"Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense...

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But I did five mill' - I ain't been rhymin like Common since." - Jay-Z


At one point in time from like 94' to 2000 Common use to be one of the most best lyricist in Hip Hop. In fact, he use to be one of my favorites lyricist. Breh had a unique way of flowing lyrically yet poetically.


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Both him and Canibus were dropping quotables left and right in this joint. The one line that always gets me is the one where Common goes "Relaxed like Dru Down's hair"

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[Jone2three45]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQfq62N_Jxs

 

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One of his most overlooked songs is this joint (A Film Called Pimp) with MC Lyte, where he plays a pimp in the song:

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And of course, his most well known classic:

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[Obtain Knowledge]

That gif is hilarious!

 

[Chris Mauro]

Com fell off but Com in his prime (Resurrection to Finding forever) is one of my top 15 rappers of all time.


Damn shame he let Pharell produce the bulk of that one album which fukked his his career.



Pharell is fukking garbage, dude specializes in hit or miss mainstream hits, and isn't good at producing quality material album cut tracks........If Pusha had of been rapping on Kanye beats for the last 10 yrs instead Neptunes he'd be bigger than he is now

 

[KilabeatZ]

Don't forget:

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[SpacelySprockets]

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[Abstract83]

ya gonna act like the dreamer/the believer was a wack album. shyt is slept on and over looked. To me umc is his only wack album.

 

[MikeBrownsJob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ebutx-Fww

How do you disrespect a dude like Common? The great thing about Common is he's always come across like that cool introspective older brother everyone wish they had. You trippin breh. Common is that nygga

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[eMDee92i]

ya gonna act like the dreamer/the believer was a wack album. shyt is slept on and over looked. To me umc is his only wack album.

That shyt was fire. I remember the reaction to Blue Sky when it dropped back on the , I 've never seen such an overwhelmingly positive reaction. nikkas was losing their minds.

James Fauntleroy murdered that album, matter fact it was pretty much a Cocaine 80s album if you ask me

 

[Rani]

Com fell off but Com in his prime (Resurrection to Finding forever) is one of my top 15 rappers of all time.


Damn shame he let Pharell produce the bulk of that one album which fukked his his career.



Pharell is fukking garbage, dude specializes in hit or miss mainstream hits, and isn't good at producing quality material album cut tracks........If Pusha had of been rapping on Kanye beats for the last 10 yrs instead Neptunes he'd be bigger than he is now

that pharrell album was a total trainwreck but to be honest common fell off the wagon since "Be" for me

 

[SwagKingKong]

Resurrection, One Day It'll All Make Sense, Like Water For Chocolate, Be, Finding Forever and The Dreamer/Believer are all great albums.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Common is still that dude as The Dreamer/Believer shows. Had a few missteps but he's in my top 10.