Common "Be" Appreciation thread!

[etrofllenrod504]

This is one of my top 5 fav hip-hop albums of all time. Still gets regular burn.

 

[Paper Boi]

I had that song as a ringtone on my Sprint flip phone(first camera phone I ever had) back in 2005.

i don't use ringtones no more, but it definitely was at some point in my life too.

which was weird for me because most of my ringtones were e-40 songs in the mid 2000s

 

[Conan]

Great album, but I do think it's one of his safest projects. You can argue that he needed to stay in the pocket following Electric Circus... But his sweet spot was One Day It'll All Make Sense/Like Water For Chocolate.... Be was really really safe, content wise. Production was very slick and cohesive between Ye and Dilla.

Worth a respin, maybe my opinion will change.

Side note, I wrote an essay about Common's pops and his rap series from Resurrection through Finding Forever. He's an unsung hero in Common's discography.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

i don't use ringtones no more, but it definitely was at some point in my life too.

which was weird for me because most of my ringtones were e-40 songs in the mid 2000s

It’s because of that time that I don’t use ringtones anymore. I don’t think I’ve had a ringtone since probably 2007.

 

[Paper Boi]

Great album, but I do think it's one of his safest projects. You can argue that he needed to stay in the pocket following Electric Circus... But his sweet spot was One Day It'll All Make Sense/Like Water For Chocolate.... Be was really really safe, content wise. Production was very slick and cohesive between Ye and Dilla.

Worth a respin, maybe my opinion will change.

Side note, I wrote an essay about Common's pops and his rap series from Resurrection through Finding Forever. He's an unsung hero in Common's discography.

where is this essay at?

 

[The M.I.C.]

I feel that Be and Resurrection are his best albums.

Like Water For Chocolate is right up there imo as well

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Great album, but I do think it's one of his safest projects. You can argue that he needed to stay in the pocket following Electric Circus... But his sweet spot was One Day It'll All Make Sense/Like Water For Chocolate.... Be was really really safe, content wise. Production was very slick and cohesive between Ye and Dilla.

Worth a respin, maybe my opinion will change.

Side note, I wrote an essay about Common's pops and his rap series from Resurrection through Finding Forever. He's an unsung hero in Common's discography.

Agree with everything you said

 

[Noriega]

I feel that Be and Resurrection are his best albums.

Resurrection don’t get a lot of love but it got some dope jazz rap type tracks on there. Some of his bars kinda goofy on there but I burn it every now and then

 

[Paper Boi]

rip jay dee

 

[Conan]

where is this essay at?

I'm gonna dig it up, it's on one of my PCs I'm sure.

 

[Motife43]

where is this essay at?

I'm gonna dig it up, it's on one of my PCs I'm sure.

Yeah fam, we need that. This is one of my favorite albums and I've never came across that viewpoint, definitely interested in reading it. But on the heels of EC a safer album was probably a necessity. It's the difference between a resurrection (no pun) and just pursuing the acting or being "irrelevant"

 

[KingsOfKings]

Anniversary today

 

[BuckFilly]

 

[Lootha VanDraws]

'It's Your World' is an absolute masterpiece.

R.I.P. J. Dilla
R.I.P. Pops
R.I.P. This album's version of Kanye

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

This album was the soundtrack of my life that year.

'It's Your World' is an absolute masterpiece.

R.I.P. J. Dilla
R.I.P. Pops
R.I.P. This album's version of Kanye

R.I.P. This album's version of Common too. He's unlistenable these days, and he was my favorite MC for years.