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Happy Feet Two | Interview with Common

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Channel: blacktreetv · 2011 · Entertainment

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[BlackTree TV - Los Angeles]  Rapper/Actor Common talks to BlackTree TV about working on his first animated feature film Happy Feet 2, and how working in film in general frees him up to do better music.

COMMON (Seymour) rose to prominence as one of hip hop's most poetic and respected lyricists, having recorded over eight albums and garnering multiple Grammy Awards. Common's ninth album, The Believer, The Dreamer, will be released December 20th by Warner Bros. Records.

In 2004, he partnered with Chicago native and rap music mega-star Kanye West to produce the album BE, which went on to garner four Grammy Award nominations. In 2007, Common released his critically acclaimed seventh album, Finding Forever, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and went on to earn a Grammy award. His eighth album, Universal Mind Control, was released in 2008 and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Rap Album.

His previous film credits include "Smokin Aces," "American Gangster," "Wanted," "Terminator Salvation," "Date Night" and "Just Wright." Common will next be seen on screen alongside an all-star cast in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "New Year's Eve," in theaters December 9th. He also stars with Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton and Ron Livingston in "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," in theatres in 2012, and as Uncle Vincent, a troubled ex-con who finds companionship with his nephew, in "Learning Uncle Vincent," with Danny Glover and Michael Rainey Jr., which releases in 2013.

Common also plays the role of Elam, a freed slave who comes west in post-Civil War America seeking work on the Transcontinental Railroad, in AMC's series "Hell on Wheels."

His memoir, One Day It'll All Make Sense, was published in September by Atria Books. He is also the author of several children's books, including his first, entitled The MIRROR and M; its follow-up, I Like You But I Love Me, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award; and the 2008 release, M.E. (Mixed Emotions).

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