This song was scrapped from Finding Forever but it is still a classic track from the original G.O.O.D. Music trio. With Common on the verses, Legend on the hook, and Ye on the production, it really doesn’t get much better than this. Common is back in the studio with No ID and kanYe for his upcoming album The Believer, so expect some more classics in the future.

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Common and John Legend are two artists I highly appreciate. On one side Common with his unique voice and very comfortable to hear flow and on the other side John Legend with his undenieable skills as piano player and songwriter.

Now they both teamed up for the song Strange Fruit which contains a Nina Simone sample – very nice !

Lonnie Rashid Lynn on his side is a well known rapper and actor, famous for appearances in movies like Smokin’ Aces, American Gangster, Wanted, Street Kings and Terminator Salvation.

I especially appreciate him for his Finding Forever album, but he is also recognizable for his Soulquarian area music.

John Legend, real name John Stephens,  has played piano for Lauryn Hill’s Everything is Everything; has led his voice for diverse Kanye tracks and has won several Grammys.

Common Feat. John Legend – Strange Fruit

Rich Boy a.k.a. Maurice Richards is most known for his hit Throw Some D’s but I appreciate him for the hole album Rich Boy.

He was discovered by mega producer Polow Da Don and is also signed on his imprint Zone 4. He is about to release his next album in 2010, named Buried Alive.

Richard Butler, also known as Rico Love, is  signed on Usher’s label US Records .He has written lyrics for artists like Flo Rida, Taeira Marie, The Pussycat Dolls, Cassie, Natasha Bedingfield, Ciara, Keri Hilson, Chris Brown, Donell Jones etc.

Rich Boy Feat. Rico Love –  We Like It

Common – “Strange Fruit” (Ft. John Legend) (prod. by Kanye West)

Kanye West produced this track. I’m really feelin’ this song. Click here to download.

Better late than never right?!

Be thankful for this … Okay!

P.S Its about to get serious …

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Common feat. John Legend – “Strange Fruit” prod. by Kanye West

Unreleased Common track featuring John Legend and produced by Kanye. This was intended for the Finding Forever album, but you may have heard it as a Cassidy track. This is the original version and Common > Cassidy anyways.

Common ft. John Legend – Strange Fruit

G.O.O.D. MUSIC IS IN THE BUILDING.

this is a leftover from the finding forever sessions with yeezy behind the boards and john legend doin’ the hooks? this is the type of shit i’m thankful for. also, this is my official cry for common to return to the soulful dealings of yesteryear. you had your fun with UMC, now it’s time to make good music. pun heavily intended.

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common – strange fruit f. john legend [prod. by kanye west]

-grizzly

Here is an unreleased track from Common. The song was originally attended to appear on Finding Forever. Why it didn’t appear on the album is beyond me. But here is the funny thing the beat made its way to Cassidy hands instead. Anyway enjoy this piece of music which wasn’t meant to see the day of light outside the G.O.O.D. Music circle.

Shouts to Marty.

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An unreleased track from Finding Forever, produced by Mr. West.

Meant for 2007’s Finding Forever, but somehow Cassidy got his hands on the beat

Common ft. John Legend – Strange Fruit (prod. Kanye West)

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This was apparently meant to be on Commons “Finding Forever”, but it fell in to Cassidy’s hands.

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Nous sommes G.O.O.D. music

Common ft John Legend – Strange fruit

Props à 2DB

What a feature … Seems like the G.O.O.D. clique!Whatever, quite nice beat by Mr. West and Mr. Legend: you can so hear that John played the keys for this one.

Rapper Consequence from N.Y.  a.k.a. Dexter Raymond Mills, Jr. is not only in the game for 16 years now, but also the cousing of Q-Tip. His first appearance was 1993 on the Tribe Called Quest album Midnight Marauders.

The next big hit then was on Kanye West’s album The College Dropout. After that he got signed in 2005 on West’s Columbia imprint GOOD Music.

In 2007 he released his debut album, called Dont Quit Your Day Job !

Whatever You Want is the  single for Cons TV, which will be produced by Kanye West and Q-Tip. I give ya the remix – have fun !

Consequence Feat. Kanye West, Common, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & John Legend – Whatever You Want (Remix)

Who?

Dude, it’s John Mayer, bro. He’s the guy with the guitar that does that whisper-singing stuff, you know? It’s like he’s singing, but he’s actually breathing words at you melodically. Whatever it is, it works, especially for the ladies. But that was a given since he’s made the Twilight look popular before the Twilight look existed, regardless of his singing abilities. (Look at the album cover, he’s so pale and brooding and loves to wear all sorts of jackets and such. Fawn.)

