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Common Works On Album, Q-Tip Joint Project
Friday, February 22, 2008
By: Kenny Rodriguez
 While Common is busy juggling his music and movie careers, the Chicago rapper has announced his next album, “The Believer,” may hit stores by the end of the year.
“I'm just getting in the mode,” he recently told MTV News.
“I’ve been touring a lot and been working on verses here and there. Now I'm starting to get focused on the album, letting it take its shape. And at the same time [I'll] be working on films, God willing.”
At the same time, he is still piecing together his joint project with Q-Tip, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest, tentatively titled “The Standard.”
“We’ve been conceptualizing, but we just gotta continue to work on it. We will. I look at it like two jazz musicians getting together, the way Charlie Parker and cats would get together and do work.”
“I feel a lot more free with my music now that I’m doing films and stuff, because I don’t put as much pressure on the music. It ain’t my only source of income and way to make a living.”
Common is slated to appear in several upcoming movies, including “Street Kings” with Keanu Reeves and the Game, and “Wanted” starring Angelina Jolie.
Rumor has it, he may also be playing the DC Comics character Green Lantern in a Justice League-themed film, although the project is currently on hold due to the writer’s strike.
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