Is it just me or does Common’s music just seem….. bland now?

[Mac Ten]

If by revised you mean infinitely improved, okay.

LL still can outrap the best of em…


I’m glad that he still has it.


The album is for the OGs and here I was thinking that LL was gonna collaborate with Future

 

[zayk35]

Dude is still one of the best ever.

But if you didn't hear about him until his beef with Cube, you were wild late to the show.

Yeah I guess I was

 

[Mac Ten]

Nah, some of his most aggressive rapping was on One Day It'll All Make Sense.

That's one of his best albums that people seem to constantly overlook. Sh*t started getting weird after that one, until Be.

If it came down to fate, Common would have been on Loud Records.


The beats were on point on that album.


I think that’s one of his most personal albums.


Like Water For Chocolate felt like a movie. That album sounded very clean

 

[Mac Ten]

Its weird to me, but almost all of these artists let you know through their music they are exactly who they are.

I went back and listened to those Jill Scott albums…

She was fiending back then. That first album went over a lot of heads.


Even Talib said that they labeled him as a conscious rapper on “Good To You”.


Talib had a weed anthem on Quality. Him and Quik were having a smoke session while talking about hoes.

 

[Peak]

I went back and listened to that new album from him and Pete Rock again and for some reason it was just alright

Like, it’s good when you compare it to the trash of today of course but judging it by Common’s best work, it’s just alright or average to me


I was listening to The Roots’ song Hurricane earlier tonight when I was out running errands and when you listen to Common’s verse on that versus to how he sounds on his new album and even previous albums, he just sounds like he’s coasting and nothing really giving it his best or like he lacks that edge he use to have


Anybody else think this too or is just me?


@FreshAIG @FunkDoc1112 @Awesome Wells @Ziggiy @Knicksman20 @BmoreGorilla

It's not just you

 

[NYC Rebel]

I went back and listened to those Jill Scott albums…

She was fiending back then. That first album went over a lot of heads.


Even Talib said that they labeled him as a conscious rapper on “Good To You”.


Talib had a weed anthem on Quality. Him and Quik were having a smoke session while talking about hoes.

Jill been a slore. Outright says it on her albums.

I LONG ago told heads in here who were co-signing dumbass Joe Buddens who said Neo Soul artist/feminist chicks think they are too good to fukk with niqqas that they are the easiest chicks to bag because they will fukk you and throw you away.....and I was ok with that.

 

[Awesome Wells]

If it came down to fate, Common would have been on Loud Records.


The beats were on point on that album.


I think that’s one of his most personal albums.

That would've been dope!

He was actually on the Loud tour back in the day, with Mobb, Pun, dead prez, Raekwon and Beatnuts. That was definitely his kinda vibe and they all used to work together back then. He would've fit right in at the label.

 

[Mac Ten]

Jill been a slore. Outright says it on her albums.

I LONG ago told heads in here who were co-signing dumbass Joe Buddens who said Neo Soul artist/feminist chicks think they are too good to fukk with niqqas that they are the easiest chicks to bag because they will fukk you and throw you away.....and I was ok with that.

At least she owned up to it….

Her and Badu were some freaks

 

[Mac Ten]

That would've been dope!

He was actually on the Loud tour back in the day, with Mobb, Pun, dead prez, Raekwon and Beatnuts. That was definitely his kinda vibe and they all used to work together back then. He would've fit right in at the label.

Common moved to NYC…

Now I see why he sampled P for The Sixth Sense.

Imagine those two going back and forth.


I would have loved to see Pun and Common do a collab

 

[Awesome Wells]

Common moved to NYC…

Now I see why he sampled P for The Sixth Sense.

Imagine those two going back and forth.


I would have loved to see Pun and Common do a collab

Speaking of Loud Records.

Common and Pun had this joint together on Pete's album.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

He's been the same rapper since forever. Matter of fact, the attitude and flair some are claiming he had is the rarity.

Can I Borrow a Dollar really is his only rap with aggression album. Resurrection, Be & The Auditorium are his peaks. Everything else is one note, or trash. His subject matter doesn't change, so then is comes down to sonically and sequencing. But he's just not for everyone and the older people get, tastes change, but there's a reason Com's name isn't mentioned like that...and I'm a fan and have 95% of his albums since he began.

Like water for chocolate

 

[Ziggiy]

I don’t agree in the slightest

 

[iamduval]

his skills have diminished

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Music isn’t really a priority for him

He’s been eating off Hollywood.



Blame Erykah Badu for neutering Common and Kanye to a point. His music became a little too eclectic after that(Electric Circus, Universal Mind Control, Finding Forever,).

I knew something was wrong when he started wearing crochet pants years ago. Since then, Common has become the safest rapper out.


He’s the Roland Martin of rap now. I haven’t looked at Common the same since he said that crap about extending our hands to cacs to stop racism.

I would put more blame on the loss of JDilla.

They had the best partnership


Common/Dilla >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Common/OldSaneKanye

 

[Ugo Ogugwa]

His fans have matured into c o o n s.