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Universal Mind Control [Explicit]

CommonMP3 Download
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)

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  • Original Release Date: December 9, 2008
  • Format - Music: MP3
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Play   1. Universal Mind Control (UMC) [Explicit] 3:33 $0.99 Buy Track  - Universal Mind Control (UMC) [Explicit]
Play   2. Punch Drunk Love [Explicit] 4:14 $0.99 Buy Track  - Punch Drunk Love [Explicit]
Play   3. Make My Day [Explicit] 3:58 $0.99 Buy Track  - Make My Day [Explicit]
Play   4. Sex 4 Suga [Explicit] 4:02 $0.99 Buy Track  - Sex 4 Suga [Explicit]
Play   5. Announcement [Explicit] 3:45 $0.99 Buy Track  - Announcement [Explicit]
Play   6. Gladiator [Explicit] 4:07 $0.99 Buy Track  - Gladiator [Explicit]
Play   7. Changes [Explicit] 3:58 $0.99 Buy Track  - Changes [Explicit]
Play   8. Inhale [Explicit] 3:11 $0.99 Buy Track  - Inhale [Explicit]
Play   9. What A World [Explicit] 3:58 $0.99 Buy Track  - What A World [Explicit]
Play 10. Everywhere [Explicit] 3:15 $0.99 Buy Track  - Everywhere [Explicit]
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Sell Out December 10, 2008
Format:Audio CD
This album is wack. Common is a poet, a great lyrists. One of my favorite MCs of all time and last I'd expect to sell out. This album goes against everything he is good at. He tries to make club hits on this album. His single entitled "Universal Mind Control" feat Pharell is annoying..he says he "stays fresh like hes wrapped in plastic" and continues by saying how hes "fresh and gettin paid". only song I can enjoy is "Make My Day" feat Cee-Lo. This song is 1 of 3 not produced by the Neptunes. On the "Annoucement" feat Pharell he calls hip hop his bitch. What ever happened to "I Used to Love H.E.R"? Sorry Common, but after this album I kinda wish you just stuck to acting. For true hip-hop heads go cop "The Pre-face" by Elzhi or "Tronic" by Black Milk.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Those are definitely words I thought I would never say about Common Sense who is one of the greatest to ever do it. But man oh man, I guess when you've been around this long that you'll have one or two of these misses. This is not the first time he's done the short track list deal but "BE" was not like this. Universal Mind Control has some heavy songs on here and a couple of my favs being "Punch Drunk Love" and "Make My Day". Now here's where the problems come in and I'm sure plenty of others have said this. Half this album is as weak as the Detroit Lions season this year and the other half is on a much much higher level.

The production with the corny tracks start you off in a bad mood and you don't even want to listen to the song after that. "Changes" doesn't even really sound like a Common track, honestly a few of em don't. Then of course you got the hot "Universal Mind Control" which was a nice first release and "What A World" is pretty good also. Lyrically the album is not one of his strongest. Common almost seems to be loosing himself a bit over the past year or two.

Really I got this album for "Universal Mind Control" and "Punch Drunk Love", there were more mediocre and bad tracks on here than I've ever heard from the man that was thought to have more sense than any rapper in the game. So get it if you want the few songs but my advice is find a way to get it without paying full price.
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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
WACK ISH on this album. Common comes with a fairly short album of ten tracks. Stand out tracks that i immediately go to are PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, ANNOUNCEMENT, and GLADIATOR. The songs I absolutely hate are MAKE MY DAY, EVERYWHERE, SEX 4 SUGAR, and CHANGES. Common got a little too experimental again on this one similar to how he got on Electric circus. So with me the album is 50/50. Half dope, half experimental/WACK. Half the beats/songs are dope, the other half are weird and WACK. Its really gonna come down to how experimental you are in your taste of music if you will accept the weird half of this album. if you are looking for the effort of the last two Common albums in this album, you will be disappointed.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not a Prime Example of Common, but Still Worth a Listen
I've loved Common since high school. One morning while I was getting ready to go catch my bus, the video for "The Sixth Sense" came on TV and I fell in love with it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by MDT
One too many...
I will put as much effort into this review as Common put into this album. As stated by other reviewers, he has sold out. Read more
Published 20 months ago by TrEE
Common outdone himself!
UMC is probably the best album common has made so far.. in my opinion this was probably one of the best albums I have heard .. Read more
Published on May 14, 2010 by SJ
Common goes to the clubs
In 2008, Common released "Universal Mind Control" which, by all accounts, is a dance record. The album features production done mostly by The Neptunes, who are no strangers to... Read more
Published on March 30, 2010 by Lucky Sevens
2-1/2 stars -- I understand what he was trying to do, but...
Common is my favorite rapper, so I was excited a year or so ago when I heard he was going to make his latest appearance on Leno. Read more
Published on January 8, 2010 by Anthony Rupert
Universal Mind Cnotrol
Common has gone for a much more commercial sound to his new album, and it works. It has fantastic beats thanks to the man Pharrell, and lyrically, Common is no Lupe Fiasco but he... Read more
Published on September 27, 2009 by A. Campbell
3 Stars! Easily Common's worst - but not that bad!
Okay, so I bought this when it dropped for a low low price since this was the promotion they were running and for the price I paid it was worth the money. Read more
Published on September 16, 2009 by Southern Rap Pro
1 of his worst albums!
1 of his his worst albums since that Circus crap he put out, all the hype that was surrounding this release, wow what a disappointment, I'm still a real fan of his, but this is... Read more
Published on July 5, 2009 by B. Hines
Surprisingly disappointed...
I love Common, but this album was below average. I can understand that it may be hard to follow 'Finding Forever' which was amazing. Maybe next time...
Published on May 6, 2009 by theComplex
Ouch!!
Common hurt me on this one he was on a roll after BE and Finding Forever I thought he couldn't be stopped. Then this came out I don't even want it in my house.
Published on April 28, 2009 by C.Roland
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