“I’m looking around November,” he told MTV News of the release date of his follow-up to last year’s Finding Forever. “I’m working on a new album called The Believer. I’m just getting in the mode. I been touring a lot and been working on verses here and there. Now, I’m starting to get focused on the album, letting it take its shape. And at the same time [I'll] be working on films, God willing.”

Source: MTV

Common is keeping busy with the new album and acting roles in, “Street Kings,” “Wanted(trailer below),” and may play Green Lantern in an upcoming, “Justice League(movies’ production is in doubt),” movie.

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Looks interesting, might see this one in the theaters.

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Testify” was the fourth single from rapper Common ’s 2005 album Be. The original song clocked in at just above two and a half minutes, it was the second shortest track on Be (after the albums intro). It is produced by Kanye West, whose beat heavily utilizes vocal samples from “Innocent Until Proven Guilty” by Honey Cone. A short film was directed by Anthony Mandler and produced by Boxfresh Pictures. It stars Taraji Henson, Wood Harris, Steve Harris, Kenny Burns and Kevin Black. The full length video premiered during a Making The Video segment and all subsequent airings were a scaled down to a three minute version. The song’s story is about a woman who manipulates a judge and jury to find her partner guilty of a crime she committed. After the case is settled, she starts laughing and reveals that she is the criminal. 2] The song was a critical hit garnering a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 48th Grammy Awards.

Common, star of next month’s motion picture “American Gangster,” has the early days of his rap career revisited with the November 27th release of “thisisme then: the best of common.” This 15-track compilation covers 1992-1997 and includes all of the artist’s solo hits from that period alongside collaborations with Lauryn Hill (”Retrospect For Life”), Chantay Savage ["Reminding Me (Of Sef)"], Erykah Badu (”All Night Long”), Cee-Lo ["G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition"], Q-Tip (”Stolen Moments Pt. III”), and more. Common debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart earlier this year with the CD release “Finding Forever.”

Sounds like a solid compilation, more info below.
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