Apple is remastering the rap masterpiece. A 22-year-old Chicago native named Lonnie Rashid Lynn (aka Common) let loose a jewel that year as well. His sophomore studio LP, Resurrection, is widely ...

On this day in Hip Hop history Chicago legend, Common, released his sophomore LP Resurrection. Produced completely by No I.D., this album was a fitting follow-up to Common’s debut, Can I Borrow A ...

When Common first released his sophomore album, Resurrection, in 1994, it heralded the first of many reinventions for the Chicago rapper. On his 1992 debut, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, Common displayed a ...

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Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is not your regular artist, but a performer creating a full-blown cultural movement. 2 days ago COMMON: That was one of two singles off the album. I really felt like I ...

1994: Despite a rich musical history steeped into the music of jazz, blues and house, the Chicago rap scene was lacking significant mainstream attention by the mid-1990s. However, Lonnie Lynn, better ...

On this day in Hip Hop history Chicago legend, Common, released his sophomore LP Resurrection. Produced completely by No I.D., this album was a fitting follow up to Common’s debut Can I Borrow A ...

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Elevator Pitch: At his career’s gestation, 22-year-old Common Sense—a future progenitor of “conscious” hip-hop—was a drunken bruiser in industrial Chicago, pissing Icehouse and brawling ...