the dreamer the believer

Common knows what it means to dream and subsequently believe in something. The Southside Chicago native is light years away from where he started yet he still manages to connect with his beginnings on the most basic level. While his ninth LP, 'The Dreamer, The Believer,' has been receiving positive responses amongst critics, he's simultaneously promoting his latest dramatic turn on the AMC drama,

Common's ninth studio album, 'The Dreamer, The Believer,' drops Tues. (Dec. 20), however, the rapper's project is being cast in a negative light as word comes that poet Maya Angelou is angry with him over a featured collaboration. The Chi-town MC tapped the lauded poet to appear on the track, 'The Dreamer,' which showcases Angelou reading a poem that she penned, encouraging people to follow their

Common ninth studio album, 'The Dreamer, The Believer,' was set to debut right around the Thanksgiving Holiday, however, the project has experienced a delay, with the forthcoming release coming almost a month later. The latest single, 'Sweet' -- a follow-up to the Nas-assisted 'Ghetto Dreams' -- off the Chi-town MC's LP, is already in rotation, and he wants to give fans a little more time to diges

While details of Common's forthcoming ninth album 'The Dreamer, The Believer' have been sketchy, a recently released snippet of a new song means we should be getting some new information soon. FakeShoreDrive spotted that Amazon posted a 30 second snippet of a song called 'Ghetto Dreams,' which also features Nas, along with artwork featuring a photo of the veteran MCs in their younger days... Read