힙합 뮤지션, 영화배우, 시인, 사회 운동가이자 자선가로 활동하고 있는 인텔리 뮤지션 Common의 아홉번째 정규앨범 [The Dreamer, The Believer] 발매!!!
초기 3장의 앨범을 통해 함께 작업한바 있는 프로듀서 No I.D와 12년만에 다시 뭉쳐 만든 9집 앨범 . 그 어느 때보다 앨범에 대한 자신감과 만족감을 내비친 Common은 “아마도 이번 앨범이 지금까지 중 가장 마음에 쏙 드는 앨범일 것”이라고 말하며, “진정한 힙합 앨범을 만들기 위해선 나 자신도 충분한 ‘힙합적 욕구’를 느껴야만 했었고, 내 영혼과 마음에서 진정으로 우러나오는 음악을 해야 한다고 생각했다”고 앨범을 준비하며 느꼈던 소감을 전했다.
첫 싱글 ‘Ghetto Dreams’ feat. Nas, 이어 공개된 두 번째 싱글 ‘Blue Sky’ 를 비롯해 미국을 대표하는 아프리칸 아메리칸 여성 문학인 마야 엔젤루(Maya Angelou)가 피쳐링한 `The Dreamer`, 존 레전드(John Legend)가 참여한 `The Beliver`, James Fauntleroy II가 보컬 피쳐링을 한 `Gold`, `Celebrate` 등 Common 스스로 ‘긍정적인 힙합(positive hiphop)’이라고 부르는 12곡의 완성도 높은 트랙들로 구성된 9집 앨범 , 올 연말을 장식할 최고의 웰메이드 힙합앨범!!!! .... ....
Everybody home, ain't nobody gone And I got all my niggas around It feel good, don't it? Getting hood on it And I got all my niggas around
I got a couple minutes in town A couple hundred bitches around So baby go on and get us a round Cause I got all my niggas around
Celebrate
We partying, yeah got body and Exotic broads lobbying, Spanish, Somalian Fly, we live it 'til we die We living in the night looking in the eye On our paper 'til we get it like Dubai Chi niggas stand up, plastic cups Girls with the drastic butts, that ask for bucks It don't stop here Bottles of veuve pop here And we gonna get around like 2Pac's here Celebrate like it's new year Some bomb broads coming, type nuclear Yeah, it's so ridiculo Lit the medicinal, passed it give-and-go Backwards liquor store
Celebrate
Everybody home, ain't nobody gone And I got all my niggas around It feel good, don't it? Getting hood on it And I got all my niggas around I got a couple minutes in town A couple hundred bitches around So baby go on and get us a round Cause I got all my niggas around
Celebrate
In my Paul Smith like an alcoholic My guys I used to hoop with, is now who I ball with This raw bitch came in looking flawless Tonight she'll be giving conscious, headlights!
Beaming from the Beemer that her momma bought her I got to act right for her like I'm an author Look where drama brought us, look where karma brought us Married to the game, like Usher we was caught up Now we got some R&B broads we can call up You niggas come around keep the wall up Smoke blowing out thinking of tomorrow and the simple things Hustlers from the go, how far we done came
Celebrate
Everybody home, ain't nobody gone And I got all my niggas around It feel good, don't it? Getting hood on it And I got all my niggas around
I got a couple minutes in town A couple hundred bitches around So baby go on and get us a round Cause I got all my niggas around
Celebrate
Ah, another night, we love the night For the life, getting bugged tonight Wait 'til I get my money right Told you it's gonna be on like the business that we lean on Put my team on, get our heat on Ah, I knew her when she strip, her name was Chardonnay My niggas move work even on a holiday We come from porches and alleyways I'm the big ticket, don't need no one to validate
You celebrate
We ain't gotta wait It's a toast to you and me Bills ain't so bad, celebrate that Party in the yard 'til the lights come on
Ain't nobody crying We've come so far, been climbing Now the clouds they passed us by C'mon and raise your glass up high
Everybody home, ain't nobody gone And I got all my niggas around It feel good, don't it? Getting hood on it And I got all my niggas around
I got a couple minutes in town A couple hundred bitches around So baby go on and get us a round Cause I got all my niggas around