Common discusses upcoming album “Invincible Summer”

Common recently spoke with Billboard to talk about his upcoming album “Invincible Summer,” which is slated for a July release.

“I created this music for the summer time, it’s about feeling good,” Common told Billboard.com during a recent preview of tracks appearing on “Invincible Summer.” “This is the type of music I felt was missing from my body of work.”

Frequent Common collaborator Kanye West is absent from the new album this time around.

“Kanye was focusing on his ‘Glow in the Dark’ show, so he hasn’t been able to make it to the studio to weigh in,” Common said. “But it worked out well, organically. The Neptunes & Mr. DJ came up with a fresh sound for me.”