Common interview on AllHipHop: My Mind Spray
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“Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense, [But I did five mill']—I ain't been rhymin’ like Common since,” quipped Jay-Z on his song “Moment of Clarity.” The point is clear; rhyming for the sake of the art doesn’t really pay. But then again Chicago rhyme slinger Common isn’t doing so bad.
Surely you’ve seen Lonnie Rashid Lynn hawking Zunes and Lincoln Navigators, getting his acting on in flicks like Wanted and American Gangster, and on tour performing selections from his eight albums. On December 9th he drops his latest LP set of MP3s, Universal Mind Control, proving that having the skills can pay the bills.
AllHipHop.com: Over your career you’ve worked with production giants, Dilla, Kanye, the Neptunes; what have you gained from working with some of them?
Common: Working with Dilla I just learned that…that’s somebody that I felt was like all he knew was about making good music. I mean of course he wanted to make money but his love was with the music man. His mom told me he was walking around when he was three years old with 45’s on his wrist. His dad would walk him to the park, he would have 45’s on his wrist. I felt that coming through him. - AllHipHop.com
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