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Dunnnnleavy
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no matter how many wrongs they do...

Post by Dunnnnleavy »

Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Common still made "Respiration"...5/5 rapping, 5/5 hook, 5/5 beat.

one of the greatest hiphop tracks of all-time...agreed?

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Post by Bring Back The Tempo »

eh not really.

good track tho.

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Post by an-also »

pretty dope video too

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Post by Stoned Starks »

i think Common gets a life time pass, and Mos needs to make another stricly rap album, but Kweli gets no love from me. i just never dug his style that much.

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Post by oracle21 »

i would say its an above average track cause of the time period it came out in. it came in early 99 when mainstream had peoples minds and money. the song was a breath of fresh air as well the whole rawkus revolution at the time.

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Post by Dunnnnleavy »

damn...all these "just good" and "above average"s...i think it's flawless

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arguably one of the definitive songs of the late 90's underground movement.

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Post by kato »

one of the dopest hooks ever and common's verse is too ill...

"Yo...on The Amen, Corner I stood lookin at my former hood
Felt the spirit in the wind, knew my friend was gone for good
Threw dirt on the casket, the hurt, I couldn't mask it
Mixin down emotions, struggle I hadn't mastered
I coreograph seven steps to heaven
And hell, waiting to exhale and make the bread leavened
Veteran of a cold war It's Chica-I-go for
What I know or, what's known
So some days I take the bus home, just to touch home
From the crib I spend months gone
Sat by the window with a clutched dome listenin to shorties cuss long
Young girls with weak minds, but they butt strong
Tried to call, or at least beep the Lord, but didn't have a touch-tone
It's a dog-eat-dog world, you gotta mush on
Some of this land I must own
Outta the city, they want us gone
Tearin down the 'jects creatin plush homes
My circumstance is between Cabrini and Love Jones
Surrounded by hate, yet I love home
Ask my God how he thought travellin the world sound
Found it hard to imagine he hadn't been past downtown
It's deep, I heard the city breathe in its sleep
Of reality I touch, but for me it's hard to keep
Deep, I heard my man breathe in his sleep
Of reality I touch, but for me it's hard to keep
"

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Post by Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) »

All these dudes were always corny
song had a nice beat tho'.

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Post by clark bent »

one of the greatest hiphop tracks of all-time...agreed?

if youre talking about the remix then absolutely

the album version is a great song but not classic or an all-timer

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Post by Doogs »

Stoned Starks wrote:i think Common gets a life time pass
word.

and this song is the shit. Always my favorite track from that album.

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Post by Move Free »

a good track. a 4/5 track

one of the best songs in hiphop? no. and definately not classic.

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