Common is overrated as ****

[KingsOfKings]

 

[Greenhornet]

reading this thread made me realize ... its not common thats overrated

its his fans

when I listen to common, I love it... when you listen to his fans
they try to make you listen to his worst shyt and come up with reasons why its "actually the best"
and you just get this cycle of convo over the worst sample of Common

 

[nieman]

I'm a Com Sense fan but Can I Borrow a Dollar is ehhhhh, I HATE Like Water for Chocolate (cept 6th Sense) and you can't even discuss Universal Mind Control or Electric Circus.

So you have Resurrection which is a good album, One Day It'll All Make Sense, Be.

I'm up in the air on Dreamer/Believer and Finding Forever. He's right about where he should be, a solid career.

In the past 10 years, I listen to Dreamer/Believer, Finding Forever a lot more. I also like Nobody Smiling and Black America Again.

He's pretty much become forgotten as a rapper. But he still only has 2 wack albums - Electric Circus & Universal Mind Control. I still don't like Like Water...hell, my 20+ yr old CD is still in pristine condition, but for those that do, I won't say it's wack...just not for me. Actually he has one of the better discographies

 

[Ziggiy]

Common is one of the most purely talented rappers of all time. If you’ve seen his love show dude is truly the essence of Hip Hop


Top 5 in my opinion

 

[Solomon Lurke]

Common is far from overrated I just think he’s one of those artists that needs to work closely with a producer to give him the sonic direction. He dropped dope projects when with NoID, Kanye and Dilla.

 

[White City Black]

Common is far from overrated I just think he’s one of those artists that needs to work closely with a producer to give him the sonic direction. He dropped dope projects when with NoID, Kanye and Dilla.

I agree with this. He’s one of my faves, and like another one of mine…Nas…I think an entire album of theirs is at its optimal performance when there’s one primary producer on it, and the whole thing has a cohesive feel and sound

 

[LevelUp]