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Releasing his 12th album in 27 years, Common talks to NME about personal growth, the Soulquarians, Nipsey Hussle and why he still loves '...H.E.R.'It's all about love for Common in 2019.Hip-hop has more than its fair share of quotable lyrics. Among them are the conflicted lines of Jay-Z’s ‘Moment of Clarity’ where the legendary MC opts to abandon appeasing rap purists in favour of lining his pockets. “Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense/ But I did five mill’ — I ain’t been rhyming like […]The post Common: “I needed to unlearn some of the things I thought I had to be as a black person" appeared first on NME.
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We last heard from Fireworks way back in 2014, when the ambitious Detroit pop-punk band released their third album, Oh, Common Life. They announced an indefinite hiatus the following year, but it appears that hiatus is now over, and dramatically so.
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Common Holly's sophomore album, When I say to you Black Lightning, is out at the end of the week. The Montreal musician has shared a handful tracks already, including "Central Booking," "Joshua Snakes," and "Measured," and today Brigitte Naggar is sharing one final single from the album, "Crazy Ok." Its central refrain of…
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Behind the delirious shows and acclaimed records, many of our heroes are struggling to keep going. We investigate why depression is increasingly common in metal musicians
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Meet her rap alter-ego: Troublemaker You know Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o. Now meet Troublemaker, the rap alter-ego she introduced during a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In the clip uploaded to YouTube on Monday (October 7), Nyong’o revealed that she secretly raps under the moniker which Common had giv...
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"I think it’s less common here to be very open about it."Charli XCX has opened up about the "stigma" surrounding mental health and therapy in a new interview Charli XCX has opened up about the stigma surrounding mental health and therapy in the UK in a new interview. Read More: ‘Am I depressed’ – help and advice on mental health and wha...
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