Common Shares Admiration For Jay Electronica After Praising Chief Keef For Being Raw And Real In His Music

Common recently praised fellow Chicago rapper Chief Keef for being raw and real in his music. Now, he's sharing his admiration for Jay Electronica as the two embark on the 13-date "Nobody's Smiling" tour.

During a recent interview with Complex, Common spoke highly of Jay Electronica and explained his decision to bring the New Orleans rapper along on the road.

"I have a ultimate respect for Jay Electronica," he said when asked about why he brought him on tour. "I think he's one of the dopest emcees. I can go back and listen to his raps he did in 2010 and be inspired. He's timeless already. His emceeing abilities is high level. It feeds me the way it always fed me. Hip hop provides so many things for me."

Common enlisted Jay Electronica for the remix of "Kingdom" on his tenth album. They performed the track, which originally featured just Vince Staples, at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards. At the end of their performance, the rappers paid tribute to Mike Brown, the 18-year-old who was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson, back in August. Brown's parents took the stage and raised both hands, a symbol that has become prominent during the protests over the arrest of Wilson.

Over the past few months, Jay Elect has been spotted in the studio with both Jay Z and No I.D. No word on when to expect any new projects from the "Control" spitter.

While sitting down with Booska-P, Common dished on the talent coming out of his hometown. The Be rhymer said he appreciates that Keef remains true to himself in his music.

"I respect any artist that's just doing what they do," Common explains. "I don't like everything. I don't like every song that comes out, but if an artist is being themselves. I think Chief Keef brought something that nobody else was doing and he brought it raw. He brought it real. With that, I have to respect that as an artist that he has come and brought that. I don't know all of his music. I know 'I Don't Like' and I know 'Love Sosa' and stuff but I don't know all his music."

The Nobody's Smiling tour, which began on November 21, will continue across the country making stops in L.A., New Orleans, Atlanta and Philadelphia, before wrapping with two shows in New York on Dec. 9 and 10.

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Common, Jay Electronica, Chief Keef