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2021 studio album by Common
A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2
Studio album by Common
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2021 (2021-09-10)
GenreConscious hip hop
Length38:23
LabelLoma Vista
ProducerKarriem Riggins
Common chronology
A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1
(2020) 		A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2
(2021) 		The Auditorium Vol. 1
(2024)

A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper Common. It was released on September 10, 2021 through Loma Vista Recordings, making it his third project released for the label. It serves as a sequel to his 2020 album A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1. Production was handled by Karriem Riggins.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Clash8/10
DIY
The Independent
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
Rolling Stone
The Line of Best Fit6/10
Tom HullB+((2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention))

A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on nine reviews, which indicates "generally positive reviews".

Robin Murray of Clash wrote that the album "stares down the traumas that proliferate our lives, offering hope, creativity, and soul filtered through Common's profound hip-hop vision". Joe Goggins of DIY found the album "a sweet paean to music's mood-boosting properties, as well as it capacity to effect meaningful change". Ben Devlin of musicOMH wrote: "Common raps with the calm contentment of a man who's reached his destination, and it certainly sounds satisfying". Will Lavin of NME wrote: "it's rich with Afro-centric grooves and dusty drum breaks, the spirit of James Brown weaving in and out of the pro-Black messaging, which emphasises hope and progress but still acknowledges the pain and suffering endured along the way".

In mixed reviews, Mojo writer resumed "an improvement on 2020's lightweight Pt. 1". Mosi Reeves of Rolling Stone wrote: "there's enough evidence on A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2 to suggest that he still cares about music, but it may take more than mellow bromides and Obama shout-outs to truly convince us". The Line of Best Fit reviewer wrote: "by catering to everyone in an effort to uplift, Common doesn't connect with the listener as much as he could–and as much as he has in the past. Common's big tent might be too spacious for its own good".

Track listing

A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Push Out the Noise" (Intro; featuring Jessica Care Moore)Karriem Riggins3:00
2."A Beautiful Chicago Kid" (with PJ)Karriem Riggins2:38
3."When We Move" (featuring Black Thought and Seun Kuti)Karriem Riggins4:11
4."Set It Free" (with PJ)
  • Lynn
  • Jones
  • Riggins
  • Travis II
  • Sharkey
Karriem Riggins3:34
5."Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It)" (with PJ)Karriem Riggins4:34
6."Poetry" (featuring Marcus King and Isaiah Sharkey)
  • Lynn
  • Jones
  • Riggins
  • Travis II
  • Sharkey
Karriem Riggins3:16
7."Saving Grace" (featuring Brittany Howard)Karriem Riggins4:13
8."Star of the Gang" (with PJ)
  • Lynn
  • Jones
  • Riggins
  • Travis II
  • Sharkey
Karriem Riggins3:25
9."Imagine" (with PJ)Karriem Riggins3:41
10."Get It Right"
  • Lynn
  • Jones
  • Riggins
  • Travis II
  • Sharkey
Karriem Riggins3:08
11."Exclamation Point" (Outro; featuring Morgan Parker)Karriem Riggins2:42
Total length:38:23

Charts

Chart (2021) Peak
position
UK R&B and Hip-Hop Albums (OCC) 25

References

  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for A Beautiful Revolution, Vol. 2 - Metacritic". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Common - A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. ^ Murray, Robin (September 10, 2021). "Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2". Clash. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Goggins, Joe. "Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2". DIY. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  5. Aubrey, Elizabeth (9 September 2021). "Album reviews: The Metallica Blacklist and Common – A Beautiful Revolution Pt 2". The Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Mojo - October 2021". Mojo. October 2021. p. 99. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Devlin, Ben (September 10, 2021). "Common - A Beautiful Revolution Pt 2 | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Lavin, Will (September 9, 2021). "Common – 'A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2' review: hope and progress from rap's renaissance man". NME. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  9. ^ Reeves, Mosi (September 14, 2021). "Common is a Righteous Respectable Adult on 'A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Common's A Beautiful Revolution (Pt. 2) lacks its predecessor's indelible hooks". The Line of Best Fit. September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  11. Hull, Tom (February 8, 2022). "Tom Hull: Grade List: Common". tomhull.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  12. "Common (A Beautiful Revolution - PT 2)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
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