Let's keep it real, folks. Life isn't always a bed of roses, and a week without one bad day is pretty rare. But guess what? You made it to Friday in o...
If a British girl group can feel at home inside a Staten Island diner, then " The Show with Vinny " has achieved its mission of reinventing the standa...
Last night’s episode of " Real World Portland " brought the drama as usual, but this time from an unlikely source. A good night became a bad fight whe...
BuzzFeed ran a rather nice piece this week covering 42 webcomics that you need to read . Now, they did a good job overall, but we think they missed a ...
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to your daily dose of superhero movie spoilers . The latest batch comes courtesy of JoBlo , who might have found out who ...
It's a packed week of new releases, with a pair of Studio Ghibli titles hitting Blu-ray in North America (along with "True Blood's" weakest season to ...
Veteran rapper Common, long known for his pensive lyrics, is trying out a new style on the upcoming "Universal Mind Control." Due December 9 from Geff...
Rickly's heart was set on signing with Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz's seminal West Coast punk label, Epitaph. So when the emo innovators part...
Photo: Segev/WireImage Before he popped into Perez Hilton's "One Night in Austin" extravaganza for a quickie five-song set, Kanye West made a not-so-s...
Rapper and actor Common has teamed up with Diesel for "Only the Brave," a new men's fragrance, and with Microsoft for a line of PC-inspired tee shirts...
. "Punch Drunk Love" now features Kanye West spitting the catchy chorus "Am I crazy, or was you giving me the eye?" "Sex 4 Sugar," which Common previo...
good, man," Common told MTV News' Sway, seeming to allude to the backlash West has received since his ... Grammy No-Show Kanye West Is 'Doing Really G...
entitled "The Next Time," produced by Karriem Riggins, that will be featured over its closing credits. Besides pursuing other acting roles, Common sta...
," "Good Life"), he was clearly playing the role of an enthusiastic label manager. He told a long story about how he signed rapper Big Sean, said Cana...
are plenty. Los Angeles' Nipsey Hussle recently released his "New Money" track, off his "SCSOM: The Leak, Vol. 1" mixtape; also a Californian, Big Sea...
Artist: Common Album: Go! Common Classics Release Date: May 25 Label: Geffen/UMe Tracklist: 01 The Light 02 Universal Mind Control (UMC) 03 Next Time ...
Artist: Belong Album: Common Era Release Date: March 21 Label: Kranky Tracklist: 01 Come See 02 Never Came Close 03 A Walk 04 Perfect Life 05 Keep Sti...
Here we have a video for a track by Parenthetical Girls. The track is called 'The Common Touch' is taken from part II of their series of releases enti...
After topping the Billboard 200 with her sophomore album, "Breakthrough," Colbie Caillat is set to return in the spring with her third full-length, "A...
Rapper/actor Common and his Common Ground Foundation will celebrate the legacy of poet and humanitarian Dr. Maya Angelou in his hometown of Chicago la...
GoWhereHipHop Sits Down With Common & Dr. Maya Angelou from Cam Be on Vimeo. Common honors Dr. Maya Angelou at the first ever Common Ground Foundation...
Looks like Jon Hamm will have another sharp-dressed leading man joining him on the AMC period drama circuit. Deadline.com reports that the network has...
The White House has been receiving a lot of criticism from conservatives recently for inviting rapper Common to a poetry event. Fox Nation called Comm...
is widely considered positive and socially aware."While the President doesn't support the kind of lyrics that have been raised here ... we do think th...
of the Drudge Report wrote on his website: First Lady to host rapper who talks of killing cops, burning Bush."Palin took to Twitter to comment on the ...
, "Oh lovely, White House ..." and provided the link to an article critical of the decision. Common, born Lonnie Rashin Lynn Jr., took the criticism i...
of Common's lyrics celebrate violence. Common is known for socially and politically conscious rhymes. He was on his best behavior at the White House. ...
