Common - Be
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Track List: Be
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- Be (Intro)Download & Buy
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Album Details: Be
- Release Date:
- 05/24/2005
- Label:
- Geffen Records
- UPC:
- 602498818626
User Reviews: Be
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Its Just Common Sence!!!
, June 3, 2005Reviewer: mgat01 - See all mgat01's reviews -
what we all thought he could do
, May 25, 2005Reviewer: Kenster - See all Kenster's reviews2 of 2 Yahoo! Users found this Be review helpfulPros: remembering when you first herd Be
Cons: why isnt the hiphop world not doing work like this
This album is a classic no more no less. Common has done it. He has put together the hiphop classic album we all knew he could do. Its kinda like you knew that one day he was going to do it. Some artist you know will put together a hiphop classic but its only a select few. Now Common's "Be" will be that album we all say where were you when you first herd...................
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Pro Reviews: Be
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Electric Circus cost and won Common some fans. It was very exploratory, especially so for a rap album released in 2002, containing developments some of which soared, some of which sank that few longtime followers could have foreseen. Listeners either felt Common was picking up fresh, new inspirations, or that he was just being distracted by a whole lot of illfitting nonsense. With Be, it seems the MC has realized that not every album that's sprawling and eclectic is as good as Electric Ladyland or Songs in the Key of Life. More notably, he might've been struck with the fact that a high percentage of excellent albums are around 40 minutes in length and are built on a unified sound. Be is highly concentrated, containing 11 songs and involving two producers and a small number of guests. It's a 180 degree turn from Electric Circus, and in a bizarre way it's both a progression and a backtobasics move. Kanye West and Dilla are key to the album's steadiness, rooting the sound in '70s soul and souljazz. That's no shakeup, but the two producers deserve some form of award for stringing together a consistent sequence of productions that is never monotonous, dull, or all that flashy. Even lead single "The Corner," heard well before Be's release, falls into the fabric of the album on first listen, as if that were where it belonged all along. Lyrically, Common comes back down to Earth the narratives are sharp as ever, the gripes are more like observations than screeds, and the eccentricities need to be teased out rather than swatted away. Be isn't likely to be referred to by anyone as groundbreaking, but it's one of Common's best, and it's also one of the most tightly constructed albums of any form within recent memory. - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide |
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Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obl...Full Common Biography
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Pros: Be
Cons: The Best Album Out
This is the best CD I have heard since BluePrint1. Common has done it, there isnt another artist that can put a album out like this. Im talking about real hip-hop, not jewelry rap. Common deserves 5 mics