The 80s, it seems, was like an urban Vietnam. We will be reliving it with post-traumatic stress and war movies named after Ronald Reagan or Freeway Ricky Ross for a long time to come. Exhibit A: this mysterious new EP called The Pursuit and credited to No I.D. Presents Cocaine 80s which just hit the interwebs like a brick of you-know-what. The real news is that along with Steve Wyreman, Rob Kinelski, Kevin Randolph, James Fauntleroy and Makeba the Cocaine 80s collective also features our man Common–one of the few times he’s worked with No I.D. in recent years (ie this and this.). If you doubt the power of this Chi-town connection witness “Summer Madness” below and get the EP by paying with a tweet here. (Tracklist after the jump).
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Nameless
Summer Madness
To Tell You The Truth
Get You Some
Not No More
Nothing
Anywhere But Here
props to FSD
this shit right here, bananas!!!
trip me out this the same n*gga be on my tv screen. dopeness.
dopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Dope
dope – almost moved to tears hearing real sh*t ( yup )
Comm is da dude! this joint is too dope
crazy!! a classic only Com and No ID could could cook up!
listen how track and vocals compliment each other! beautiful music!
wooooooooooo
Vante Soul
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I was drawn by the hneosty of what you write
This is a nice example of hip-hop which is completely when production is dope and the emcee is as dope or doper. Amazing to see Common evolve and still rip the mic like he did in the 90′s now at a time when he’s also holding it down on screen…
Nice. Im glad to hear some real lyrics about the real world and not a drink or club. We need to find a way to get the real music out there to inspire, instead of ths music that is out there to incite.
I don’t understand how cats still sleep on this dude. LONGEVITY…Comm is the epitome of the word. Got mad credentials; pretty much grows w/ each project making timeless joints. (I still knock One Day…”Hungry” goes hard!) And he does it w/ ABSOLUTELY NO airwave play. Plus the live show is bananas.
Your post is a timely cnotribuiton to the debate