Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Epic Records Official Digital Download – Source: Web | Front Cover | © Cult Classic RecordsįLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 47:16 | 556 MB | Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Cocaine 80s)įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 01:23:12 | 931 MB | Genre: Lounge, Hip Hop, Downtempo, Chillout, Trip Hop
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Snoh Aalegra & Dreezy)ġ3 Young Hearts Run Free (feat. Lil Herb & Cocaine 80s)Ġ6 Hustle Harder (feat. The first single off new album is called “Kingdom,” which features Vince Staples.Ġ1 The Neighborhood (feat. Common hopes the music will serve as a call-to-action. “We came up with this concept Nobody Smiling was really a thought that came about because of all the violence that was going on in Chicago, or that is going on in Chicago,” Common explained.
The title track, “Nobody Smiling”, is inspired by his troubled hometown of Chicago. Nobody’s Smiling is the follow-up to 2011’s The Dreamer/The Believer and arrived on the 20th anniversary of Commonand No I.D.’s 1994 album Resurrection. It’s a tremendous boost for the spirit of Def Jam as well as the world of hip-hop.” It’s particularly significant that he’s coming under our roof for his 10th album as a matured artist and cultural ambassador. “His rich legacy and robust talent are perfect additions to the Def Jam family. “Common and I have a long history of making great music together,”said No I.D. – who came of age in the ‘90s as producer of Common’s first three albums (on then-indie Relativity). The concept-driven project will be Executive Produced by No I.D. Nobody’s Smiling is Common’s tenth studio album. Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © ARTium / Def Jam Records Don’t call it a comeback, call it a collective, or a compilation from solo artists who sound enthused to be back with an especially inspired RZA as ringleader.įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 52:45 | 639 MB | Genre: Hip Hop/Rap RZA executive produces to perfection, and somehow, orders this diverse, 15-song track list into a sensible flow. Backing up these frontline stunners are weighty album cuts like “Miracle,” where the group go big, ballad, and emo, which causes Ghostface to confess “since mama died, I never wild out,” then the rickety “Necklace” successfully adds indie rap to the LP’s many flavors, along with some venom and teeth. Insiders and longtime fans will get the drift, while everyone else has the group’s early albums for an intro, but solid, crossover appeal still comes in the form of the singles “Keep Watch” (a supreme, electro-powered Wu-Robot), “Ron O’Neal” (an organic, Roots-flavored funkster), and “Ruckus in B Minor” (a punchy history of the group with Rick Rubin adding some “99 Problems”-styled co-production). Member Ghostface Killah is here less than usual as well, and when he’s in control of a cut, be brings in his frequent solo collaborator Adrian Younge, like on “Crushed Egos,” but it’s a highlight where RZA dives in fully, as if Ghostface’s noir LP Twelve Reasons to Die was a co-branded Bobby Digital effort. Like 8 Diagrams, A Better Tomorrow seemed quite unlikely to see release with key member Raekwon being a vocal holdout, and here, the festival circuit, post-ODB Wu-Tang rolls on with little of that holdout’s help.
Their previous 2007 effort, 8 Diagrams, was the first clue that things would never be the same post-Ol’ Dirty Bastard, but they could be quite good, excellent even, as long as one doesn’t expect the lean, mean Shaolin machine of the past. Released along with Once Upon a Time in Shaolin - their locked-down, $5 million dollar, single-copy album-as-art release - A Better Tomorrow is further proof that, in 2014, the Wu-Tang Clan are a concept or collective led by RZA, and not necessarily a group. This will be the 1st release from the legendary group in 7 years. The group’s first release on the label will be the highly-anticipated 20th anniversary album, A Better Tomorrow. As a group, Wu-Tang has sold over 6.5 million records in the US, while they’ve sold nearly 40 million records worldwide, including individual members’ album sales as well as group sales collectively. The legendary rap group Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa, and Cappadonna. It’s a personal effort, and produced primarily by Cole himself, with producers Vinylz, Illmind, and Elite lending a hand.įLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 66:41 minutes | 770 MB | Genre: Hip-Hop, Rap Named after the address of Cole’s childhood home in North Carolina, 2014 Forest Hills Drive is the rapper’s third album, and was decidedly released with no supporting singles. Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover | Source: HDTracks FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 64:45 minutes | 701 MB | Genre: Hip-Hop