Common – Next Time (Just Wright) ft. Queen Latifah

Here comes a leak off Common’s Go! Common Classics, dropping May 25th.  FSD wit the assist.

DOWNLOAD: Common – Next Time (Just Wright) ft. Queen Latifah (MP3)

Common was at the recent Jordan Brand Classic event at Madison Square Garden, where he was plugging his upcoming basketball themed film. He also dropped a freestyle for the crowd.

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Common spits somethin off the dome at an All-Star part at the Ghostbar in Dallas.

Above, Common speaks with Hip Hop Official about Grammy nods and his forthcoming album, “The Believer.”

We had a chance to sit with Common at the BMI How I Wrote That Song panel at the House Of Blues on Grammy weekend. The panel was dope and we had a chance to talk with Lonnie about Grammy noms and his new music.”

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Transcript after the jump.  Which I debo’d from OS.

If I had my way, all hip-hop shows would be backed by live instruments.  It truly makes the music sound so much better.  Here we find Common performing his classic, “The Light” backed by Zac Brown on guitar and Colbie Caillat’s beautiful voice singing the chorus.  Pretty amazing stuff.

Above, Common talks about his relationship with Kanye West, along with getting back making music that resembles his earlier sounds, which he calls boom-bap.

Also, hit the break to see Common and Nas speak on the impact their music has on each other, but also on the emotions behind the lyrics.

Here we get an unreleased track from Common’s Finding Forever album.  Sometimes I really don’t understand how they decide to keep certain tracks off albums.  Take a listen and you’ll see what I mean.

DOWNLOAD:  Common – Next Time (Unreleased) (MP3)

Some more unreleased Common has surfaced today.

On this version of Common’s Start The Show, he adds a third verse and also subtracts Kanye West’s hook.

I must say that I enjoy this version a lot more. Common should have kept this as the second track to his seventh studio album, Finding Forever. But nonetheless the link is below.

Unreleased version or the album version?

DOWNLOAD: Common – Start The Show [Unreleased] (Prod. Kanye West) (MP3)

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Here comes another outtake from Embedded with Common.

This time around, Common talks about his relationship with J. Dilla.

Common takes us cross-country for a whirlwind promotional tour. We’re Embedded with him at morning radio shows, record store signings and on stage. Then we head to his old neighborhood in Chicago where he explains how Barack Obama has raised the bar for all of hip-hop. Along the way, Mos Def, Pharrell, and Will.i.am testify as to why Common is one of the greatest in the game.”

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Above, Kid Cudi and Common perform their collaborative track, Make Her Say, from Cudi’s debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, at the University of Florida.

Despite the rain Friday night, the fans still made there way out to a free show at the University of Florida. Cudi and Common both took to the stage for their own separate sets but later they teamed up to perform the now Grammy Nominated song Make Her Say.”

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More from both Kid Cudi and Common after the break.

Here’s a clip from 2 Turntables And A Microphone: The Life And Death Of Jam Master Jay, in stores now.

Legendary hip-hop DJ Jason Mizell, aka Jam Master Jay, is gunned down in his Queens studio. Security tapes of the incident mysteriously disappear, the five witnesses are uncooperative and no one is talking…until now. 2 TURNTABLES AND A MICROPHONE documents the investigation of the unsolved murder of Jam Master Jay, RUN- DMC’s groundbreaking DJ and producer, deftly revealing the history of hip-hop and mainstream rap along the way. Exclusive, candid interviews with 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Russell Simmons, RUN-DMC and more offer insight into Jam Master Jay’s life – including information that could finally help police solve the murder that shook the music world to its core.