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Finding Forever

Finding Forever is the seventh studio album by Common, released on July 31, 2007, on GOOD Music and Geffen Records. Like Common's previous album, Be (2005), Finding Forever was largely produced by GOOD Music label boss and fellow Chicagoan Kanye West. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 — selling 155,000 units in the first week — and became Common's only project to do so. Finding Forever also received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 50th Grammy Awards, but lost to West's album Graduation.

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Finding Forever is the seventh studio album by Common, released on July 31, 2007, on GOOD Music and Geffen Records. Like Common's previous album, Be (2005), Finding Forever was largely produced by GOOD Music label boss and fellow Chicagoan Kanye West. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 — selling 155,000 units in the first week — and became Common's only project to do so. Finding Forever also received gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 50th Grammy Awards, but lost to West's album Graduation.

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  1. release date: 2007-07-31 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2007-05-22 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2007-07-31". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2007-05-22". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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