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- Summary: The 11th full-length studio release for the hip hop artist features guest appearances from Marsha Ambrosius, Bilal, BJ the Chicago Kid, Tasha Cobbs, John Legend, PJ, Syd tha Kyd, and Stevie Wonder.
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- Record Label: Def Jam
- Genre(s): Rap, Alternative Rap, Hardcore Rap, Midwest Rap
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Nov 4, 2016It’s the MC’s empathetic and clear-eyed rhymes that truly make this a vital contribution to the national conversation.
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The WireDec 21, 2016Building a strong, solid foundation for his skyscraper of words, the rapper channels everyone from Malcolm X to James Brown into a mountainous manifesto of beautiful blackness that is reflective of the struggle for dignity and equality, while also working towards the banishment of stereotypes. [Jan 2017, p.61]
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Jan 10, 2017In a year of political and social upheaval in 2016 he reached deep down to make a very personal statement from beginning to end on Black America Again and it shows in every word he wrote.
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Nov 10, 2016The self-professed rapper-actor-activist has delivered a modern-day hip-hop answer to Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” tackling everything from romance to the wage gap to the lack of diversity in Hollywood with a political bent.
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Nov 17, 2016There will be plenty of important political rap coming in the near future, but it is unlikely that much of it will match the cohesion and clarity of Common’s vision
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Nov 15, 2016At the end of the day, Common creates a great album with such a pertinent and topical purpose. If nothing else, it’s a strong snapshot of the happenings in America right now and the promise of what the country could become.
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Nov 4, 2016Time and again he suggests that freedom itself is an act of improvisation, of imagination, that begins now: “We write our own story.” It’s in the context of these bigger ideas that Com lands some of his biggest gut-punches of all time, while rapping in his simpler, prize fighter mode.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Jan 11, 2017
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Nov 6, 2016
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Nov 14, 2016
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Nov 6, 2016
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Nov 9, 2016This is an awe inspiring experience...instrumentals and lyrics got together like ice and water...Another classic from the incomparable Common Sense...
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Nov 11, 2016
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