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'Open Letter' Remix Sees Common Joining Jay-Z For Much Of The Same (AUDIO)

Jay-Z's 'Open Letter' Gets A High-Profile Remix
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Senior Editor for Mobile and Innovations, The Huffington Post

Turns out Common jumped on a remix of Jay-Z's "Open Letter." Released Monday, the track features the Chicago rapper joining Hov, but the song is just more of the same: distaste for politicians, support of Jay-Z's trip, etc.

Released last Thursday, the original "Open Letter" is a diss track that takes aim at conservative politicians who wanted to open an investigation into Jay-Z and Beyonce's anniversary trip to Cuba (also up for mocking: critics of Jay's plans to liquidate his minority stake in the Brooklyn Nets to open a sports management agency). The politico's plans evaporated when the Treasury Department revealed that it had authorized the trip, but the criticism didn't.

In a sternly worded follow-up "open letter," director Phil Lord blasted the track as "nihilism with a beat." "When I saw that the Carters were in Cuba, I got that pang that I get when I hear friends say they are traveling there," Lord told the Huffington Post. "At first I gave the Carters the benefit of the doubt, but after Jay-Z's latest single dropped, I thought I had to speak my mind."

Listen to Common and Jay's new track above and let us know what you think in the comments.

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U.S. singer Beyonce, center, and her husband Jay-Z, right, walk down the stairs at La Guarida restaurant in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/La Guardia) (credit:AP)
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US singer Beyonce (l) is seen in a private restaurant in Havana, next to her husband Jay Z (C - green shirt), on April 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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US singer Beyonce is seen in a private restaurant in Havana, next to her husband Jay Z (green shirt), on April 4, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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U.S. singer Beyonce poses for photos with school children as she tours Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, hold hands as they tour Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, right, tours Old Havana as a body guard, left, and tour guide, right, accompany them in Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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Workers at the La Moneda Cubana restaurant stand on a balcony to watch the arrival of U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, in Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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U.S. singer Beyonce and her husband, rapper Jay-Z, are surrounded by body guards as they tour Old Havana where a street performer on stilts looks on, right, in Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. R&B's power couple is in Havana on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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U.S. singer Beyonce holds her camera as she tours Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)
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People position themselves outside a restaurant to catch a glance of U.S. singer Beyonce in Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, on their fifth wedding anniversary. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) (credit:AP)

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