XXL gives Common's "Be" an XXL?

[Advocate]

tight, common deserves it, much repect to common, kanye, kweli, and every1 else still doing concious hip-hop

yeah minus kanye add mos def for me

 

[ImmortalTech]

^ i could live with that, but the reason i put kanye in there is cuz he REALLY shed light on consious rap, especially to new mainstream hiphop fans, with Jesus Walks, so he gotta get some credability... and plus theres alot more that can be added to that list

 

[Tito]

Word up about Kanye. He pretty much ressurrected Common's career.

 

[HitEmUp21]

Apparentely:

Common (Sense)- BE (bassment elevation)-- rating: XXL

Music is supposed to mirror life. With 11 tracks that focus on feeling not filler, the Chicago champ formerly known as Common Sense has birthed ‘05’s top LP with the impeccable Be. The album’s first single, the impenetrable inner-city anthem “The Corner,” sets up the initial statement for the man born Lonnie Rashid Lynn: He’s neither that rapper on Resurrection not the one on Electric Circus-he’s evolved into a synthesis of the two. On Be, Common plays poet and documentarian, showing us the triumphs and tragedies that occur in Ghetto, USA. And with Be’s co-pilot, Kanye West, supplying the lion’s share of the score (nine of eleven tracks) by stepping up even his production game with layers of bluesy yet granite-hard compositions, joints like the jazz-fueled “Real People” reflect Common’s penchant for “showin @#%$’s lives like UPN.” In fact, the CD’s cohesive sound can be attributed to the synergy between Common and Kanye.

Common’s wordsmith wizardry soars beyond stylistics: It excels at photographing real life. On “It’s Your World,” Comm recounts his own coming of age and the story of an aspiring songstress turned prostitute. Over soul-stirring strings and a marching drum track courtesy of J-Dilla (the producer behind the LP’s remaining two tracks), Common recalls, “I remember in high school she had a passion to sing/Now she see herself in a casket in dreams.”

While label support and the times heavily influence whether great music can be crowned classic, if nothing else Common has created a flawless album. By giving us himself completely and speaking to and for us as complete people, he’s birthed the total package.

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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: common - be

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here's the tracklisting


1. BE
2. The Corner f/ The Last Poets
3. Go
4. Faithful f/ Bilal & John Legend
5. Testify
6. Love Is (produced by Jay Dee)
7. Chi City
8. The Food
9. Real People
10. They Say f/ Kanye West & John Legend
11. It's Your World/Pop's Reprise f/ Bilal (produced by Jay Dee)

Just now got to hope it doesn't get bootlegged too early.

 

[PDT]

Yeah, in tha 2004 Review issue, they bumped Kanye up ta XXL. On 106 he said it's comin' out May 24th.

 

[xxx]

After hearing his verse on Get Em High i had a feeling hsi next shit was gonna be dope but lets hope it lives up to its hype.

That was the most awful verse i have ever heard.

 

[xxx]

9 tracks produced by Kanye, I do wanna hear the album.

 

[Silleone]

i hope its as tight as they say.

 

[Advocate]

this is dope if its true. common has my full support and ima cop the album

1

 

[ARon]

That was the most awful verse i have ever heard.

Get em high like noon, or the moon or room filled with smoke
A high filled with dope
Y'all assumed I was doomed, out of tune, but I still feel the notes
The real nigga quotes
Real rappers is hard to find, like a remonte, control rap is not a
Used soup it still got life, that's why I abuse you who are not thugs
Rock clubs, it's like Tiger, Woods in the hood, to have my own reality show
Called Soul Survivor, I stole all liver, niggaz in you
You'se a bitch I got ones that are thicker than you
How could I ever let your words affect me, they say Hip-Hop is dead
I'm here to resurrect me, mosh is to sexy to even make songs like these
That's why the raw don't know your name, like Alicia Keys
To many featured emcees, and pro-ducers is populer
Twelve thousand spins, nobody got to coppin her
Album, how come, you the hot garbager
The years clear your image and snooped up
Label got you souped up, tellin you you sick
Man you a dick with a loose nut
Video hard to watch like Medusa
Even your club record need a booster
Chimped up, with a pimp cup, illeaterate nigga
Read the infa, red across your head I'm bread king like Simba
Bolder then Denver, I ain't a Madd Rapper just a emcee with a temper
You dansin for money like honey, I did this my way
So when the industry crash, I survive like Kanye
Spittin through wires and fires, emcees retirin
Got yo hands up, get them motherfuckers higher then

If this is "the most awful" verse you have ever heard then wtf, who do you listen too. I need to hear some of that. I mean the shit aint amazing but its a nice nice verse spitting some live shit.
Edit: This is probably one of the worst verses i've seen from OHHLA.COM, so many mistakes. Oh well.

 

[keepin_it_real]

I've got tha 'Be' Advance and I gotta say its definitly worth a XXL, 5 Mics or whateva. 'Go' and 'Faithful' are my favourite tracks, on 'Faithful' he starts off rapping about what if god was a girl and how he'd feel about her... it's jus tight.

 

[Jebus]

This is one of those albums for me
I havent heard shit from it other then the single I will not download this album and::::

When it does come out im ditching school catching the orange line and jamming from beggining till end, I will thebn prolly write my review here :thumb:


On that note I doubt it can top resurrection

 

[linx]

Very very dope. I still haven't go the cd online, i'm waiting to buy it. I've only heard the single "The Corner" and the Intro.

 

[jbrolax]

The intro is sooo good and sooo short