For the sake of keeping up with the one-day-old tradition we’re starting here at  Proper Talks, I’ll only post one song from this album, but y’all should know that I’m expecting you to cop the whole thing.  [But first a little disclaimer: I actually haven't heard much of Common's new album; since Angela was so disappointed, I've yet to buy it, but I've heard enough of it to go on with the point I'm trying to make with  this post. So, hush.]

 

Anyways, word on the streets is that Common’s new album is mostly about going half on a baby, bumpin’ and gridin’, doing the wild thang, or any other slang you can come up with to describe sex.  Apparently, he misfired,  but it all kinda reminds me of one of my favorite albums of the year by 88-Keys, The Death of Adam. 

 

The entire album is about Adam’s pursuit of what Oprah calls the “vajayjay.”  His pursuit of the vajayjay eventually leads to Adam’s demise, but not before the listener discovers that 88-Keys is dope as hell.  88 in his own words:

The entire album is about the power of the punani, if you will. [Kiana talking: doesn't that word remind you of this scene from Poetic Justice? Okay, sorry for the interruption]. The album follows the story line of my man Adam who passed away and basically how he died. It all started off with him catching a boner one morning, morning wood, and his life starts to spin out of control from there.

 

So, yeah. The album is mos def something you shouldn’t listen to with kids around, or on a long road trip with your moms, but it’s still pretty good even with its explicit subject matter. One of my favorite tracks from the album is a song by long-time Common collaborator, Bilal, called “M.I.L.F.”  In M.I.L.F. Bilal tells the story of baby mama drama and how Adam’s child came about.  Good stuff:

 

 

Random fact: 88-Keys happens to be Kanye’s best friend. I don’t know why the new emo-kid didn’t get his BFF to sprinkle some of his magic on Common’s joint.  That would have been too G.O.O.D.

 

Earlier: Ode to the Brokenhearted Man

Tags: 88-Keys, Bilal, Common, Kanye West, Oprah, Poetic Justice, Proper Song of the Day, The Death of Adam