Common's Be is not a good album

[Ukbrotha]

I love this album. A great album even though LWFC was better.

 

[Super Cheech]

 

[CrimsonTider]

I'm wholly convinced people blow this album out of proportion because of Kanye's meteoric rise and Chappelle's Show popularity happening at the same time when it released.

Album is softer than fresh shyt

I agree with this part, but it is still a good album.

Listening to it now, there was nothing particularly mind blowing about the album. The beats were dope. The lyrics were dope. It was consistent and cohesive. A lot of people felt this was a classic. I'm not one of those people.

This album is more about the Kanye Wave at that time than it was about Common

 

[VegetasHairline]

What a stupid fukking thread, I see why your rep is -1,320...


Wait let me make that -1,330 for you

I just made it -6,260!

 

[Mastamimd]

Double

 

[Won Won]

1K posts
-6K rep

 

[ILLMMORTAL]

That fukking album catapulted Commons rap career to another level! fukk you mean nikka?

 

[Rhyme 4 Rhyme]

3.5/5 for me. Very good album. Never thought much more or less than this over the years, desptie the hype. On par with FF but behind Resurrection In terms of Common's discography.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

This album is more about the Kanye Wave at that time than it was about Common

It was about Kanye cause he was on an amazing run and about Common cause it was a major resurgence for him coming off of such a left-field experimental type album like Electric Circus. You were 8 in 2005, and you’re also a white woman, so you can’t fairly speak on this at all.

 

[julesocean]

I loved it, the intro alone is just iconic, the beats are my favorite type of sound from Ye, the only exception is 'Real People' and maybe 'Your World' to me is kinda boring beat. Wish the Food was studio version, it was released later on a random Source compilation I think but kinda takes you out of it despite being a great song.

 

[Jigganaut]

I'm wholly convinced people blow this album out of proportion because of Kanye's meteoric rise and Chappelle's Show popularity happening at the same time when it released.

Album is softer than fresh shyt

Bruh where are you people from you nikkas don't be black and I can tell.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Album is classic. Period.

But I've been listening to Common since '92, so while I love Be, it's still not my favorite album from him, or his best work, in my opinion. His best sh*t is still Resurrection. There are no skips on that album, at all. Whole thing plays perfectly from the first track to the last. One Day It'll All Make Sense is his second best project. From '94-'97, he couldn't miss with No ID at the helm. Their chemistry at that time was on some Pete Rock and CL type sh*t.

Be is probably his third best album.

 

[Budda]

Classic album, it wasn’t just about the production, Faithful for example is one of the most profound songs in rap.

 

[Zero]

Bruh where are you people from you nikkas don't be black and I can tell.

Norfolk nikka

Everybody ain't checking for this Charmin ass album breh...deal with it

 

[Jigganaut]

Norfolk nikka

Everybody ain't checking for this Charmin ass album breh...deal with it

Bruh you from Norfolk and got a mf doom picture. Now I listen to doom and I lived in the 757 for like 13 years and can tell you different.