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De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky - 2025

2xLP - 2025 - Mass Appeal

" De La Soul return with ‘Cabin In The Sky’ their 10th LP. The new album also stands as the latest release in Mass Appeal’s celebrated “Legend Has It” series.

Cabin in the Sky marks De La Soul’s first studio album in nine years and includes production by DJ Premier, Super Dave, Pete Rock and features standout artists such as Killer Mike, Yukimi from Little Dragon, Common, Nas, Black Thought and more." - courtesy of Mass Appeal 

 Listen to the album HERE 

Pre-Order : Yellow Vinyl / Blue Vinyl (alternate artwork) / Clear, Blue & Yellow Splatter Vinyl 

Interview : Common in The Fever - 1995

 

From The Fever - Issue #05 - 1995

re:Views - Elements - July/Aug 1996

From Elements, Issue #7- July/Aug 1996 - Scans courtesy of UBC

 

Video : Common x Pete Rock - Dreamin' - 2024

Visuals for " Dreamin' ", taken from Pete Rock & Common's collaborative album "The Auditorium Vol. 1" which is still available to pre-order on vinyl. 

Video : Common x Pete Rock - All Kind Of Ideas - 2024

 

Visuals for "All Kind Of Ideas", 3rd single taken from Pete Rock & Common's upcoming album project "The Auditorium Vol.1" which is available to pre-order on vinyl.

Video : Common x Pete Rock - Wise Up - 2024

 

Pete Rock and Common deliver their first single "Wise Up", off of their upcoming collaborative album project.

Record Report : HHC - October 1994

From Hip Hop Connection - October 1994

Video : DJ Premier ft. Common - In Moe (Speculation) - 2023

Visuals for "In Moe (Speculation)" dropped by DJ Premier and Common. The instrumental is taken from DJ Premier's "Beats That Collected Dust Volume 3", which was recently released on vinyl. 

 

Record Report - The Source, October 1992

 

From The Source, October 1992 - Scans courtesy of Fred Thecle 

J.U.I.C.E. - The Man - 2023

 

2xLP - 2023 - 90's Tapes / HHV  

"The Man" by Chicago's J.U.I.C.E. was originally released on cassette only in 1998. In addition to the original 4 rough demo tracks (including features by Common & O Type Star), we have 12 unreleased tracks from the late 90's on top showcasing the lyrical talent of an exceptional freestyle MC best known for his legendary battle with Eminem. - courtesy of 90's Tapes

 

Order your copy :  2xLP (500 copies), CD (jewel case - 300 copies) & Cassette (100 copies).

Interview : Common in Caught In The Middle Magazine

From Caught In The Middle - Volume #1 Issue #1 - 1994

25th Anniversary of Common’s Resurrection Mixtape by Chris Read

1. Common – Resurrection (Extra P Remix)

2. Chris Read – Theme #3 (Scratchapella)

3. The Jonah Jones Quartet – Lisbon Antigua (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

4. Common Video Music Box Interview [Extract]

5. Brethren – Outside Love (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

6. Marley Marl feat Heavy D & Biz Markie – We Write the Songs [Extract] (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

7. Common – Sum Shit I Wrote

8. Archie Whitewater – Cross Country (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

9. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting a Little Too Smart [Loop] (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

10. Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul [Extract] (sampled in ‘Chpater 13’)

11. Common – Chapter 13

12. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat Melle Mel & Duke Bootee – The Message (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

13. The Modern Jazz Quarter – But Not For Me (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

14. Clyde McPhatter – Mixed Up Cup [Loop] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

15. A Tribe Called Quest feat Large Professor – Keep It Rollin’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

16. Common – In My Own World

17. EPMD – Get Off The Bandwagon [Extract] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

18. Gary Burton – Leroy the Magician [Loop] (sampled in ‘Nuthin’ To Do’)

19. Living Jazz – Walk on By (sampled in ‘Nuthin’ To Do’)

20. Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Your Neck [Extract] (sampled in ‘Nuthin To Do’)

21. Common – ‘Nuthin to Do’

22. Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra [Loop] (sampled in ‘Orange Pineapple Juice’)

23. Keith Murray – Hostile [Extract] (sampled in ‘Orange Pineapple Juice’)

24. Common – Orange Pineapple Juice

25. Ahmad Jamal – Dolphin Dance (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

26. Power of Zeus – Sorceror of Isis (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

27. Nice and Smooth – No Delayin’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

28. Common – Resurrection

29. Alton McClain & Destiny – The Power of Love (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

30. Paul McCartney – Momma Miss America [Loop] (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

31. Boogie Down Productions – Build and Destroy [Extract] (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

32. Common – ThisIsMe

33. George Benson – The Changing World (sampled in ‘I Used to Love H.E.R’)

34. Common – I Used to Lover H.E.R

35. King Curtis – Sweet Inspiration (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

36. Johnnie Taylor – Watermelon Man [Extract] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

37. The New Apocalypse – Get Outta My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

38. Common – Watermelon

39. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ Wth Biz [Extract] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

40. The Modern Jazz Quarter – But Not For Me (sampled in ‘Maintaining’)

41. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario (Remix) [Loop] (sampled in ‘Maintaining’)

42. Common – Maintaining

43. Common – Communism

44. Freddie Hubbard – The Surest Things Can Change (sampled in ‘Communism’)

More Info at Wax Poetics  

Common - ill-inois Boy

From Hip Hop Connection - Winter 1997

Upgrading Self - Rap Pages - 1997

From Rap Pages - December 1997 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton 

Interview : Common - Upgrading Self

From Rap Pages - December 1997 - Scans courtesy of Tim Burton