Black America Again (Explicit)

Common

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Release Date:

04/11/2016

Record Label:

Def Jam Recordings

zdigital What we said: With less than a week left until Obama’s successor is elected, Common drops his first full-length release since 2014’s Nobody’s Smiling. The timing is, of course, no coincidence. Black America Again is unequivocally political, finding the one-time Academy Award-winner decrying discrimination and inequality in the USA, exposing institutional prejudice along race, gender and economic lines. Standouts include haunting closer ‘Letter To The Free’ – which was originally written for Netflix documentary ‘The 13th’ – and the title track, which sees the Chicago rapper eloquently tackling police brutality and mass incarceration, and Stevie Wonder declaring, “We are rewriting the Black American story.” A powerful, compelling and cohesive piece of art, which ranks up there alongside To Pimp A Butterfly and Black Messiah.

Track Number	Track Title	Track Length
1	Joy And Peace (Explicit)	2:41
2	Home (Explicit)	3:32
3	Word From Moe Luv Interlude	0:41
4	Black America Again (Explicit)	6:05
5	Love Star (Explicit)	5:09
6	On A Whim Interlude	0:41
7	Red Wine (Explicit)	4:36
8	Pyramids (Explicit)	3:30
9	A Moment In The Sun Interlude	0:52
10	Unfamiliar	3:59
11	A Bigger Picture Called Free (Explicit)	4:38
12	The Day Women Took Over (Explicit)	5:16
13	Rain	4:09
14	Little Chicago Boy (Explicit)	6:37
15	Letter To The Free (Explicit)	4:25