SOHH Squad
G.O.O.D. Music's Common recently talked about the making of his new Nobody's Smiling album and revealed what two mega producers he has yet to work with.
Despite having Kanye West, The Roots, No I.D., The Neptunes, DJ Premier, The Roots and will.i.am under his belt, Common immediately dished on who is still on his list.
“Well, everyone except Dr. Dre and Timbaland. You definitely take the lessons you learned from all of them. With No I.D., I learned about actually making music, because he was a musician. He kind of reminds you of what we’re doing this for, the purpose. His agenda is the culture of hip-hop, staying true and improving it. Like, the conversations we have — wherever they come up — it’s always a reminder. Like, “Hey man, we know the radio is this, we know you been to the White House. That’s cool. But you’re a hip-hop dude and this is what we do this for.”” (Billboard)
The hip-hop veteran also talked about his days working alongside late Detroit legend J. Dilla.
“J. Dilla was so true to the music that he didn’t care if it was like, Jay-Z. If he wanna do beats for you, he will. If he don’t, he don’t. He would just make music constantly. He actually was the first person I saw that had that combination of artsy and ghetto. Not artsy where you’re like, trying to be artsy. But he was sampling jazz music, then going to a strip club. He come in with a chain on to pick me up in an Escalade, but is bumping Daft Punk. He was the merging of two worlds.” (Billboard)
Based on weekend estimates, the rap veteran’s latest solo offering should land in the Top 10.
YOUR TOP 15: To the surprise of exactly nobody, Capitol’s 5 Seconds of Summer will debut at #1 on next week’s HITS Album Sales Chart. Here’s how it looks headed into the weekend: *5 Seconds of Summer (Capitol) 240-260k Frozen (Walt Disney) 35-40k Sam Smith (Capitol) 30-35k Kidz Bop Kids (Razor & Tie) 30-35k “Weird Al” Yankovic (RCA) 25-28k Ed Sheeran (Atlantic) 20-23k Now 50 (NOW) 20-23k Jason Mraz (Atlantic) 20-23k *Common (Def Jam) 19-21k *Crown the Empire (Rise) 17-19k Trey Songz (Atlantic) 15-17k (HITS Dailyl Double)
The hip-hop veteran’s tracklisting surfaced online a few weeks ago.
1. The Neighborhood (Feat. Lil Herb & Cocaine 80?s) 2. No Fear 3 Diamonds (Feat. Big Sean) 4. Blak Majik (Feat. Jhené Aiko) 5. Speak My Piece 6. Hustle Harder (Feat. Snoh Aalegra & Dreezy) 7. Nobody’s Smiling 8. Real (Feat. Elijah Blake) 9. Kingdom (Feat. Vince Staples) 10. Rewind That Deluxe Edition: 11. Out On Bond (Feat. Vince Staples) 12. 7 Deadly Sings 13. Young Hearts Run Free (Feat. Cocaine 80?s) (Nobody’s Smiling)
