Nobody’s Smiling
A stark, monochromatic portrait of Chicago. Cold synthesizers and heavy social commentary replace the artist's usual soul-samples with a gritty, urgent realism.
A stark, monochromatic portrait of Chicago. Cold synthesizers and heavy social commentary replace the artist's usual soul-samples with a gritty, urgent realism.
It's Common's darkest, most focused record, sounding like a rainy night in Chicago.
A grim, unflinching look at urban struggle wrapped in cold, cinematic production.
Brooding saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.
Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, boom bap (subgenres); minimalist, digital_clarity, sample_based (production style)
Shares brooding, somber, tense (moods); minimalist, digital_clarity, sample_based (production style)
Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, boom bap (subgenres); somber, tense, contemplative (moods)
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Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, boom bap (subgenres); defiant, contemplative, tense (moods)
Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, boom bap (subgenres); urban_night, solitude, dive_bar (atmosphere)
Shares conscious hip-hop, abstract hip-hop, boom bap (subgenres); brooding, contemplative, defiant (moods)
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