The Opium Group and Empire Events
presents
COMMON
Universal Mind Control
at LOUIS Miami Beach



When
December 17th
11pm- 4am

Where
Louise Lounge Bar
The Gansevoort Hotel
2325 Collins Ave. Miami Beach

Sounds by
Twilite Tone & Danny Daze

About
Universal Mind Controls eponymous first single finds Common playing with flows and venturing from his time-tested rhyme style. The album diverges considerably from his last two studio efforts, the Kanye-produced Be, and most recently Finding Forever. Radio-friendliness may have not been the intention for this album, but the up-tempo synths and thumping bass tracks may make it Commons highest-charting release to date. Fans of Commons Resurrection days shouldnt be completely disappointed though; Common still has the skills to silence the skeptics, and he proves it on tracks like Announcement, Gladiator, and Inhale. There is a lot of rock influence on this disc, and tracks like WhatA World and Everywhere have a Gnarls Barkley-esque feel. Lonnie Lynn, however, is no biter; by pulling together a beautiful collage of hip hop that pays homage to the genres origins, Common shows his ability to create truly universal music.