New Album from Common.

January 7, 2014

Common tackles Chicago violence with new album "Nobody’s Smiling"

Chicago rapper Common recently announced that he will release a new album, and the title will be...Nobody’s Smiling. Which makes perfect sense, his native City of Chicago has had an alarming rise in murders in the last few years. The veteran MC, will take on this under covered and discussed issue through his art. I applaud him for this, in a hip hop world that is consumed by glorifying sex, drugs, and violence. He chooses to give the youth what I believe they truly need, some guidance.  Listening to the radio today, you hardly if ever hear anyone discussing this topic, its not on the news, its not a top concern for our leaders. Why, well that's another issue within itself. In the mean time, I am happy to see that someone with a voice is willing to speak out and make this a bigger topic of conversation than it currently is.

In a recent Interview with Revolt, the Chicago rapper said he worked with No I.D, they have collaborated on three previous albums. 1992’s Can I Borrow A Dollar, 1994’s Resurrection, and 1997’s One Day It Will All Make Sense. No date as of yet for the release, but I'm looking forward to it, check out the vid below first single off the album called War.