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Common - BE

5 - A hip hop classic
4
4%
4 - It knocks and Common steps his game up
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47%
3 - Save for a few joints, a dope effort
38
34%
2 - Better than Electric Circus, but only by a small margin
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8%
1 - The Corner is its only redeeming value
4
4%
0 - Wackness
4
4%
 
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It's for a review I am considering writing for a friend's site.

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I know about the topic HustleCrowe did up, I need something more quantitative for my own reasons.

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Post by bringinoutbangerz »

My only qualm is that it ends way too soon.

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3.

good overall, but a couple songs i skip...

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Post by Spartan »

It knocks and Common steps his game up

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Post by Combo7 »

the Wiper wrote:3.

good overall, but a couple songs i skip...

Yup.

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bringinoutbangerz wrote:My only qualm is that it ends way too soon.
my feelings as well. it got a four from me.

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Post by Funk Docta Bombay »

4 although I'd call it close to 4.5 on some days. I dunno what I'll think of it in 6 months but right now I'm really enjoying it more than any of his albums since One Day it'll all make sense.

its a dope album. it won't won't change the world but its nice to see Comm over these beats. Taken for what it is its nicer than any other major label album I've heard this year.

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Post by ackbar »

2.5 - a couple of joints i like

might grow into a 3 after i listen to it a few more times.

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Post by michaelE »

Combo7 wrote:
the Wiper wrote:3.

good overall, but a couple songs i skip...

Yup.

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Post by enock root »

i hooked it up with a 3. its closer to a 3.5 though.

better than everything but ressurrection and one day...

and am i the only one that thinks like water for chocolate is insanely overrated?
maybe i frequent the okayplayer boards too much.

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4

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Post by kafka's toilet paper »

2, though it's closer to 2.5

and lwfc is at least a 4

if i had to choose between sixth sense as a song and electric circus and be as a 2LP package, i'd choose sixth sense.
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3 - Save for a few joints, a dope effort

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Post by shopvack »

anyone who votes a 0 needs to post.

cause i bet they never even listened to the whole thing.

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Post by Combo7 »

shopvack wrote:
bringinoutbangerz wrote:My only qualm is that it ends way too soon.
my feelings as well. it got a four from me.

I'd actually prefer if more artists started decreasing the length of their albums. Eleven is a pretty good number of tracks to have.

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I went 4.
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Post by RacquetballGangsta »

i say 3, but i dont know if its better than EC. maybe im one of the only people that liked electric circus, but...the music on their was bad as shit. comm was in ultra gay mode most of the time, but i just listen to that album for the beats...it was some crazy p-funk, badu, sly and the family stone, james brown, stereolab morphed shit..i love it, except for that joint with jill scott.
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RacquetballGangsta wrote:i say 3, but i dont know if its better than EC. maybe im one of the only people that liked electric circus, but...the music on their was bad as shit. comm was in ultra gay mode most of the time, but i just listen to that album for the beats...it was some crazy p-funk, badu, sly and the family stone, james brown, stereolab morphed shit..i love it, except for that joint with jill scott.
Word. I even like the joint with Jill Scott. Outstanding production. Com is pretty much superfulous on that album.

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Post by shopvack »

Combo7 wrote:
shopvack wrote:
bringinoutbangerz wrote:My only qualm is that it ends way too soon.
my feelings as well. it got a four from me.

I'd actually prefer if more artists started decreasing the length of their albums. Eleven is a pretty good number of tracks to have.
thats a good point, but i still feel its too short. i think it stems from the uniform sound kanye's production gives it--it all blends together nicely, which is a good thing, but it feels like it goes by too quick.

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Post by Moolah »

After 1 listen, I give it a 4.

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Post by intuition »

i went with four, but it's more like a powerful 3.5, but too good to just be a 3.

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Post by zygmontone »

shopvack wrote:
bringinoutbangerz wrote:My only qualm is that it ends way too soon.
my feelings as well. it got a four from me.

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Post by Cyn0zure »

4 people on this board are downright haters...reveal yourself...

i gave it a 4

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Post by HopeLess »

A strong 4.

And I dug LWFC alot too.

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Post by Kid B »

Y'all average it out to a B-
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Post by Useff »

4, but not a high 4.

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Post by oracle21 »

3, this album like every album that comes out is overhyped

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Post by Primus »

cant see how this cant at least get a four, definently one of the best things out right now and probably this year. im glad kayne came thru with some ill beats but probably one to many of the chipmunk voices.

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beats-good but too much on some

flows-various throughtout the album that works well with the beat

overall 4
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Post by Cash Rulz »

the Wiper wrote:3.

good overall, but a couple songs i skip...
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