Hip Hop In Its Essence Is Real (Resurrection - Common Sense)

Member Name: XICripZ

Product:	Resurrection - Common Sense
Date:	11/09/09 (32 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Bangers throughout

Disadvantages: Nothing specific

"Resurrection" came out in 1994 as the second album by the Chicagoan MC gong then by the name of Common Sense (before removing the 'Sense' for his third release) it saw him break out with more of the same sorts of work which he had brought with his debut with his funky and original take on Hip Hop in the unique manner which only somewhere such as the Mid-West could produce.

1. "Resurrection"

Getting this thing underway, you see that he brings some intense rhymes which really have him bringing out some of the most powerful rhymes to show just what this album has to offer. It is rough and makes sure that all the right listeners are getting into it form this point as the music stays largely to this for the rest of it.

**Five Stars**

2. "I Used To Love H.E.R."

Regarded by many as the greatest Hip Hop track ever written, this one shows the artist working to his full potential as he shows that despite his newness to the fled, he is already at a stage where he can come up with classic material and here you find that in it you get him developing a highly-complex extended metaphor about how he sees Hip Hop culture as a woman who he has grown up with and who he has seen develop over the years. It is a perfect track and you simply cannot fault it.

**Five Stars**

3. "Watermelon"

You see that the funky flow of the music continues through this one as here he moves his way into one which is able to build on what you got just prior to it, and when taking all of this into account you can't help but appreciate each and every aspect of what is done and how he is able to construct engaging lyrics which you can't get out of.

**Five Stars**

4. "Book Of Life"

Sampling a little rhyme from Double Trouble off 'Wildstyle' you see that the MC gets into some of he would do a lot more of as he would progress through his career as it flows in the Conscious Hip hop manner abut some high socially-aware topics in a way which shows his great maturity despite his young (22-year) age.

**Five Stars**

5. "In My Own World"

With some jazzy production backing him up and a hard pounding beat, you see that here you find that he brings more of the high standard work which gets everyone excited. It sees No I.D. stepping up form the beats to get a bigger role as he does the opening verse too to just give a little something different here.

**Five Stars**

6. "Another Wasted Night With..." (Lude)

6. "Nuthin' To Do"

Here you see that the MC calms things up and delivers a tune which has him just having fun with it as he kicks back on some gentle No I.D. beats, and it seems that with this he is able to just come out with any old thing and it will leads to amazing thing, no matter how much he seems not to care about what he is talking about, it makes for something incredible.

**Five Stars**

7. "Communism"

In this relatively short tune, you have him bringing forward a fast-paced joint which has him showing his other approaches to performing. It is something which seems to fit in more with what you got from his first album as the fast-rap style was a lot more popular then, but it really does well here too to add to the variety.

**Five Stars**

9. "WMOE" (Lude)

10. "Thisisme"

Sampling classic KRS-One work you see that you have another track from him which has him riding the beats in a completely original detached manner which is able to bring out things which take many times to fully-comprehend. It is freaky material and has him really taking the time to explain just who he is and what he represents.

**Five Stars**

11. "Orange Pineapple Juice"

The pace of the material drops quite a bit for this one, and I felt that this tempo alteration made a fairly significant change in how it was received as it makes it a little harder to get into and so you need to listen to it a few more ties to really take everything in, but still hard Hip Hop from him which fits right in here.

**Five Stars**

12. "Chapter 13"

Sampling some classic work from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five in addition to Big Daddy Kane, you see that with this one you have another guest MC along with him as Ynot brings some funky flows which really represents what this time was about. It is another banger here and the duo work really boosts it.

**Five Stars**

13. "Maintaining"

You see that as he rides one of the biggest Posse Cuts of all-time (the Leaders of The New School-included version of "Scenario") sees him coming with the kind of head-bopping underground joint which would be seen to really manifest itself through the mid-nineties period in Hip Hop. This one has him forcing you to bounce along as he goes hard with his rhymes as ever.

**Five Stars**

14. "Sum S**t I Wrote"

Free from any specific direction in his rhymes,. This one has him coming with something which you just can't ignore. It is one of the most exciting tunes and amongst the bet from the album as you see him taking things wherever he sees fit, for example bringing in LL Cool J's "I Need Love" at one section to hype up listeners and twist things towards a much more progressive style.

**Five Stars**

15. "Pop's Rap" (Outro)

This is a fresh album from Common and one that makes use of all the best elements from his debut and builds upon them as he develops as an artist and essentially gets to the stage where he has completely used Hip Hop for all it is worth to make an album that nobody can complain about.

Summary: Common Sense's second album