Common drops part 2 of “A Beautiful Revolution” album.
After announcing it last month, Common makes his return with his new album “A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2“, a follow-up to his last year’s project. The project contains 11 tracks with guest appearances from Jessica Care Moore on the “Intro”, PJ on multiple tracks, Marcus King & Isaiah Sharkey on “Poetry”, Brittany Howard on “Saving Grace” and more. He previously dropped the Black Thought & Seu Kuti assisted “When We Move.”
“A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 was created with hope and inspiration in mind,” Common said in a statement. “The spirit of the album was meant to emulate what a greater day would sound and feel like. We were in the midst of some tough political and socially challenging times. There was still hurt, anger and pain lingering, so I was thinking, ‘what is the next step in this revolution?’ I thought about what being still in these times had brought me and that was a peace beyond understanding, a greater love for self, a closer connection with God, and more appreciation for my family, friends and the simple things in life.”
He continued, “I wanted to write about that and create music that embodied that. What does a new day, a brighter day feel like being told through an emcee and some gifted musicians? How could this music be an example of the beautiful aspects of revolution that include joy, self-love, compassion, dreams, peace and good times? As a piece of art, I believe we took it to different places musically only to come back to the original intention. To bring joy to people’s hearts, fun to their lives and smiles to their souls.”
On Thursday, August 19th, Common performed “When We Move,” a new song from the album, on The Tonight Show with the Roots’ Black Thought, who also performed on “Say Peace” from A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1.
Stream the album below.
