Common the rapper

[EmperorIQ]

Any one of his albums someone here would recommend?

 

[MBrown]

All of them. That guy is awesome.

 

[Mo0o]

You can check out his latest one, Be

 

[jdiddy]

Originally posted by: MBrown
All of them. That guy is awesome.

QFT

His newest album Be would'nt be a bad place to start.

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: jdiddy

Originally posted by: MBrown
All of them. That guy is awesome.

QFT

His newest album Be would'nt be a bad place to start.

haha, alright, i'm looking at amazon reviews now, but I guess I'll give his most recent a shot. I usually like to hear earlier stuff before newer whenever I begin to listen to a new artist though (new to my library).

So is it still "Be"?

 

[BrokenVisage]

I didn't think Be was all that good, but everyone else seems to like it.

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I didn't think Be was all that good, but everyone else seems to like it.

what do you think i should listen to then?


On a side note, i tried to search for "common" under search and nothing comes up. Is the search feature buggy now? It keeps on telling me that my search contains ignored words. Same thing happening to you guys?

 

[Tea Bag]

I liked Resurrection from his 'Common Sense' days the best personally, but Be was decent. He's had a lot of good songs on each of his records.

 

[Arkitech]

You're pretty much safe with any album except for the very first one "Can I Borrow a Dollar", it's not a bad album but the production is a bit weak and Common had'nt really developed his style as well on his other albums. Resurrection was the album that really put Common on the map he has 2 bonafide classic songs on that album "I Used To Love Her" and "Resurrection", those songs are constantly quoted and referred to in other people's albums. The next album is "One Day It Will All Make Sense" which is just packed with gems, he really brings the heat on the record. My personal favorite album by Com is "Like Water For Chocolate" his lyrics and the music production were stepped up quite a bit. The next album is "Electric Circus" and if you're a fan of experimental music then you'll probably like this CD a lot, he reallly went in a different direction. Lots of rock and electronica influences can heard throughout the entire album. Finally his most recent album is "Be" which is highly recommended as well.

I guess if I were to suggest an album I would say start with "Resurrection" and work your way through all of his albums. You'll definitely hear how his sound has matured with every album.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: EmperorIQ

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
I didn't think Be was all that good, but everyone else seems to like it.

what do you think i should listen to then?


On a side note, i tried to search for "common" under search and nothing comes up. Is the search feature buggy now? It keeps on telling me that my search contains ignored words. Same thing happening to you guys?

Yeah the search is screwed up for some reason

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
You're pretty much safe with any album except for the very first one "Can I Borrow a Dollar", it's not a bad album but the production is a bit weak and Common had'nt really developed his style as well on his other albums. Resurrection was the album that really put Common on the map he has 2 bonafide classic songs on that album "I Used To Love Her" and "Resurrection", those songs are constantly quoted and referred to in other people's albums. The next album is "One Day It Will All Make Sense" which is just packed with gems, he really brings the heat on the record. My personal favorite album by Com is "Like Water For Chocolate" his lyrics and the music production were stepped up quite a bit. The next album is "Electric Circus" and if you're a fan of experimental music then you'll probably like this CD a lot, he reallly went in a different direction. Lots of rock and electronica influences can heard throughout the entire album. Finally his most recent album is "Be" which is highly recommended as well.

I guess if I were to suggest an album I would say start with "Resurrection" and work your way through all of his albums. You'll definitely hear how his sound has matured with every album.

hey thanks a lot for that! I'll definately give resurrection a try, but unfortunately, I just stopped by BB and bought "Be" first. It'll be interesting to hear his newer music, and go back to old for a comparison too!

 

[anxi80]

saw him in concert a couple months back in vegas and i have to admit it was probably one of the best hip hop shows ive ever seen. here's a couple other tracks that if your going to get started listening to com that you may also want to check out:

respiration [from mos def & talib kweli are - black star]
act too (love of my life) [from the roots - things fall apart]
love of my life (an ode to hip hop) [from brown sugar - original motion picture soundtrack]
slam pit [from the beatnuts - musical massacre]
the sun god [from hi-tek - hi-teknology]

 

[Cawchy87]

Be is an excellent album. Pick it up.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: anxi80
saw him in concert a couple months back in vegas and i have to admit it was probably one of the best hip hop shows ive ever seen. here's a couple other tracks that if your going to get started listening to com that you may also want to check out:

respiration [from mos def & talib kweli are - black star]
act too (love of my life) [from the roots - things fall apart]
love of my life (an ode to hip hop) [from brown sugar - original motion picture soundtrack]
slam pit [from the beatnuts - musical massacre]
the sun god [from hi-tek - hi-teknology]

this man knows his stuff, excellent choices. Respiration is possibly one of the greatest collab tracks I've ever heard, I love the hook to that song.