Common’s fourth album is not just an exercise in the cerebral. Far from it. Sonically, it’s his most fully realized and dynamic album to date.
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The top-shelf lyricism and its creator’s attention to his craft displayed across ‘Resurrection’ has made it timeless, rightfully included among the greatest hip-hop albums ever made.
Read moreCommon’s ‘Electric Circus’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
Following the success of 2000’s ‘Like Water for Chocolate,’ Common spread his creative wings and recorded the most daring album of his career thus far.
Read moreCommon’s Debut Album ‘Can I Borrow a Dollar?’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
On his 1992 debut, Common wasn’t afraid to be the kind of rapper he wanted to be, rather than the formulaic rapper he could have conformed to become.
Read moreCommon’s ‘One Day It’ll All Make Sense’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
The Chicago-bred emcee’s third LP offers an intriguing look at the transition from the Common Sense of old to the Common we know today.
Read moreCommon’s ‘Finding Forever’ Turns 15 | Anniversary Retrospective
Greeted with a lukewarm critical reception upon its release, Common’s seventh studio affair warrants reevaluation within the broader context of the Chicago emcee’s prolific discography.
Read moreCommon’s ‘Be’ Turns 15 | Anniversary Retrospective
While Common went the experimental route on some of his previous offerings, with his sixth studio affair, he brought things back to the block and released one of the best albums of his career.
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