Question, do nikkas really fukk with Commons music?

[Scarface sniffin cocaine]

I'm a common fan

His lyrical approach and topics early in his career made me open my ears and mind

He deserves one more

 

[The God Poster]

Don't really know any straight males that listen to him to be honest.

I do post that video with Mary j blige where is showing signs to that deaf chick on my Facebook wall for the ladies every now and then.

Cacnada Drake stans y'all

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Common is 4th on my GOAT list.

Exceptional lyricist, I mean just look at Resurrection.

He also has one of the best bodies of work in hip-hop. 3 classics in Resurrection, LWFC and Be. Then you have the amazing One Day It'll All Make Sense, and really underrated albums like Finding Forever and his debut Can I Borrow a Dollar? If you cannot at least respect his contributions to hip-hop, then you don't deserve to listen to the genre.

 

[bigmac]

I always say I'm quite annoyed that the Stay Schemin/Sweet beef clouded his album release because The Dreamer/Believer was an incredible album. Some amazing records on there I remember that shyt vividly.

Finding Forever too

 

[mobbinfms]

Common is 4th on my GOAT list.

Exceptional lyricist, I mean just look at Resurrection.

He also has one of the best bodies of work in hip-hop. 3 classics in Resurrection, LWFC and Be. Then you have the amazing One Day It'll All Make Sense, and really underrated albums like Finding Forever and his debut Can I Borrow a Dollar? If you cannot at least respect his contributions to hip-hop, then you don't deserve to listen to the genre.

Post your GOAT list.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

@mobbinfms

I can give you a definitive top 5 but I'll try 10 as well.

1. Ghostface Killah
2. Jay-Z
3. Ice Cube
4. Common
5. Redman
6. Big Boi
7. Rakim
8. Kool G Rap
9. Scarface
10. Idk who to put here, maybe MF DOOM

Inb4 all the salt over no Nas or Pac or Biggie or whatever. I value body of work/discography more than anything else so I think my list reflects that. Because you can talk about lyrical and stylistic preferences all you want, but what do you have to show for it? That's what matters to me.

 

[mobbinfms]

@mobbinfms

I can give you a definitive top 5 but I'll try 10 as well.

1. Ghostface Killah
2. Jay-Z
3. Ice Cube
4. Common
5. Redman
6. Big Boi
7. Rakim
8. Kool G Rap
9. Scarface
10. Idk who to put here, maybe MF DOOM

Inb4 all the salt over no Nas or Pac or Biggie or whatever. I value body of work/discography more than anything else so I think my list reflects that. Because you can talk about lyrical and stylistic preferences all you want, but what do you have to show for it? That's what matters to me.

Where's Inspectah Deck?
Solid list though

 

[SirBiatch]

Or isn't just some shyt people say just because it sounds good? I fukk with some of shyt like The Light, The Corner his guest verse on Respiration off Blackstar but by in large everytime I hear this nikka his shyt doesn't move me. Not saying Common Is wack but everytime I see nikkas refer to him as some hip hop Legend I pull a .Is common a legend because he stuck around for 20 years on some Kevin Willis shyt or am I missing something? Maybe some old head can school me.

I feel you. I used to think Common was corny back in the day until I actually matured and did my research. The vast majority of his greatest work came out 2000 and prior.

Some examples are "6th Sense", which is already posted.

Try these 5 tracks:

Common - Resurrection (Large Pro remix). Dope ass beat, great flow and the whole thing is one giant quotable. Great video too. Epitome of 'real hip hop'.



Common - 1999. INCREDIBLE beat, and Common slays it. Also full of quotables.



Common - Invocation. A different style. You might fukk with this.



Common - Communism. DOPE beat, and a dream for wordplay fans. Peep how he uses "com" to drop crazy rhymes.



and finally Common - I Used to Love HER. super classic, and probably his most known track.



If you don't like any of those tracks, Common aint for you.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Where's Inspectah Deck?
Solid list though

lmao no way I can put INS on a list as much as I love him.

Truthfully though, he isn't even my favourite, GZA is. I mean there's about 4 Wu members I love on equal footing, including Ghost who I consider the GOAT.

Thanks man.

 

[bobbiewishbone]

 

[born2bewired]

he has classics. he battled ice cube. he might dress like he just left the banana republic but dude is a legend.

 

[PhonZhi]

Common is one of the most poetic and lyrically gifted rappers ever. Depends on what type of person you are to get into an artist like Com

 

[K_dot_Mac]

How could you not fukk with his music though

He's a pretty decent actor too

 

[noondawg]

over here in London we always throw on Be...just smooth as fukk

 

[the cac mamba]

he has classics. he battled ice cube. he might dress like he just left the banana republic but dude is a legend.

pure hip hop moment