Common's "Finding Forever": Sneak Peek

[jeromechickenbone]

Little bit of news on Common's next album Finding Forever due out July 10.  This will be purchased the day it drops. 



http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2007/04/common_new_album/


Common's "Finding Forever": Sneak Peek
By: Julianne Shepherd
POSTED: 10:52 EST, April 6, 2007

Common's seventh record partly an homage to J. Dilla.

Last night at New York's Sony Studios, rapper/actor Common played VIBE several stand-out tracks from his seventh album, Finding Forever, out July 10. The title, as he explained, refers to the idea of Jay Dee living on forever in the music. (Jay Dee, aka J Dilla, born James Yancey, passed on February 10, 2006 due to complications from lupus. He was Common's roommate and produced most of 2000's Like Water for Chocolate.)

Some track titles and features (list is incomplete; sequencing not yet set):
"The People" (featuring Dwele; prod. by Kanye West)
"Black Maybe" (featuring Bilal; prod. by Kanye West)
"I Want You" (prod. will.i.am)
"Southside" (featuring and prod. by Kanye West)
"Misunderstood" (Nina Simone sample; prod. by Devo Springsteen)
"Drivin Me Wild" (featuring Lily Allen; prod. by Kanye West)
"So Far to Go" (featuring D'Angelo; prod by Jay Dilla)
"Break My Heart" (prod. by Kanye West)
"Start the Show" (prod. by Kanye West)

Common stated that on some tracks, West tried to chop beats in the same fashion as Dilla as a way of honoring him. He said that it had been difficult for him to come home to his apartment and not see Dilla on the couch watching "whatever show comes on in the morning." (It was determined said show was either "Maury Povich" or "Montel Williams.") But that he knew Dilla lived on in the music.

[bez]

Lily Allen on a Common track?

What is the world coming to.

[macknlatin36]

cant wait till july

[k1000]

both of them were roomates ?!

[CRAFTY]

"Be" was a great album...I'll definitely check out this new one when it drops. Thanks for posting this article.

[Oklin]

Hmm, I hope this track won't be on the album:

"So Far to Go" (featuring D'Angelo; prod by Jay Dilla)

It's on J Dilla - The Shining too...

I hope there will be some more Dilla produced tracks

[Elevz]

Hmm, I hope this track won't be on the album:

"So Far to Go" (featuring D'Angelo; prod by Jay Dilla)

It's on J Dilla - The Shining too...

And easily the best track on The Shining. I don't see why it shouldn't be featured on Finding Forever as a bonus or anything.

But shit, Common did a song with Lily Allen? I love her accent, but she can't sing...

[KURUPTION-81]

Lily Allen on a Common track?

What is the world coming to.

yeah, was shocked at that.

im never sure whether to support common, he is a great mc but i dont like certain comments regarding race that he has made.

[bez]

Lily Allen on a Common track?

What is the world coming to.

yeah, was shocked at that.

im never sure whether to support common, he is a great mc but i dont like certain comments regarding race that he has made.

I am the same really.  I reckon hes boss but hes stuck in the 60s.  If a white person said the shit he speaks then he would be branded as a racist.

[jeromechickenbone]

Hmm, I hope this track won't be on the album:

"So Far to Go" (featuring D'Angelo; prod by Jay Dilla)

It's on J Dilla - The Shining too...

I hope there will be some more Dilla produced tracks

I know i read somewhere that they were gonna use a few Dilla beats for this.

[Meho]

Common Rhymes With Kanye, Lily Allen On 'Forever'
Common 
 
April 09, 2007, 12:00 PM ET

Mariel Concepcion, N.Y.
On the heels of 2005's "Be," which debuted at a career-best No. 2 on The Billboard 200, Common has set a July 10 release date for his next Geffen album, "Finding Forever." The set features production from Kanye West, will.i.am, the late J Dilla and Devo Springsteen.

"I want to leave a mark on this earth," the Chicago rapper tells Billboard.com. "By making music and saying what I have to say in my music is one of the ways I will exist forever."

On the flirty "So Far Too Go" featuring a rare guest turn from D'Angelo, Common rhymes, "We make good music, and baby you are the vocals." The Nina Simone-sampling "Misunderstood" is a song Common describes as a "story of people talking to God." "He stood on the corner like the rest of them, but didn't know the corner ain't have the best for him," he raps.

Another standout track is the Lily Allen-assisted "Driving Me Wild," which Common describes as a song about obsessions. "Driving herself crazy like the astronaut lady," he chants, "Love is not a mystery, it's everything."

 
The artist has yet to announce tour plans, but has one-off shows scheduled Saturday (April 14) at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and June 20 with Joss Stone and Ryan Shaw at New York's Central Park SummerStage.