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I heard some early outtakes of Common’s new album several months ago and braced myself for another disappointing release. Once I got my hands on the final cut, I was blown away. Finding Forever is his sexiest and most heartfelt album since One Day It’ll All Make Sense. Each track is soulful and flawlessly arranged. He has evolved as an artist and yet, has returned to his roots to put out his best album in 10 years.

Kanye West contributed greatly to the production of this release. I like that I recognize his production style less on this album than in other works he’s been a part of over the last few years. Perhaps the chipmunk voices phase is finally over (not that I hated it or anything, it just got old). He’s got an album coming out in September, and I can only hope it’s as brilliant as this one.

Finding Forever:
I Want You
Drivin’ Me Wild - featuring Lily Allen
Misunderstood
Forever Begins
So Far To Go - This is actually a J Dilla track, and I enjoy the version that was released on The Shining last year better.

One Day It’ll All Make Sense:
G.O.D.
Retrospect For Life
Stolen Moments Pt. 3

Some other favorites:
The Light
The 6th Sense
Ressurection

Good Copy Bad Copy is a documentary exploring copyright law in the music industry.    In the trailer, you will see clips of interviews with Girltalk and Danger Mouse (two of my favorite producers).   From what I can glean, the crux of the film is that copyright law has a lot of catching up to do with how rapidly music and technology have evolved in recent history. 

Girltalk appears first in the documentary, and is a prime example.  He’s a mashup artists who must sample at least a hundred artists to produce an album.  Clearly he’s not making music to rip off the artists or music industry.  Instead, he’s doing something completely new and innovative that copyright law just wasn’t prepared for.  You can check out his sound in my April post about him.

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

In true pirate style, the movie is available on the website via torrent file for download.  Take that, music industry and hollywood bitches!

I highly encourage you to donate money to the producers of this film.  Without efforts like this, nothing will ever change for the better. You can do that here.

xo,
-e