Common And Pete Rock Announce New Album 'The Auditorium, Vol.1'
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Monaris
Common and Pete Rock have shared details of their first full-length collaboration.
'The Auditorium, Vol. 1' is set to arrive on July 12 and includes the rapper-producer duo's previously shared single Wise Up, as well as the new cut Dreamin', which opens the record. Sampling Aretha Franklin's classic Day Dreaming and Joey Bada$$'s 2015 song Save The Children, it finds Common rapping over production predominantly made up of horns and keys. Commenting on the collaboration, he said:
"Pete Rock is one of the greatest creators hip hop and music has ever seen. It has been a dream of mine to work with him on an album. And once we got together and I I was around him and all his records and his MPC I felt the spirit of what I always loved in hip hop in soul music and why I wanted to be a part of the art form. His beats, his production, his scratches, took me to a place where I could just MC freely. It felt I like I was home."
The album also boasts guest appearances from Jennifer Hudson, Bilal, Posdnuos of De La Soul and PJ. Check out the full tracklist below, alongside a video of the pair performing Dreamin' for VEVO ctrl.
'The Auditorium, Vol. 1' tracklist:
1. Dreamin'
2. Chi-Town Do It
3. This Man’s Arms
4. We’re On Our Way
5. Fortunate
6. So Many People (ft. Bilal)
7. Wise Up
8. A GOD (There Is) (ft. Jennifer Hudson)
9. Stellar
10. Lonesome
11. All Kind Of Ideas (ft. Pete Rock)
12. When The Sun Shines Again (ft. Posdnuos of De La Soul)
13. Everything’s So Grand (ft. PJ)
14. Now and Then
15. Outro
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