Oxymoron
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The libraries' assessment
d. 29. Aug. 2014
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Thomas Tiedje
d. 29. Aug. 2014
<i>"Lean and took a puff and then she gave it to my father/Used to take the bullets out so I could play with the revolver/Satan serenading ever since I was a toddler"</i>, lyder det fra Staples, en af de unge gæsterappere på Commons nye album. Det handler om <i>black awareness</i> på rappernes nye skive, hvor det altoverskyggende tema er hjembyen Chicagos vold og racemæssige problemer. Læg hertil sprøde beats og loops og samples fra <i>blaxploitation</i> og gospel, og du har ikke blot et fedt hip hop album, men også én af de bedste udgivelser fra Common i denne signaturs ører.
Pitchfork
d. 25. July 2014
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David Drake
d. 25. July 2014
"Looming over the album is the specter of Chicago's gun violence and the music which first brought it to our attention; Common's 2011 album The Dreamer/The Believer was released just weeks before Chief Keef hit the national radar. So Nobody's Smiling displays some idealism-drain, its black and white cover art reflecting a stripped down sound. Common and longtime producer No I.D. aren't interested in competing with the street sounds emanating from his hometown. Instead, they go for a complementary feel, with old head-friendly percussive loops and blaxploitation rhythms ("Blak Majik," "Speak My Piece," "Hustle Harder"). Common's delivery has a loose, nimble quality throughout, his words tumbling out with practiced ease. His lyrics are writerly, internal rhymes focused on a history he can recall but which seems distant now".
Gaffa [online]
d. 22. July 2014
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Maria Therese Seefeldt Stæhr
d. 22. July 2014
"Common rapper, så man lytter. Det er tydeligt at høre, at det er vigtigt for ham at fortælle sin historie - og hans fortællinger skaber billeder. Det samme gør sig gældende hos hans gæster, der alle leverer stærke performances. Det er ikke alle 10 tracks på albummet, der når samme høje niveau, men som samlet album er det interessant og absolut værd at lytte til".