I know I’ve posted this a few times and it might be extremely far fetched or just simply impossible, but I think hip hop heads deserve a track with Ali and Common Market. I know you guys are fairly new and not in the “Golden Age” of hip hop, but hands down I think you two are easily on the top 10 list of all time. With that being said, you both have two very different and unique styles, but my ears are just telling me that you two could drop the greatest hip hop songs of all time.
“Us”
In Stores September 22nd, 2009
Preorder at Fifth Element
Brother Ali's last album, the critically acclaimed, The Undisputed Truth, was a landmark in hip-hop, an album that carried weight equally with critics and fans alike, an album of bold statements and bolder beats, politically and socially aware without being preachy. His new album, Us (Rhymesayers Entertainment), is a progression that will make Brother Ali one of the most enduring figures in hip-hop; while still aware, Ali has turned his gaze inward, and started examining the human condition from the outside in. A profound personal glimpse into a vulnerability seldom seen or heard in music, Us touches on the strengths and flaws of the human condition, exploring drug abuse, divorce, homophobia and many more topics that most people are scared to touch in their own lives, much less on an album for the world to see.
As with previous endeavors, the beats here are courtesy of Ant, whose production work seems to be getting more soulful and lush by the minute. The guest appearances only accentuate Brother Ali's strengths, with Chuck D, Freeway, Joell Ortiz and Stokley Williams of Mint Condition making strong appearances.