Common and the legendary Pete Rock are teaming up on what may arguably be one of the most anticipated hip-hop albums of the year — if not the past five years. The Auditorium, Vol. 1 is slated for a July 12, 2024 release through Loma Vista.
The album will feature guest spots from Jennifer Hudson, Bilal, PJ, and De La Soul‘s Posdnuous.
The album’s second and largest single “Dreamin'” features a lush, classic yet subtly modernized Pete Rock production anchored around a regal, reverb-soaked horn sample, skittering and swaggering boom bap and a highly-touted sample from Aretha Franklin‘s “Day Dreaming,” off 1972’s legendary Young, Gifted and Black. Simply put, this is real hip-hop at its best — and at its most necessary: a real lyricist spitting bars on a dope, soulful production.
“For me, this all started with A Dream,” Common wrote on Instagram. “A Dream to let the world know I’ve been here. A dream to be a part of Hip Hop. A Dream to MC at a level where De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One and Ice Cube knew who I was. It’s been a dream of mine to work with the LEGENDARY @realpeterock (on more than just one song). I’ve been Dreamin’ my whole life.”
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