Lily Allen features on the alleged third single for Common's new album, Finding Forever. This track and most of the album is produced by Kanye West, and I can't help but wonder why he doesn't save more of these killer tracks for his solo material (strong as it is).
An appearance on Joss Stone's album, including an up-and-coming British songstress on an album and single poised to be huge... you'd almost think Common is trying to crack the UK market.
The song is much, much better than the video, but... the video is free, and right in front of your face. And also, you can play spot the reference. Keep an eye out for the "Astronaut lady"... "Hey, I've got an idea, how about everytime he says something, we'll give the audience a literal interpretation.".... "Brilliant, just brilliant. Go with it."
On the subject of Mr. West, Graduation is his first album not to feature Common, funny enough. "Curtis v. Kanye, 2007" didn't hurt either performer's sales... their symbiotic press machines combining for (according to Wikipedia) over 2 million units sold. Graduation also features the usual eclectic and hilarious samples, including Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne", Can's "Sing Swan Song", and Jackson's "P.Y.T." The Can sample is the most clever of the bunch, and if you squint your ears, it sounds like Damo is actually singing Kanye's lyrics. It's also probably the first time Can has been sampled in a pop hip-hop song.
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