Common - Nobody's Smiling

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:44 pm

blastmaster wrote:Be is watered down Starbucks rap for dads in subarus.

And you listen to trap shit in a Prius probably so I guess it evens out.

Neuro · Post by **Neuro** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:29 am

this new common is Good

wasnt expecting this

Neuro · Post by **Neuro** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:16 pm

on Common's BE, why did they put the live version of "The Food" instead of the studio version, it always seemed way out of place, the studio version is so much better and wouldve have flowed better as a whole

the live version should have been a bonus cut

step one · Post by **step one** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 6:22 pm

Agreed. Before I bought it I dl'd a version that had the studio one instead of the live one so that's out there somewhere.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:46 pm

live version is way better

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Sat Jul 26, 2014 1:42 am

so i listened to Common's new album. it's good and respectable, but it's not GREAT.

i wanted him to make it the modern version of what 'The Infamous' was for Queensbridge or something... really delve into the crime and violence, but he doesn't really touch on it too much. He kinda lets the guests MCs do it, but the guests are really actually sound-alikes to Nicki Minaj and Kanye, which is a little disappointing, as raw sounding as they are

his mind is kinda all over the place, but HE STILL CAN FUCKIN SPIT. that being said: i think this album officially represents the results of what it sounds like when an MC goes Hollywood, and then returns to hip hop. He sounds like he's kinda getting used to this rap thing again on some of the songs... but it's still more creative than 85% of the rap music out in 2014.

He does NOT sample Rakim on the title song 'Nobody's Smiling', which disappointed me, but besides that, he tried his best, all things considered.
You can hear the trouble and confusion and enlightenment and the hope in his soul on this album. I give him propers.

Post by **DJ1Mic** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:43 am

thinking about checking this out today finally... been stuck on the mega album

step one · Post by **step one** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:22 pm

Played the whole album start to finish today. It's good.
No real standouts initially but it's consistent throughout.

step one · Post by **step one** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 2:23 pm

Played the whole album start to finish today. It's good.
No real standouts initially but it's consistent throughout.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:35 pm

was planning to ignore this album but after hearing the single i am forced to give it a listen

be was ite. the corner is dope no taking that away.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:52 am

I must be trippin, aside from a couple tracks I thought this was garbage.

ric · Post by **ric** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:17 am

single is interesting....this still sounds like finding forever a bit though...so im like...........probably not as that is when i vowed to stop subjecting myself to the nonsense. i liked be and lwfc though. and i did like some stuff off electric circus.

in hindsight the reason why the dude didnt pop off is kind of obvious. not everybody digs a guy who has zero edge and yet tries to come to the knife fight with a variety of excuses for why his shit wont cut anybody but he still deserves to be on the team

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:13 am

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:26 pm

alpha wrote:I must be trippin, aside from a couple tracks I thought this was garbage.

Neuro · Post by **Neuro** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:41 am

i have always thought common needs a whole album produced by the roots

and i have always wondered why nobody else mentions this

step one · Post by **step one** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:30 am

No rapper needs a whole album produced by The Roots. Especially Black Thought.

stevieebola · Post by **stevieebola** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:07 am

For me easily his worst album . Would rather listen to electric circus .
Whats with this new trend of deliberately making beats as boring as fuck.

Neuro · Post by **Neuro** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:11 am

so are you saying UMC is better than this?

and of course electric circus is better. electric circus is dope as fuck , i never understood the E.C. hate

stevieebola · Post by **stevieebola** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:31 pm

Your right . I think I wiped UMC from my mind as I didn't like that either.

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:16 am

Finally got around to checking out the album and it was pretty good. Definitely better than I thought it would be. I liked the beats and Common's wordplay and content were strong as well. The guest features were good for the most part. I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:11 pm

Nice remix with a bonus Jay Electronica verse

https://soundcloud.com/thinkcommon/kingdom-remix-featuring-common-vince-staples-and-jay-electronica

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:18 am

So Jay Electronica is just recycling bits of older songs and piecing them together in new verses nowadays, huh.

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:45 pm

you know there's a problem when common comes off nicest on a remix

tho i like "this goes out to those that choose to use disrespectful views on original jews"

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:46 pm

I also like the "blasphemy" line by Jay Elec as well but ya, definitely not his strongest work.

Kace · Post by **Kace** » Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:11 pm

Yohan wrote:So Jay Electronica is just recycling bits of older songs and piecing them together in new verses nowadays, huh.

Which older songs specifically?

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