i was gonna say the direct link is that both have recorded for geffen.
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anticipating albums from-

Common-BE
Little Brother-The Minstrel Show
MED-Push Comes to Shove
Platinum Pied Pipers-Triple P
Coldplay-X&Y
Dwele
Darien Brockington-The Feeling
Jazzanova
Vikter Duplaix
The Roots-Game Theory