The forever relevant, ever-lasting Common has been secretly making great music this year and releasing it on his Soundcloud. An earlier result was his remix of Solange‘s “Cranes In The Sky,” which featured Common’s signature candor and longing. But now he’s dropped an album. The project, his 11th, is aptly titled Black America Again and features the kind of production by Kareem Riggins and Robert Glasper that’s worth your listen.



The short film is a healthy 21 minutes, but if you can find the time, you’ll find yourself enriched in a way that will stick with you for a time afterward.

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