Be - Common

Description: Artist: Common / Explicit Lyrics / Audio CD released 2005-05-23 at Universal / Island / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Be (I ... more

Be - Common ... (Intro)
2 The Corner - Common, The Last Poets
3 GO!
4 Faithful
5 Testify
6 Love is...
7 Chi-City
8 The Food
9 Real People
10 They Say - Common, Kanye West, John Legend
11 It's Your World (Part 1 & 2)/So Cool

Newest Review: ... with a weird bassy sound which compliments this well. This is a thoughtful piece about changing the world for his daughter, ... more

... it is amazing, the rhymes are inspiring, creative and powerful, it relates to being yourself but being all you can be and it does it amazingly. The Corner - This is a great tune with those strange Kanye inspired chorus' of weird ethereal voices, this is a tale of how life on the streets was, hanging on the corner, its superb, the beat is constant and funky, Common's soulful rapping is superb, evocative and powerful, I love this song, Kanye joins in on the tune but doesn't add much. There is an interesting vocal from...more

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Be - Common: A Classic Album (872 words)
by - written on 01/05/09 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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This is one of my favourite albums of the last few years, Common is a really good rapper, he is thoughtful and represents a positive element of Hip Hop. His album is experimental but is the easiest to get into of any he had released to this point, he ditches some of the overt experimentalism for content. Produced by Kanye West this has his fingerprints all over it. The music is extravagant and has a smooth soulful, seventies feel, the rhymes are sensitive and inspiring, I liked Common's previous albums, but I find this album is superb, Common has a real presence like a 70's star, he is laid back, allows his words to seep over the music and keeps the flow of ... Read the complete review

You've Got To Be... (920 words)
by - written on 21/01/09 (Very useful, 98 readings)
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After a three-year break, Common came back in 2005 under the wing of the newcomer, Kanye West, whose G.O.O.D. Music record label helped to re-launched the underground, alternative Hip Hop MC, Common's career. The Chicagan gets 'Ye on all but two of the tracks, which are produced by the late J Dilla. 1. "Be" Here is one of the best openers to an album ever. Kt has a Jazz-based compoistion, in which Derrick Hodge kicks things off with the bass, prior to when James Poyer comes in on the keys, and this is followed by Kanye on the beats. It is all ended off with big rhymes from Common. **Five Stars** 2. "The ... Read the complete review