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| Written by Mitchell Mensa | |
| Monday, 10 December 2007 | |
Common has been rapping for at least fifteen years. Can I Borrow A Dollar is a solid album. Resurrection and Be are personal classics. A strong argument could be made about the classic status of One Day It’ll All Make Sense and Like Water for Chocolate as well. Even the critically lambasted Electric Circus was appealing to me. That album receives an unnecessary amount of hate. I will admit that it is a bit different, but there are more than a few musical gems on that album. I have not heard much unreleased material from Common, but the quality of his albums cannot be overlooked. 2Pac and Nas could possibly have the best solo catalogs in hip-hop’s history simply based on the abundance of unreleased material that supplements their albums. They have many unreleased songs that are better than most songs on other rapper's albums. If we were talking about rap groups, I’d mention OutKast, Mobb Deep, UGK and a few others. But that is a debate for a different day. A strong argument could also be made for Jay-Z, Scarface and Ghostface Killah. The imminent release of Scarface's M.A.D.E. and Ghostface Killah's The Big Doe Rehab will most likely bolster their position. What do you think? Is there someone that I could have possibly left out? The calendar year is slowly coming to a close. While hip-hop itself could have admittedly been better this year, there are several albums on the release date radar that I am personally anticipating. 6. Hi-tek - Hiteknology 3: Underground His previous efforts were solid albums. Hiteknology 2: The Chip had some stellar tracks on it with “Keep It Moving” and “Music For Life” leading the way. 5. Beanie Sigel - The Solution Beanie Sigel is one of the few artists who have managed to improve with each album release. The B. Coming was arguably one of, if not the best album of 2005. 4. Styles P - Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) Follow up to the enjoyable but poorly promoted album Time Is Money. The tracklist for the album looks promising. SP has managed to put of the best albums of The Lox trio. 3. Scarface - M.A.D.E. Scarface's career résumé is reason enough for me to take notice of the impending release of this album. But it is in fact his work on The Product - One Hunid that has me wondering what is in store for us fans. 2. Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab Up until a few months ago; I was completely unaware that Ghost was planning to release an album this year. I am rarely disappointed with the music that he creates. It will be interesting to see what he will be able to cook up this time. 1. Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor was personally my favorite album of 2006. I could honestly listen to it in its entirety. I'm expecting this album to maintain that same level of excellence. Every track I've heard thus far has been impressive. “Superstar”, “Dumb It Down” and sadly only a snippet of “Paris, Tokyo” have been on repeat for months. On another note, Andre 3000 or at least OutKast need to release an album in the near future. Lately, 3000 is the one artist who has managed to rip every song to shreds. He has been outshining everyone who is in the vicinity of him. It is not even fair to the other artists who have to spit on the same track. His verse on “The Art of Storytellin’ Part 4” is a testament to this claim. Comments
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 written by jeff johnson , December 10, 2007 written by jeff johnson , December 10, 2007
man, i forgot....
Verbal Murder 2- Pete Rock ft. Common, Noreaga, and Big Pun Like They Used To Say (B-side to 1-9-9-9) yeah, Electric Circus was dope. I just hated that single and the fact that he was wearing knitted pants. Soulpower was unbelievable.
You left out:
1) Biggie- How could you leave him off the list!? His 2 albums is equal to most artists entire catalog. 2) Big Pun- career cut short by untimely death but 2 solid albums and a host of great features 3) Ice Cube- 2 classic solo albums and a classic NWA album. A host of features as well. I'm sure you forgot a few more as well. Yeah, Common is dope. Peace.
I definitely agree about Common & bad timing. It's funny that you mentioned Like Water For Chocolate being the point when Common started to get recognized by the masses. That was the first album that I heard in it's entirety from him. I was aware of him in the early 90's, but that was only due to I Used To Love H.E.R. I've heard about half of the Common tracks that you mentioned. I was actually listening to Verbal Murder on Pete Rock - Soul Survivor this past weekend. I'm going to look for the others that I have yet to hear. Good looks.
@ hiphop102 Big, is one of the best if not the best to ever do it. But, two albums simply isn't enough to mention him with others. Big Pun: Same as Big Ice Cube: This is arguable, but Cube fell back for a little while to jump start his career in the film industry. Plus, I just don't think the consistency from album to album is there for him. I'm sure I forgot a ton of other artists, I was just running some names off the top of my head. written by jeff johnson , December 11, 2007
I don't think Common can be matched in regards to consistency. I'm not saying that because he has been my favorite emcee for over 15 years, it's the honest truth. He came out in 1992 and is still here at the end of 07. Only other rapper than can say that is Snoop, but it aint like he didn't drop 2 dookie albums in a row. As far as consistent body of work, only Pac can really be matched up to him..but they dropped like 50 Makavelis after he died, so you know how that goes......
Biggie only really had Ready To Die for real. Life After Death had a little bit too much cheese on it. It got embraced a certain way because he passed away. Pun..I mean, when I first hear him rhyme on Firewater on Fat Joe's Jealous One's Envy album....I thought he was gonna be the dopest ever, but he dropped that Yeah Baby album and kinda tainted that. Sadly, he passed away soon after he recorded it. Ice Cube tho...Amerikkkas Most Wanted and Death Certificate are certified. I don't think there is any album out there more complete than Death Certificate...but after them two albums, Cube was only making great cameos and good songs. His albums started having a lot of skippable stuff. I mean Redman was on his way, as was E-40, Scarface..but they all kinda started slipping after their third album. Copyright 2007. All Rights Reserved.       |
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Yea, but I like Com's new album...he just got a lot of love songs on there. I'm not anti love, but Common don't drop bars and just spit like he used to. He's 35 though, so he's a lot more mature now I guess. He also has a daughter. He just comes soft a lot nowadys. thats all. But anyway, yo..i dunno if you have heard these Common joints...but if you are a fan...you seriously need 2 check for these.
The Remedy- Common & Q-Tip (Get On The Bus Sdtk)
Lately I've Been Thinking- Common feat. Sean Lett (America Is Dying Slowly (A.I.D.S.) Sdtk.)
Confusion- Just Ro ft. Common
Resurrection (Xtra P Remix)- Common feat. Large Pro on the beat
Play Dis (Mystic Voyage Mix)- Saukrates ft. Common
Maybe One Day- Brand Nubian ft. Common
The Bitch In Yoo (Original Mix)- Common dissing Westside Connection and others in general
High Expectations- Common (Soul In The Hole Sdtk.)
UNIverse At War- The Roots ft. Common
E = MC2- J Dilla feat. Common
Carhorn- Mark The 45 King ft. Common (Superappin Compilation)
Man, those are just a few. Common got just as many cameos and unreleased joints as Pac.