Dedicated to a city brimming with violence – and promise – “Nobody’s Smiling,” Common’s first album on longtime collaborator No I.D.’s Artium Records, showcases artful features with ...

Common and his longtime producer No I.D. made an agreement to use his new album, Nobody’s Smiling, to address the violence that is plaguing their hometown of Chicago.. This week, the city ...

Common wants you to know his brand-new Nobody’s Smiling is all about Chicago. Specifically it’s about the violence that casts a shadow over the city, but it’s also about Chicago’s hip-hop ...

What’s more, with “Nobody’s Smiling,” Common offers a necessary discourse on the subject. There’s no moralizing or attempts to button solutions on the disasters unfolding in Chicago.

Nobody's Smiling is one of Common's most personal records in quite some time, reflecting on the ups and downs of his relationship with producer No I.D. and meditating on the loss of J Dilla. He ...

On Nobody’s Smiling, in contrast, Common is here to put on for Chicago, rather, "Chiraq," a mythopolis embodied by hometown collaborators Dreezy, Malik Yusef, and co-executive producer No I.D ...

He puts his hand under his chin, like Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker. “Oh, man,” says rapper Common, seated next to him on a plush couch. ...

Common’s tenth album, 'Nobody’s Smiling,' is out this week. It’s a darker, more melancholy work that stands in contrast of the chromatic, also-No I.D.-produced 'The Dreamer/The Believer ...

After a monstrous promotional campaign, Common's 10th studio album, 'Nobody's Smiling,' debuts at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts.

Public Image Limited told us anger is an energy, and that holds true for the veteran MC Common, who channels his rage at the violent troubles in his home city of Chicago with this intensely ...

Common is not just verbally supporting new Chicago acts, he's also including some on his new album cover for 'Nobody's Smiling,' arriving later this year.

The two-time Grammy winner reunites with his longtime friend and collaborator for his new album, "Nobody’s Smiling," set for a July 22 release. Common Signs to No I.D.’s Artium/Def Jam Label ...