Common: The People
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crackerjack
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There was a playback last week and the album sounds very good. There's a tune called Misunderstood, ft Nina Simone, that's incredible.
sodiumnightlife
Sweet Virginia
that sounds pretty good. The tune common did with hi tek, the sun god, that's amazing.
bollocks
he's articulate, vivid, and thought-provoking... he speaks on history, politics, culture, family, and does so over continually groundbreaking production - coldplay write wet love songs in a hackneyed manner
i hate this kind of thing. its just as single-minded as the backpacker attitude ppl were/are (rightly) rejecting
arbitrary anti-intelectualism?
im not an anti backpacker
far from it
i love a lot of 'backpack' rap
just not common
hes very boring to me now, except for maybe a few new songs like the people, the one with kanye and the one with the primo hook - the game
and i used to be a big fan of his so its not like im against him
hes got a formula now that hes been sticking to safely for a while and its somewhat dull now - its something like neo soul+over reverent 70s soul-jazz-meets-90s boom bap beat+neo soul singer on chorus+common rewording what seems to be the same verse about freedom or 'maturity' or some incredibly vague 'righteous' stance over and over
id much rather listen to kanye, lupe, little brother or someone else like that (just mentioning them as theyre in more or less the same milieu)
far from it
i love a lot of 'backpack' rap
just not common
hes very boring to me now, except for maybe a few new songs like the people, the one with kanye and the one with the primo hook - the game
and i used to be a big fan of his so its not like im against him
hes got a formula now that hes been sticking to safely for a while and its somewhat dull now - its something like neo soul+over reverent 70s soul-jazz-meets-90s boom bap beat+neo soul singer on chorus+common rewording what seems to be the same verse about freedom or 'maturity' or some incredibly vague 'righteous' stance over and over
id much rather listen to kanye, lupe, little brother or someone else like that (just mentioning them as theyre in more or less the same milieu)
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viktorvaughn
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He has got worse at it. I liked him best when he was also about drinking malt liquor and chasing girls. Ressurection is a top-tenner for me.
resurection is one of the best rap albums EVER.
since then though, hes gotten duller and duller and worthier and worthier.
for shame.
too self righteous.
and FFS, stop letting your dad in the studio!
xxxpost, common has writen MANY wet love songs in his time too. tooo many in fact.
since then though, hes gotten duller and duller and worthier and worthier.
for shame.
too self righteous.
and FFS, stop letting your dad in the studio!
xxxpost, common has writen MANY wet love songs in his time too. tooo many in fact.
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resurection is indeed sick
but this is all taste i guess, it doesnt rub badly with me at all to hear someone speak their mind... self-righteousness is a difficult one though i think? i guess he is very forthright, but i dont find that particularly offensive. it changes the nature of the art, to being less about pure 'artistry', but is there not a place for that?
but this is all taste i guess, it doesnt rub badly with me at all to hear someone speak their mind... self-righteousness is a difficult one though i think? i guess he is very forthright, but i dont find that particularly offensive. it changes the nature of the art, to being less about pure 'artistry', but is there not a place for that?
Well, you would know, wouldn't you, since you're obviously the expert on Common's psychological motives and lyrical goals? Whatever, pal. Heaven forbid that he might actually be saying what he wants to say, making the records that he wants to make. I can hear the gallery already, "Oh, no, no, no, we are the gatekeepers of US 'street' authenticity, we know, and he must be like this, or otherwise he's just not good anymore. . . " Lol
crackerjack
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That's harsh. There are people like that, but Gumdrops doesn't appear to be one of them (even tho he's very wrong about Common).
aaron_shinn
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I'm actually feeling the new single much more than I had expected - Comm sounds revitalized... I need to give it a few more listens, but I'm thinking there may be some promise in the new LP. His last record, Be, felt like a retreat after an unsuccessful experiment (does anybody remember Jimi Was a Rock Star from Electric Circus? gahhhhh).
The critical reception to Electric Circus was rough at best, and Comm (or his management) probably got the idea that if he would just go back to his musical "roots" that everything would work out. In the end, Be felt so forced to me that I had to listen to it through gritted teeth.
Never mind the long shadow of Ressurection - even Like Water For Chocolate is a benchmark for Comm nowadays. THAT record has some amazing moments, missteps notwithstanding. I hope Finding Forever brings an R.Kelly-style return to form...
Still, I could do without Kanye's presence. What do they have in common - other than being from Chi?
The critical reception to Electric Circus was rough at best, and Comm (or his management) probably got the idea that if he would just go back to his musical "roots" that everything would work out. In the end, Be felt so forced to me that I had to listen to it through gritted teeth.
Never mind the long shadow of Ressurection - even Like Water For Chocolate is a benchmark for Comm nowadays. THAT record has some amazing moments, missteps notwithstanding. I hope Finding Forever brings an R.Kelly-style return to form...
Still, I could do without Kanye's presence. What do they have in common - other than being from Chi?