Common featuring Slum Village - "Thelonius" Appreciation Thread

[I love Latina women]

The minute you hear those drums and Dilla come in with the chorus and his background vocals. Dilla, T3, Common and Baatin did their thing on this joint.




"Spit fire like Esther on Sanford and Son did!" --- I always liked that line. Classic line from Dilla

 

[Amo Husserl]

...cause you can feel it in your throat

I'm 'bout to let my mind float
Get your third eye poked
fukk game, I assemble dope,
Ness, a nikka that's fresh as the 'fess
Studied this rap shyt, no need to mic test
You can feel it in your chest
Your B I, feel it in her breasts
Plus you, rhyme like a nikka wit his nipples pierced
We lick off lyrics in the streets and real nikkas hear us
Dreaming when I wrote this, box me if I go too wild
Still doing this shyt like dude in wild style
Inviting wack nikkas to dinner
I "Trick Daddy" emcees and I don't know, "Nann nikka"
Who can take it where I take it
You better going to God like Mase did

 

[ZEupTWN]

FLAWLESS TRACK

Every single verse hit different

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

Great fukking track!

 

[I love Latina women]

FLAWLESS TRACK

Every single verse hit different

 

[Formerly known as...]

Incredible track where everything about it was Fire. Beat, and verses were all on point.

 

[I love Latina women]

Incredible track where everything about it was Fire. Beat, and verses were all on point.

 

[I love Latina women]

Does an instrumental version of this album exist?

 

[NigerianDonDada]

claasic Common, Dilla, and Slum Village were all in a zone during that timeframe

 

[Gifted one]

Classic

Dilla as an MC was underrated.


"Show you the definition of a payback"

 

[beenz]

This song always been some

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

great track. Was included on both SV's Vol 2 and Common's LWFC albums. This was an era that if you did a song with an artist and both of you wanted it on your album, it was no problem.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Classic

Dilla as an MC was underrated.


"Show you the definition of a payback"

And then it goes striaght into "payback is a grandmother" which was basically "stolen moments pt 4".

 

[Ukbrotha]

Perfect 10/10 track.
Production was insane. That baseline was bananas.

And them just spitting flames on it.

 

[MurderToCassette]