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Common noted that this album's title references Eric B. & Rakim's "In the Ghetto" -- more specifically, the song's recurring sample from the duo's "I Ain't No Joke." More symbolic, if beneath the surface, is the use of Curtis Mayfield's grim and pointed "The Other Side of Town" on album opener "The Neighborhood." While Nobody's Smiling was inspired by the tragic condition of Common's hometown of Chicago, its incorporation of a relevant-as-ever song from 1970, recorded by a Chicagoan in Chicago, is an acknowledgment of how inner-city struggles are a constant, not a trend. The rapper/actor's geographic and economic distance can be cited as a reason to approach Nobody's Smiling with a cocked brow. Common, to the contrary, once again works closely with fellow Chicago native No I.D., and he also makes room for a clutch of local artists -- including Dreezy, Lil Herb, and Malik Yusef -- who are also shown throughout the booklet, along with other Chicago figures, cast in the same slight light as him. Likewise, through character sketches and an otherwise grounded perspective, Common places himself on their level instead of acting as a sage. Fervent throughout, Common deals out some of his hardest and heaviest rhymes. No I.D. strengthens his partner's work with rigid, reverb-heavy productions -- from the mechanical pings of "Speak My Piece" to the juddering drums and probing keyboards within the title track -- without approaching the harshness of the Yeezus tracks to which he contributed. On "Kingdom," something like a weathered "Jesus Walks," the rapper and the producer are at their most moving, with the protagonist attending a funeral and plotting revenge, unable to connect with the concept of faith: "My whole life I had to worry about eatin'/I ain't have time to think about what I believe in." Common places the most directly biographical track, "Rewind That," at the end of the album's standard edition. The second half, where he traces his friendship with J Dilla, involves some brilliant storytelling, and perhaps the only moments during the album's sessions when Common cracked a smile while recording. It's a touching finish to the rapper's best album since Be.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - James Fauntleroy, ComposerLyricist - Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Cocaine 80s, FeaturedArtist - Lil Herb, FeaturedArtist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Story, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Clark Betty, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Herbert Randall Wright III, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dion Wilson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Story, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - James Poyser, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Big Sean, FeaturedArtist - Maximilian Jaeger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Story, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - James Poyser, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Jhené Aiko, FeaturedArtist - Jhene Aiko Chilombo, ComposerLyricist - Robert Campbell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Story, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Deric Angelettie, ComposerLyricist - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Andy Armer, ComposerLyricist - Randy Alpert, ComposerLyricist - Ron Lawrence, ComposerLyricist - Sean Combs, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Wallace, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dion Wilson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - JIM CARUANA, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Leon Marcus Michels, ComposerLyricist - Alexander Izquierdo, ComposerLyricist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kirby Dockery, ComposerLyricist - Snoh Aalegra, FeaturedArtist - Dreezy, FeaturedArtist - Snoh Nowrozi, ComposerLyricist - Seandrea Sledge, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Clark Betty, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Douglas Davis, ComposerLyricist - Dion Wilson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Malik Yusef, FeaturedArtist - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Ricky M.L. Walters, ComposerLyricist - Malik Yusef El Shabazz Jones, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Ronald Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Oliver Scott, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Randolph, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - JIM CARUANA, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sean Fenton, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Elijah Blake, FeaturedArtist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - James Poyser, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Craig Bauer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Eleanor Hampton, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Vince Staples, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ernest Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Kingdom Voices, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
T. Keith, ComposerLyricist - Derrick Hodge, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - No ID, Producer - James Poyser, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Gregg Rominiecki, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Story, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Younge, ComposerLyricist - Vince Staples, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Neiko, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Steve Wyreman, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - No ID, Producer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Adrian Younge, ComposerLyricist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ernest Wilson, ComposerLyricist - James Fauntleroy, ComposerLyricist - Steve Wyreman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - No ID, Producer - JIM CARUANA, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Poyser, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Common, MainArtist - Young Guru, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Cocaine 80s, FeaturedArtist - Casey Cuayo, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Law Thomas, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Presentación del Álbum
Common noted that this album's title references Eric B. & Rakim's "In the Ghetto" -- more specifically, the song's recurring sample from the duo's "I Ain't No Joke." More symbolic, if beneath the surface, is the use of Curtis Mayfield's grim and pointed "The Other Side of Town" on album opener "The Neighborhood." While Nobody's Smiling was inspired by the tragic condition of Common's hometown of Chicago, its incorporation of a relevant-as-ever song from 1970, recorded by a Chicagoan in Chicago, is an acknowledgment of how inner-city struggles are a constant, not a trend. The rapper/actor's geographic and economic distance can be cited as a reason to approach Nobody's Smiling with a cocked brow. Common, to the contrary, once again works closely with fellow Chicago native No I.D., and he also makes room for a clutch of local artists -- including Dreezy, Lil Herb, and Malik Yusef -- who are also shown throughout the booklet, along with other Chicago figures, cast in the same slight light as him. Likewise, through character sketches and an otherwise grounded perspective, Common places himself on their level instead of acting as a sage. Fervent throughout, Common deals out some of his hardest and heaviest rhymes. No I.D. strengthens his partner's work with rigid, reverb-heavy productions -- from the mechanical pings of "Speak My Piece" to the juddering drums and probing keyboards within the title track -- without approaching the harshness of the Yeezus tracks to which he contributed. On "Kingdom," something like a weathered "Jesus Walks," the rapper and the producer are at their most moving, with the protagonist attending a funeral and plotting revenge, unable to connect with the concept of faith: "My whole life I had to worry about eatin'/I ain't have time to think about what I believe in." Common places the most directly biographical track, "Rewind That," at the end of the album's standard edition. The second half, where he traces his friendship with J Dilla, involves some brilliant storytelling, and perhaps the only moments during the album's sessions when Common cracked a smile while recording. It's a touching finish to the rapper's best album since Be.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 13 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:52:37
- Artistas principales: Common
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Def Jam Recordings
- Género Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 Def Jam Recordings (ARTium Records), a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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