![]() Through the label in a joint venture with Warner Records, he released The Dreamer/The Believer (2011) and through No I.D.'s ARTium Recordings, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings, he released Nobody's Smiling (2014). He released his eighth album, Universal Mind Control (2008) to mixed critical reception before departing GOOD and launching his own label imprint, Think Common Entertainment in 2011. His seventh album, Finding Forever (2007) saw further success and became his first to peak the Billboard 200, while a song from the album, " Southside" (featuring Kanye West) won Lynn's second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. He signed with fellow Chicago rapper Kanye West's GOOD Music to release his sixth album Be (2005), which was met with critical and commercial success, also receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album. In 2003, he won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for his feature on Erykah Badu's single " Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)". ![]() ![]() Īfter attaining his first major label record deal, he released his fourth and fifth albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000) and Electric Circus (2002) to continued acclaim despite modest commercial response. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s, and achieved his first mainstream success through his work with the black music collective, Soulquarians. He signed with the independent label Relativity Records to release his debut studio album Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992), and gained further critical acclaim with its follow-ups, Resurrection (1994) and One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997). He has received three Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award. ![]() Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor, and activist from Chicago, Illinois. ![]()
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