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Written by asap
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Friday, 05 January 2007 |
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 To record his next CD "Finding Forever," Common had to travel forever.
The Chicago-based rapper traveled to Hawaii and twice to New Zealand in order to collaborate with the oft-touring producer-rapper Kanye West, he said in a recent asap interview.
"We got the album started in New Zealand and Australia. Then we started working in New York, and did a bit in LA. We did something in Hawaii too," Common told asap. "We made the trip there to get away, be in our world."
He says he's in the "third quarter" of the recording process for the album, his seventh, which will feature production by West, Kareem Riggins and the late J Dilla. The 11-song CD will feature D'Angelo and West and is expected to be released in April or May.
Common said the title reflects his hope to make timeless music that can be heard forever.
"My daughter really is not up on Rakim," he told asap. "If I played it I don't know if she would appreciate it like I appreciate it. Whereas my mother's generation of music -- some Motown stuff, some Stevie Wonder -- when I hear it I appreciate it like no other. I'm like man, this is some of the best music ever. And Rakim is classic. I wonder what can we do to get the next generation to appreciate it if possible.
"I feel the album "Finding Forever" is another chapter in the story and life of Common, the book of Common. It's just another expression of making pure music at this time and this moment that can be here for a long time -- throughout time, infinite."
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asap staff reporter Ryan Pearson hopes that one day it will all make sense.
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