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Sep 10, 2021Common raps with the calm contentment of a man who’s reached his destination, and it certainly sounds satisfying.
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Sep 10, 2021‘A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2’ stares down the traumas that proliferate our lives, offering hope, creativity, and soul filtered through Common’s profound hip-hop vision.
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Sep 9, 2021‘A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2’ is a sweet paean to music’s mood-boosting properties, as well as it capacity to effect meaningful change.
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Sep 9, 2021It’s rich with Afro-centric grooves and dusty drum breaks, the spirit of James Brown weaving in and out of the pro-Black messaging, which emphasises hope and progress but still acknowledges the pain and suffering endured along the way.
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Sep 9, 2021Common’s lyrical imagery is as evocative as ever on both. ... This is Common’s most hopeful album in years.
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Sep 16, 2021
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Sep 10, 2021Africabeat and poetic. Poetry reminds me of the underground of the 00s. Common made an album with the essence of rap.