Common Sense - Resurrection (CD)

Chi-town's illest

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 11, 2006

Pros: Fresh, without tarnish

Cons: develop your own

If response to a previous reveiw -yes, in some songs Common may have had adopted some rhyme styles of others but you have to remember artists are infuenced by others they grew up with or admire. It's not noticeable enough to warrant him guilty of biting off others' style.

You are not a true hip hop fan if you have not soaked in every ounce of this classic.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 2, 2005

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 1, 2005

Undeniable Hip Hop Classic

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 23, 2004

Pros: Everything about this album

Cons: None

First off, dude that said "I Used To Love HER" is a west coast diss is a complete boob (not that it took me that far into his/her review to figure that out; the early statement about "biting" rhymes from LL, Ultramag, etc. pretty much made that obvious -- I just wanted to put that out there for all of you morons who took it as a west coast diss; I'd unscramble my friggin' brain and give it another listen if I was you).

Now that I've gotten that out of the way, lemme put it down for real. This is the greatest Hip Hop record that's ever come out of Chicago. Ironic that I write this now, it came out ten years ago yesterday (9/22/94; don't pay attention to the top of the page, yahoo always lists release dates on New Year's Day when they only have the year correct). You can talk all day about "College Dropout", "Kamikaze", "Adrenaline Rush", "Funkadafied", etc. This is the album that legitimized Chicago Hip Hop. We wouldn't have ANY national recognition if not for this one right here.

Lemme say that if you're just NOW hearing this for the first time, you might complain that some of the rhymes sound dated or weak by today's standards. THE ALBUM CAME OUT TEN YEARS AGO FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!!! That said, they're still miles ahead of a lot of today's hottest "lyricists'"
; best material. Stylewise, you might be in for a shock, too. Those of you neo-soul hippies who only know Common from his modern day image (like, say, from the beginning of his courtship of Erykah Badu 'til now; weird wardrobe and everything) won't be familiar with this. Rash was a different person back then. He wasn't as "progressive" back then as he is now. He was a straight up, raw dog, southside Chicago cat. Typical dude from 87th & Stoney. He wasn't quite a misogynist, but he wasn't afraid to say things that most of us say about women when they aren't around either. He wasn't a thug, but he wasn't a punk either (not that you are now, Rash...I'm just sayin'). He was also heavy into double meanings with his lines ("I got goals and I can like a pop machine" for example). Before there was Rawkus, before there was Koch, before there was an independant Hip Hop label for every molecule a prostitute can inhale in her average breath, this is what "backpackers" listened to (before they were backpackers and before they were self-righteous Hip Hop geeks who swore they knew everything about the culture and believed they should govern it).

All I can say is that it's classic '90s Hip Hop. Around the same time "Illmatic", "Midnight Marauders", "93 til Infinity", "...36 Chambers" and "Do You Want More" were out, this was one of those albums that reflected the time. This is every bit as good as all of the above mentioned....with a Chicago twist.

i still love h.e.r.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 16, 2002

just got done posting for common's new disc and thought back to this one for a quick sec. so much so, i had to buy it again. if you want hip hop at it's TRUEST- right before the roots blew up, right before mos def and talib were even thought of, when J5 were so underground you needed a compass and mining equipment to find them - there was common sense. buy this classic and remember why you used to love h.e.r. and why you always will. peace.

Classic

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 11, 2002

My favorite album of all time, next too "Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient".

One of the greatest Hip-hop albums

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 21, 2001

of all time. A masterpiece without all of today's bull!

Different.

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 19, 2000 | 0 out of 1 found this Resurrection review helpful

Yeah,Yeah, I got mixed feelings about this. The beats are tight. The rhyme style is original, but some of the rhymes aren't. On this album I noticed that Common Sense bit rhymes from LL Cool J, Ultramagnetic MC's, and the Jungle Brothers. Sometimes Common Sense sounds like a common racist. I never like that. I Used To Love H.E.R. was a real good song. It was an obvious dis aimed at west coast rap, but when Ice Cube and company got mad Common denied the rumors. This is probably the best Common Sense or Common (same person) album out. If you don't own any of his stuff, and your intrested in his music, I suggest that you buy this one.

This Is A Classic. Where Are The Common

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 9, 2000 | 1 out of 1 found this Resurrection review helpful

This album is a classic. Check out "I Used To Love H.E.R." to see what I mean. The lyrics and production on Resurrection is close to flawless. Pick this one up now.