"Black America Again" is the eleventh studio album by American hip hop recording artist Common. The album was released on November 4, 2016, by ARTium Recordings and Def Jam Recordings. Black America Again features guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Bilal, BJ The Chicago Kid, Marsha Ambrosius, PJ, John Legend, and more. As the title depicts, Black America Again is a timeless statement tackling social injustices happening in America, including police brutality, mass incarceration, and institutionalized racism to name few of them. "Black America Again" is the eleventh studio album by American hip hop recording artist Common. The album was released on November 4, 2016, by ARTium Recordings and Def Jam Recordings. Black America Again features guest appearances from Stevie Wonder, Bilal, BJ The Chicago Kid, Marsha Ambrosius, PJ, John Legend, and more. As the title depicts, Black America Again is a timeless statement tackling social injustices happening in America, including police brutality, mass incarceration, and institutionalized racism to name few of them. false 2022-07-31 01:24:55 8 2016 2016-01-01 2016-01-01 57 Hip Hop 111801 2272211 72e5ce6b-ba1e-4cc6-b5c8-e3aecc05a90c c0a1179b-b14a-4d68-a3c1-1fdab16ed602 1d6119cd-22f3-4cbf-8ef4-de7e2c076a1e /media/data/media5/Music/Common/Black America Again (2016)/folder.jpg Common Common 1 02:40 2 03:31 3 00:40 4 06:05 5 05:09 6 00:41 7 04:35 8 03:30 9 00:51 10 03:58 11 04:38 12 05:16 13 04:08 14 06:37 15 04:24 Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?, and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 album Resurrection. He maintained an underground following into the late 1990s. He achieved mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians.Common's first major-label album Like Water for Chocolate (2000), received commercial success. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for the Erykah Badu single "Love of My Life". His 2005 album Be was also a commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album Finding Forever. His best-of album, Thisisme Then: The Best of Common, was released in late 2007. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint, having previously released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music. Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song, co-written and performed with John Legend, "Glory" from the 2014 film Selma, in which he co-starred as Civil Rights Movement leader James Bevel. Common's acting career also includes roles in the films Smokin' Aces, Street Kings, American Gangster, Wanted, Terminator Salvation, Date Night, Just Wright, Happy Feet Two, New Year's Eve, Run All Night, Being Charlie, Rex, John Wick: Chapter 2, Smallfoot and Hunter Killer. He also narrated the documentary Bouncing Cats, about one man's efforts to improve the lives of children in Uganda through hip-hop/b-boy culture. He starred as Elam Ferguson on the AMC western television series Hell on Wheels. Def Jam Recordings