In the brief time since Common Market dropped their extraordinary debut album, the duo has gathered praise as Seattle Weekly’s 2006 Best New Artist and performing slots on grand stages such as Sasquatch Festival and The Capitol Hill Block Party. They have shared the stage with the likes of KRS-One, Zion I, Ghostface Killah and The Coup. The album’s regional success, along with the rising tidal wave of Northwest hip-hop, has poised the group for a serious push into the national scene, as the Common Market LP has been mixed and mastered by legendary Seattle music engineer Martin Feveyear and repackaged with new album cover art. Common Market will be the first official new release of Mass Line, a co-op indie record label run by Common Market, Blue Scholars and Gabriel Teodros.<br /><br />Like a true mic veteran, RA flips between abstract imagery, straight-forward slogans and storytelling with an unmistakable delivery you would expect from someone well-versed in classic boom-bap hip-hop from the era of Brother J, Beatnuts and A Tribe Called Quest. More than just another throwback album, Common Market also dares to pose questions about religion, politics and the state of mainstream hip-hop. At the core of Common Market’s music is a critical, unapologetic world view that change is not only necessary, it is inevitable, and can only come about through having love for and serving the people. http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Common Market Trouble Is http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/playlist/VHgzOBCH/trouble-is-video-playlist/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:18:57 -0000 V2vHsT67NE Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/video/K_8bZ1Op/common-market-tobacco-road-music-video/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:14:19 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/video/K_8bZ1Op/common-market-tobacco-road-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-02.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/f58eb9a32bc3c12fc06ef419c38ef8b9_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> NFxvzI1FC_ Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/video/34XnfYLf/common-market-trouble-is-music-video/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:00:56 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/video/34XnfYLf/common-market-trouble-is-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/341f0b1a5bf764f21c8dce8ffa3c0c46_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> ol91Gayj2J Common Market Tobacco Road http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/playlist/1Ye08LsI/tobacco-road-music-playlist/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:04:17 -0000 SV9D7zT0Lq Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/9mlK5FwG/common-market-nothin-at-all/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:02:20 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/9mlK5FwG/common-market-nothin-at-all/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 4yB9QEgvyB Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/wdVjI-Fv/common-market-tobacco-road/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:02:20 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/wdVjI-Fv/common-market-tobacco-road/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 9pXS-6yzHL Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/4JOtm2NC/common-market-weather-vane/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:02:15 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/4JOtm2NC/common-market-weather-vane/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> EE4MF7XT0T Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/06fd9SvB/common-market-certitude-feat-chev/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:01:13 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/06fd9SvB/common-market-certitude-feat-chev/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 3J_HW3cKHY Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/3rcxtBCS/common-market-crucible-feat-geo/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:01:13 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/3rcxtBCS/common-market-crucible-feat-geo/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> LLRASa-KU2 Common Market http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/Q600aQkX/common-market-40-thieves/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:01:13 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/commonmarket/music/Q600aQkX/common-market-40-thieves/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> QlA0EY219F