Common might be the latest rapper targeted by Fox News, but he isn't the first. Years before Fox News described the largely progressive Chi-Town MC as...
The Daily Show funny man tries to bring some perspective to the Common controversy on The O'Reilly Factor...Common: A poet worthy of notice and respec...
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart debated Fox News' Bill O'Reilly last night about whether the Obama administration should be criticized for inviting rappe...
music is very positive...you're known as the conscious rapper." At issue is a 2007 rap-poem by Common called "A Letter To The Law" in which he wrote, ...
NEW YORK -- Moments into Common's new video for "Sweet," a man in a mustard-yellow dress shirt faces down the camera, casually twirling a machete. It'...
While most 17-year-olds were spending their free time playing video games and hanging out, Common was perfecting his skills. There's no doubt that thi...
During Common's recent trip to Haiti, the rapper-actor filmed the music video for "Sweet" but also put together a documentary. The footage compiled wa...
With the Maya Angelou controversy over his song "The Dreamer" cleared up, Common can now drop his newest release, The Dreamer/The Believer, with a cle...
accomplishments of African American dignitaries and this year the honorees are Stevie Wonder, Maya Angelou, Spike Lee, Mariah Carey, Beverly Kearney a...
Common stopped by to chat with WGCI's Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot radio show in Chicago.The crew followed up on his ongoing Drake "beef" and d...
VIBE caught up with Elijah Kelley, Tristan Wilds and Ne-Yo to chat about the importance of the movie Red Tails and who punked out at bootcamp. The con...
Common has his hands full these days--in between releasing his latest album The Dreamer, The Beliver, making his TV debut on the series Hell On Wheels...
Tweet I know what you might be thinking: "Wait, didn't you guys already write an article on the fact that Common deaded his beef with Drake?" Well, ye...
Tweet When Common's not throwing verbal darts at other MCs on his new album, he's using The Dreamer/The Believer to spit socially/politically heavy ba...
Although Justin Bieber will sadly not return to the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game this year to defend his tiny, Canadian crown, the annual basketball ev...
While both Drake and Common put this "beef" to bed at the 54th annual Grammy Awards, we never thought they would get this close. The two rappers where...
Tweet After a successful reunion show at SXSW in March, The Jesus and Mary Chain continue their welcome return with a slot at Montreal's Osheaga Music...
RELATED CONTENTView Photo Jackson Browne, Common, Pete Seeger and More Rally to Free Leonard Peltier Last December, an Illinois mother sentenced to 22...
RELATED CONTENTView Photo Jackson Browne and Common Unite to Bring Leonard Peltier Home During a phone call from a Florida prison minutes before Frida...
song they recorded together in 1991. Browne followed with a tribute to his Native American friend, the late Floyd Westerman, with covers of "Boarding ...
Next month, Portland indie-pop experimenter Thao Nguyen, who records as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, will release her now album We The Common. We ha...
We The Common is the latest album of wound-up, experimentally minded indie-pop that Portland's Thao Nguyen has recorded under the name Thao & The Get ...
Common latest collaboration isn't appearing on any new album, mixtape or music blog. The Chicago rapper has linked with AT&T and Case-Mate for the lau...
Common has seen plenty since the release of his debut LP, 1992's Can I Borrow A Dollar?, including two Grammy awards, headlining movie roles and more ...
Jay-Z's rap influence continues to shine. After Hov picked up his figurative pen for the fiery "Open Letter" a number of other spitters have followed ...
Common's sixth solo LP Be was instantly anointed a masterpiece when it dropped in 2005. Powered by Kanye West and J Dilla's soulful instrumentals, the...
Tweet Common's back again with another remix. He went hard on Jay Z's "Open Letter" and now gets groovy with Chris Brown's Michael Jackson homage "Fin...
The JazzReggae Festival at UCLA is celebrating its 27th year this Memorial Day Weekend! Headliners Santigold, Common, Ziggy Marley, Barrington Levy, a...
