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.
