Common has just announced that he’s releasing a new project at the end of this week called Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1, his first big release since last year’s Let Love. A song from it called “A Place In This World” was featured in an ad for Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative a few days ago, and today Common is revealing the album details and sharing a different song, “Say Peace,” which features Black Thought and PJ.

“A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 is affirmation. It’s recognition. It’s elevation. It’s music to go with a movement. Because the truth is, there is still so much work to do,” Common said in a statement. “Regardless of the outcome of the election, we need to make sure things do not return to the status quo. The intention of the music is to channel all of our pain and outrage into something productive, inspirational, and good. It’s to help lead a movement into our next phase of the work to be done.”

Listen to “Say Peace” below.

And here’s the voting ad featuring “A Place In This World”:

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On National #VoteEarlyDay, I want to give a shout out to everybody who has already cast a ballot! Every single vote will make a difference in this election. So, reach out to at least three friends or family members and remind them to turn in their mail-in ballot today or help them make a plan to vote on Election Day. Go to whenweallvote.org to get started and research your ballot. Special thanks to @Common for sharing this powerful song with @WhenWeAllVote and inspiring us all!

A post shared by Michelle Obama (@michelleobama) on Oct 24, 2020 at 7:33am PDT

TRACKLIST:
01 “Intro”
02 “Fallin'”
03 “Say Peace (Feat. Black Thought)”
04 “What Do You Say (Move It Baby)”
05 “Courageous”
06 “A Place In The World”
07 “A Riot In My Mind” (Feat. Lenny Kravitz)
08 “Don’t Forget Who You Are”
09 “Outro”

A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 is out 10/30 via Loma Vista. Revisit our We’ve Got A File On You interview with Common from last year.