Amerigo Gazaway brings to life an imagined studio session between Chicago's crowned prince of Hip-Hop, Common, and Motown legend, Stevie Wonder.

A return to the Soul meets Hip-Hop formula of his Marvin Gaye + Mos Def pairing “Yasiin Gaye,” Gazaway connects the dots between Hip-Hop and the genre’s predecessor with a musical history lesson told through the intersecting themes of Common and Stevie’s respective catalogues. As Gazaway put it:

“Stevie Wonder’s early use of synthesizers, drum machines, and samplers, in a lot of ways, paved the way for hip-hop and sampling. Part of my motivation for this project was to highlight those contributions”

Picking up where Common and Stevie’s 2016 “Black America Again,” single left off, Amerigo brings his imagined recording session to life with a slew of uncovered resources (including multitrack instrument stems, interview audio, and documentary soundbites.) Re-orchestrating deconstructed samples, the producer interweaves Common’s vivid wordplay and Wonder’s passionate vocals for a project that blurs the line between a “mashup” and a modern day duets album.

Download the full album here: https://amerigo.bandcamp.com/album/a-common-wonder

Download the instrumentals here: https://amerigo.bandcamp.com/album/a-common-wonder-instrumentals-bonus-tracks

Tracklist:

Tracklist:
01. Intro Theme (I Wonder)
02. I Was Made To Love H.E.R.
03. Living For The Chi-City
04. Resurrection To Higher Ground
05. Bad Girl feat. Kanye West
06. The Sixth Superstition
07. Innervision Intermission
08. Sugar by The Pound
09. For Once In My Life feat. Erykah Badu
10. Like They Used to Say
11. God Bless the Freestyle
12. The Light (I'm Yours) feat. Bobby Caldwell
13. Southside feat. Kanye West
14. Pop's Rap feat. Lonnie Lynn. Sr.
15. The Sixth Wonder (Bonus Track)

Credits:

Soul Mates Records 2017

Produced by Amerigo Gazaway
Executive Producer: Rickey Mindlin

Common: vocals/lyrics
Stevie Wonder: vocals/lyrics, instruments

Amerigo Gazaway: sampler, bass, guitar, keys, synth, turntables

DIY acapellas created by The Goodwill Projects

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The South African songstress, with one of her more popular songs.

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.VRY BLK (feat. Noname) · Jamila Woods · NonameHEAVN℗ 2017

Arrested Development

ol skool E.A. hip hop. Reminds me of my travels to TEE ZED

Putumayo Kids Presents - African Playground

01. Angelique Kidjo - Battú 0:00
02. Them Mushrooms - Jambo Bwana 2:40
03. The Mahotella Queens - Mbube 5:56
04. Mose Fan Fan - Hello Hello 9:26
05. Vieux Diop - Sing Lo-Lo 13:42
06. Dr. Victor - Kalimba 17:21
07. Tarika Sammy - Hendry 21:06
08. Samite - Munomuno 25:00
09. Seleshe Damassae - Hoya Hoye 28:45
10. Bakithi Kumalo - Sangoma 30:13
11. Babá Ken Okulolo & The Nigerian Brothers - Laba Laba 32:34
12. Tété Alhinho - Barco Di Papel 36:00
13. Aura Msimang - Langa Mo 39:32

No Borders.

Afrikan lullabies.

⁣The album Sorrow Tears And Blood is the first release on Baba Fẹlá’s newly formed label, Kalakuta Records. The title track was written in response to the South African government’s murderous reaction to the Soweto uprising of 1976 but the sleeve carries a dedication to the victims of the attack on Kalakuta