Common - A Beautiful Revolution, Pt. 2 (Discussion Thread)
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I believe Kanye and him were in talks for a follow up
Antdrewjosh
All Star
This is dope
JeromeSeinfeld
Rookie
Very good album.
I haven’t heard it yet…. Why?
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
Yeah I just listened to this.
it’s kinda boring. He has some good thing to say but.
Nothing for me to revisit
it’s kinda boring. He has some good thing to say but.
Nothing for me to revisit
Nicca, it's right there. Press play.
I wanted to know the opinion. Just saying “this is not it” is worthless
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
Oh. The production isn't tight and like somebody else said that live band sound aint really translating to the audience like he thinks it is.
((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL
RIP MR. SMOKE
I'm just really tired or how formulaic com's music has become. That LA leakers freestyle let me know he can still very much drop some "1 9 9 9" type shyt. But he chooses to make the same routine music with the same redundant lyrics over and over.
These live band beats are cool but they just never have the same replay value as real sampled beats. Dude needs to connect with some dope producers again. Holler at Madlib. Alchemist. Hitboy. 9th. I'm sure they would be honored to work with him. This albums not even bad. It has some shyt. But I don't feel the need to come back to it again. Star of the Gang is the major standout and that's because it's the hardest beat that allowed common to flash back to his old self for a moment. Don't understand why he wants to keep himself inside this safe space he created for himself. Dude still has it in him to drop a classic album if he really wanted to.
These live band beats are cool but they just never have the same replay value as real sampled beats. Dude needs to connect with some dope producers again. Holler at Madlib. Alchemist. Hitboy. 9th. I'm sure they would be honored to work with him. This albums not even bad. It has some shyt. But I don't feel the need to come back to it again. Star of the Gang is the major standout and that's because it's the hardest beat that allowed common to flash back to his old self for a moment. Don't understand why he wants to keep himself inside this safe space he created for himself. Dude still has it in him to drop a classic album if he really wanted to.
Haven't listened yet but
I'm 100% convinced Common's a CIA operative. The lead single is a step beyond self-parody. This jive ass dikkhead is rapping over a saccharine reimagining of Imaginary Player about an imaginary land where Flint has clean water faucets and we recite Amanda Gorman poems. This is pure surface level black excellence doofus rap.
I was already stunned all those year ago when he threw on the Smurf hat and the extra smedium jacket to hold up trite signs for the deaf lady. We’re somehow leagues deeper in the ocean of cheesedikk Lite FM uplift rap. I need to be resurrected solely for when they unseal the files that show he's an agent.
I was already stunned all those year ago when he threw on the Smurf hat and the extra smedium jacket to hold up trite signs for the deaf lady. We’re somehow leagues deeper in the ocean of cheesedikk Lite FM uplift rap. I need to be resurrected solely for when they unseal the files that show he's an agent.
No offense, but that doesn’t mean he’s an agent, he’s just boring and unimaginative. Nas released a song about the same worn-out topic with the same worn-out ideas rapped about.
The truth is, there’s a topical ceiling for most of the borderline-conscious artists like Common. They’re just going to rap around “black entrepreneurship,” touch on vague “stop the violence” lines, and probably say they want weed legalized.
He’s not going to give us dead prez, Lupe Fiasco or Mos Def-level introspection and worldview.
Sure. He's definitely boring and unimaginative. That's not what makes me think he's an agent, though it's part of it. I think the proliferation of black excellence mascots communicating in uniform empty rhetoric isn't coincidental, actually. It keeps black people rooting for idols and empty mantras while distracting them from the worsening of their plight. And it gives white liberals the absolute least to do in the name of absolution and progress: be allies by supporting goofiness rather than meaningful societal change.
Common isn't just still cutting lame, saccharine, empty records. He's voicing major corporate commercials. He's (poorly) freestyling the intros at the NBA All Star game. He's a visible member of Hollywood. He's cleaning up on the college lecture and corporate convention circuits, where he's collecting checks to talk about racism and diversity despite having expertise on neither and offering little outside of platitudes and cliches. It's not always dumb luck that finds certain figures perpetually propped up in the spotlight, regardless of the quality of their art, thinking, acting, etc. When I notice a person continues to be foisted upon the masses and granted huge platforms in spite of being a clown, I start paying attention and wondering why. In Common's case (and with other mascots like Common) I suspect they might be part of an effort to dumb down the discourse and undermine any potential revolution by selling the rest of us the idea of a bought and paid for, empty Black Renaissance that keeps us feeling a sense of fulfillment via idol worship and social media talking points. Am I saying I'm definitely right? No. Am I saying I have genuine suspicions? Absolutely.
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