“me first.”

DOWNLOAD: KiD CuDi – Make Her Say [feat. Kanye West & Common]

cudi came to our school and performed this. we were actually the first audience to ever hear this, because he had just finished it out in hawaii earlier that day, or the day before, or something like that. unfortunately, the acoustics in our arena don’t work well with artists, as people complained last week with lupe. nobody could hear his verse properly, but everybody was jamming to that hook hard.

then the next day, this joint dropped everywhere. and we could properly hear it all. and it’s crazy. ricardo was playing it all day in the room, singing loudly (and surprisingly, well. he shoulda been in an acapella group.) ‘ye as well as fellow chicagoan common add very solid verses. it’s cool how they all stick with their typical flow / style on this joint. they each stick with the structure, but make it their own at the same time. does that make any sense? i hope so. jam it.

DOWNLOAD: KiD CuDi – I Poke Her Face [feat. Kanye West & Common]

bonus points to whoever can tell me what song ‘ye sampled for this joint. and i tried so hard to find a pic with common in it, but that guy just doesn’t hit the stages too often with others. i’m just saying.

UK bonus track from common’s universal mind control album. skateboard felt like he had to re-make the original and hop on it real quick.

i really like the original a lot more, and you can compare yourself. it’s right here.

re-up, because this joint is too vicious to just let it slide to the bottom of the blog, getting no love from all you guys. you know what’s funny? all those okayplayer-haters who dismissed this as a lackluster common track have been jamming this heavily. told you it was a thorough joint.

DL: common x skateboard p – universal mind control (UMC)

DC’s own ra the mc drops some rhymes on her own rendition of common & pharrell’s "the announcement," the first leak off her upcoming mixtape, "a trip to neptune." find that on blogs everywhere, oct. 27th. what up judah!

DL: ra the mc – the announcement

CLICK BELOW to see the remaining dates. but real quick…does skateboard p ever age!? good grief!

ricky and i were just talking about how crazy/bipolar this guy is. but i’m about the music, and there’s no denying that he kills this track, alongside common sense.

DL: the game feat. common – angel

check an exclusive video interview, featuring game’s thoughts on jay-z, after the drop.

my man jabari, who holds howard university’s campus down, is THAT DUDE when it comes to exclusive video interviews in the ’08-’09. he got the chance to sit down with game and squeeze some info out of him, regarding everything from his new album to his freshly cooked beef with jay-z. OH BOY! what up, HipHopGame!?

i’m back. and so is common, and so is pharrell. i feel like skateboard recorded this joint while he had a mean cough/cold hybrid, because his voice sounds extra baritone. i’m just saying though. check out how he just sticks his head into the video out of nowhere, too. yzr.