Dope.
Oct 12th 2016
16
Man this was amazing. Glasper + Bilal are everything.
Oct 08th 2016
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one of the best shows I've ever been to was Com w/ live band. EC tour.
Oct 11th 2016
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      I only saw him once. 06. It was just him and DJ.
Oct 11th 2016
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           He's done both intermittently since EC I feel like.
Oct 11th 2016
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                i agree that he does both well
Oct 19th 2016
38
Studio version of the "Freedom Come" joint is at the end of "13th"
Oct 09th 2016
11
correction: It's called "Letter To The Free"
Oct 15th 2016
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      Bought it on Amazon. This song has a healing quality. Beautiful
Oct 15th 2016
23
Thank you OKP
Oct 13th 2016
17
RE: Tiny Desk Concert: Common and Friends at the White House
Oct 13th 2016
18
yeah...this was great...
Oct 14th 2016
19
simply beautiful
Oct 15th 2016
20
Com is that dude...always has been
Oct 16th 2016
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Common's NEW ALBUM drops November 4th!!!
Oct 16th 2016
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Yo Doctor Strange, I'ma let you finish, but Com drops today(c)Me
Oct 16th 2016
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Is that showing on november 4th?
Oct 16th 2016
27
nice
Oct 16th 2016
28
tracklist...
Oct 17th 2016
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      What's the title of the album ?
Oct 17th 2016
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           Black America Again
Oct 17th 2016
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                Ah I knew that. Someone explain "Again" to me.
Oct 18th 2016
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                     from what i've read
Oct 18th 2016
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                     Word.
Oct 18th 2016
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                          I think the again
Oct 19th 2016
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                               That makes sense. Thanks.
Oct 19th 2016
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                     Common himself explained it in this interview (video LINK)
Oct 19th 2016
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                          Nice. Thank you.
Oct 19th 2016
40
beautiful performance
Oct 17th 2016
30
Here's the track called Home. It's pretty great.
Oct 20th 2016
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yeah, Common is KILLING IT
Oct 20th 2016
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yeah, Common is KILLING IT
Oct 20th 2016
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shot me with your Reagan and now you wanna Trump me
Oct 21st 2016
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justin_scott
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1. "Don't sleep on this. Really incredible"
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If this is what's on Common's upcoming album, i'm excited.

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2. "Any chance of some MP3s of this? n/m"
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phemom's the name, all-star writer/
searching 4 journalistic fame, mindframe igniter....www.twitter.com/hayabusaage

  

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3. "NPR Usually puts them up"
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as one big file. Maybe in a couple days?

  

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21. "go to youtube"
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then copy the link and use listentoyoutube.com

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4. "Fantastic performance "
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5. "damn...that last joint gave me chills straight up"
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This whole thing is incredible.

  

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6. "This was dope"
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7. "Greatness..."
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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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8. "threw that dilla at end"
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15. "That was slick!"
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9. "Dope."
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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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16. "RE: Dope."
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>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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10. "Man this was amazing. Glasper + Bilal are everything. "
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Common with live musicians....he should think about touring like this. Okay maybe not. But I love stripped down shows.

  

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12. "one of the best shows I've ever been to was Com w/ live band. EC tour."
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band was A Black Girl Named Becky.

he doesn't tour w/ a band anymore?

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13. "I only saw him once. 06. It was just him and DJ. "
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14. "He's done both intermittently since EC I feel like."
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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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38. "i agree that he does both well"
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he brings a lot of energy.

“So back we go to these questions — friendship, character… ethics.”

  

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11. "Studio version of the "Freedom Come" joint is at the end of "13th""
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"13th" is an awesome documentary on Netflix.

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22. "correction: It's called "Letter To The Free""
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23. "Bought it on Amazon. This song has a healing quality. Beautiful"
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17. "Thank you OKP"
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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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18. "RE: Tiny Desk Concert: Common and Friends at the White House"
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>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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19. "yeah...this was great..."
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that performance of Freedom was amazing...

  

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20. "simply beautiful"
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i can't wait for this next album

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24. "Com is that dude...always has been "
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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

  

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25. "Common's NEW ALBUM drops November 4th!!!"
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i'm hyped for this

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26. "Yo Doctor Strange, I'ma let you finish, but Com drops today(c)Me"
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27. "Is that showing on november 4th?"
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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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28. "nice"
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29. "tracklist..."
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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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31. "What's the title of the album ?"
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32. "Black America Again"
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33. "Ah I knew that. Someone explain "Again" to me."
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Serious question. Like what is the significance of adding "again" to the title ? Excuse my ignorance.

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34. "from what i've read"
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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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35. "Word."
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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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36. "I think the again"
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is a play on trump's make america great again.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

  

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39. "That makes sense. Thanks."
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37. "Common himself explained it in this interview (video LINK)"
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBsItjLckQ#t=10s

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40. "Nice. Thank you."
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30. "beautiful performance"
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41. "Here's the track called Home. It's pretty great."
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http://pitchfork.com/news/69168-common-shares-new-song-home-listen/

  

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42. "yeah, Common is KILLING IT"
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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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43. "yeah, Common is KILLING IT"
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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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44. "shot me with your Reagan and now you wanna Trump me"
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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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