Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma") – Single – Common & John Legend

December 16th, 2014

iTunes Price: $0.99

Genre: Soundtrack

Released: Dec 11, 2014

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Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma") – Single – Common & John Legend

Customer Reviews

Glory (5 stars)
Awesome message, beautiful song

The Struggle Continues . . . (5 stars)
Great Intergenerational movement song to highlight the social structures that adversely affect minorities.

Biography

Born: March 13, 1972 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate everything in its path. His outward looking, nimbly performed rhymes and political consciousness certainly didn't fit the fashions of the moment, but he was able to win a devoted cult audience. By the late '90s, a substantial underground movement...