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Track Listings
| 1. Be (Intro) |
| 2. The Corner |
| 3. Go! |
| 4. Faithful |
| 5. Testify |
| 6. Love Is... |
| 7. Chi City |
| 8. The Food |
| 9. Real People |
| 10. They Say... |
| 11. It's Your World |
| 12. So Cool |
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Album Description
Chicago rapper Common returns with the album Be. Produced by Kanye West, highlights include "Go", "The Food", which is the first track West and Common, "The Corner" featuring the Last Poets and "Faithful" featuring Bilal and John Legend. There's also a guest appearance by singer/songwriter John Mayer.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really loved this CD, I've had it on my CD player since I got it. It's sexy, it's interesting, and it's intellectually stimulating. Being a female I think that this is one of the first male hip-hop albums I've listened to which really appreciates a woman's point of view on the world. And I don't care what all you other playa haters have said...Common is looking really good. The whole feel of the album is just so fresh and mature. The only big gripe I do have though is that the songs are a bit too short and the whole album is a bit too short as well. I would have liked 2 or 3 more tracks on it. Go out and get it if you haven't got it, and if you do have it keep pumping it so everyone else can go and get it. Good music should be heard by all, so that all that bad stuff that is out there can be diluted and done away with....
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I was initialy sceptical about Commons latest release but those fears were laid to rest after listening to this amazing album. I have been a fan of common for a while but after hearing his last effort 'electric circus' I beacame slightly disalusioned. I'm not a massive fan of Kanye West but his talents are clear form the fantastic production efforts on this album. Commons lyrical flow and content are up to his usual excellent standard. After so much poor hip hop from the U.S.(50 cent, the Game, Lil John etc.) promoting thugism on a continual level it is refreshing to here such a stand alone voice amongst the masses. Picking one great track is impossible as they are all great with artists such as John Legend, Bilal and of course Kanye making a their own contrbution. This is the hip hop album of 2005.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Common confused many purist hip hop heads with his previous lp Electric Circus, although it was excellent (in my view) it was clearly too experimental for most. "Be" sees Common returning to the Tribe Called Quest Tru School Hip Hop blueprint.
The production is perfect, courtesy of the ubiquitous Kanye West. The themes are "conscious" and this will most likely hold the album back from major commercial success. Nevertheless, this is a classic hip hop record, in the vein of Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest, Illmatic by Nas or Black On Both Sides by Mos Def. However, the way that Kanye infuses the album with gospel lends the album a spiritual feel that is contemporary and fresh rather than backward looking.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Be Perfect.
Common's rhymes may be slightly less raw with a slightly less B-Boy feel than those on "Like Water For Chocolate". However, this album is more personal and confessional. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Hip-Hop
Calm, Relaxing and Real Hip Hop
Being extremely late to the "Common" Scene, I have to say this album blew me away combining with deep rap and relaxing beats to produce something truely amazing. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Bradley Morse
One of the best albums ever!
This in my opinion is one of the best albums ever made. Commons smooth raps and jazz styled beats makes for sum great chillin music, especially during the summer with a BBQ on the... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Mr. David J. Runkee
Progressive Black Music
Easily the best Rap/HipHop CD I have bought since the early nineties,every track better than the last. Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2009 by dave copeland
Quality album
A lot's already been written by the other reviewers so I won't repeat them. This is a quality album with some standout tunes. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2006 by Dorje Mundle
Common has put the hip back into hip-hop
Well the rest of the reviewers have said it all. I heard about common from the radio DJ's.
I went to the record store and they had a 'buy one get one half price'... Read more
Published on 24 Dec 2005 by Mr. O. Odewale
Up there as one of the albums of the year
Oh yes what a great piece of music. This has been on constant play for the past 5 months. Common has stuck with one main producer on Be albeit the ubiquitous Kanye West and even... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2005 by acid_win
AWESOME
Having heard Common for the first time on the Zane Lowe show a few weeks back. I took an instant liking to the live tracks 'testify' and 'GO! Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2005
Back to the roots we go!
As common stated, he has gone round in a circle leaving the beginning, becoming the furthest away when he made electric circus.
He now says that he is back to the beginning! Read more
He now says that he is back to the beginning! Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2005 by Mrsghislaine C. Young
The City Of Wind
Yikes! I was planing on ignoring this album. At my own peril. Just gave it a spin an hour ago and the first thing that hits you is the soul. a lot of it. Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2005 by Mr. Oc Orjiekwe
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