Common sat down with REVOLT TV to announce that 2014 will be one of his “greatest times in music” due to the release of Nobody Smiling. The No I.D.-produced album will be the 10th to come from the Chicago emcee who pulls from the overall mood and mentality of his hometown for the album’s title.

Common also speaks on how the new class of young artists out of Chicago are embodying the diversity of the city by thriving while remaining true to their own sounds. –Keith Reid-Cleveland