This is his fourth studio album, and his first since Continuum, which was an excellent collection of songs. I’m not going to call Continuum blues, because that genre doesn’t really exist in the mainstream anymore (think of it as more of songs with blues elements to them), but Continuum is about as close to blues as you’re going to get on the Billboard Hot 100.

Battle Studies

Oh John, tell me who hurt you so? Battle Studies I assume is a play off of when people compare love to war, or call love a battlefield, or say that love is like a Panzer tank flanking your platoon to the north. They don’t say that? Are you sure? Either way, nearly every song on here has some sort of somber, woe is me, “why doth my lady haveth to leaveth me” feel to it.

It’s a little tedious. Honestly, I don’t really want to listen to an hour of John Mayer feeling his own feelings in all of his songs. I want to feel my own feelings John! I don’t have time for yours. But even with his whisper-whining, that isn’t what ultimately is what makes this album forgettable. John Mayer subjected himself to the Evolver Mistake.

The Evolver Mistake comes from John Legend’s album Evolver. Coming off the heels of his most well-received album Once Again, Legend essentially took everything that made that album successful and ditched it for a new sound. That new sound, the one heard on Evolver, was exponentially worse than what he had done before. Thus the Evolver Mistake was born.

There’s nothing wrong with re-inventing yourself as a musician. It’s a gamble, but if it pays off it often has huge critical and commercial benefits for said musician. HOWEVER, it’s also extremely risky, because you could end up making a turd of an album when comparing it to your previous catalog. Not to say that Evolver was a turd, it just was a turd when compared to Once Again. And guess what Mr. Mayer, Battle Studies is a turd compared to Continuum.

Sure, there are some decent tracks. “Heartbreak Warfare” is straight. “Friends, Lovers or Nothing” is a good concept. Everyone loves Taylor Swift, so “Half of my Heart” will probably be well-received, especially with people who watch CMT. But the album’s sound just isn’t really working for me. You’ve got electronic elements, country elements, you’re all over the map here Johnny boy. That was the beauty of Continuum, you picked a sonic theme and you stuck with it. It was good. This? Not so much.

So Now What?

Great question. I have no idea. In my loose social circles, you’re name was a very polarizing one. Some people loved you, but more often than not most people either were of neutral opinion or thought you were all sorts of busted. This isn’t going to help you gain fans.

Considering that Room For Squares and Heavier Things weren’t anywhere near the quality of Continuum, and Battle Studies sounds more like those two albums, it’s time to start wondering how good of a musician you really are. Sure, you can knock out some hits, but consistency is what separates the best from the rest.

The good from the bad and the ugly.

The zeroes from the heroes.

I’ll be here all week.

John Mayer – Battle Studies

1. Heartbreak Warfare – ★★★
2. All We Ever Do is Say Goodbye – ★★★
3. Half of my Heart (with Taylor Swift) – ★★★
4. Who Says – ★★★
5. Perfectly Lonely – ★★★
6. Assassin -
7. Crossroads -
8. War of my Life -
9. Edge of Desire – ★★★
10. Do You Know Me – ★★★
11. Friends, Lovers or Nothing – ★★★★

Battle Studies Total ★: 24
Battle Studies ★ Ration: 2.18

Got a track from Timbaland here featuring Justin Timberlake, the track is called “Crazy Girl” and its a pretty cool little track. This track hasn’t made the Timbaland album, so has been leaked. I think this is a good thing beacuase this is pretty good track, so I hope the standard of the new album is top quality. Justin sounds good on this track, he works well with Timbaland.

Timbaland – Crazy Girl (feat. Justin Timberlake)

Next is track by Consequence called “Whatever U Want”, but we got a wicked remix here it seems like Kanye West has everyone from his G.O.O.D music label appearing on this remix. There’s KanYe West (of course), John Legend, Common, KiD CuDi & Big Sean. He’s only missing his new best mate Mr Hudson! John legend sounds great on this track, I’ve always been a fan of his and Kid Cudi puts in a good show as well.

Consequence ft. KanYe West, John Legend, Common, KiD CuDi & Big Sean – Whatever U Want (G.O.O.D. Music Remix)

Last one here is Birdman featuring Drake and Lil’ Wayne with “4 My Town (Play Ball)”. To be honest I’m more interest Drake and Wayne parts of this track. Drake of course kills it, with Lil’ Wayne sounding cool as always. I like this track, but think the reason it will be popular is because of artists featuring rather Birdman himself.

Birdman feat. Drake & Lil Wayne – 4 My Town (Play Ball)