Common's ''Finding Forever" coming July 10

Chi-town rapper Common has set a July 10 release date for his next album, titled ''Finding Forever.''
Producers on this album include Kanye West, will.i.am, the late J Dilla and Devo Springsteen, while Bilal and Dwele sing background vocals on a couple of tracks as well.

Kanye produced the first single, ''The People,'' which Common describes as a ''declaration type of song.'' Another of West's productions is a song called ''Black Maybe.''

On the flirty ''So Far to Go'' featuring a rare guest turn from D'Angelo, Common rhymes, ''We make good music, and baby you are the vocals.'' The Nina Simone-sampling ''Misunderstood'' is a song Common describes as a ''story of people talking to God.''

''He stood on the corner like the rest of them, but didn't know the corner ain't have the best for him,'' he raps.

Another standout track is the Lily Allen-assisted ''Driving Me Wild,'' which Common says is about obsessions. ''Driving herself crazy like the astronaut lady,'' he chants. ''Love is not a mystery, it's everything.''

Common's last album, 2005's ''Be,'' debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard album chart.


-ripped from Hiphopgame.com