Common - Be (Appreciation Thread)

Pervis

one of the best releases of the 2000's

intlligent rhymes
soulful production
classic album


whole shit is flawless and not a single weak track


(released in 2005)




















"A black figure, in the middle of chaos and gun fire
So many raps about rims, I'm surprised niccas ain't become tyres"

achewon87

2nd favorite Common album after Resurrection. I agree on the flawless, I rarely skip a track on this album.

"The present is a gift/And I just want to Be"

BlackGerald

Classic

DMTxCannabis

*appreciates*

Imo, Be is the second best album of 2005, with LR being the first.. it's also a top ten Rap album of the 2000s as far as I'm concerned..

The Food >>>

international

*appreciates*

Shyt is a classic!

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088

Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize that I'm gonna learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'm gonna do it, I gotta change the world through her

Man from the minute I heard that intro I knew this shit was going to be great. CLASSIC... and the replay value was great also, never gets old.

nujerz84

Chicity

Album of the yr 2005 IMO

Elzo69Revolutions

I remember having the bootleg like 2 months early...then buying 5 copies of it ...true classic...

DMTxCannabis

"and you say @Chicity" lol..

Bcotton5

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088 wrote: »

Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize that I'm gonna learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'm gonna do it, I gotta change the world through her

Man from the minute I heard that intro I knew this shit was going to be great. CLASSIC... and the replay value was great also, never gets old.

lol I just posted this yesterday in the what are you listening to thread

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088

Chicity wrote: »

Album of the yr 2005 IMO

man i can't even decide between that and Late Registration. Shit the minstrel show, the documentary, and The Carter II came out in 05' also, dope year...

Chicity

DMTxCannabis wrote: »

"and you say @Chicity" lol..

lol my shit.
Absolutely stole it for my SN

t_m_a_c_f_a_n73088 wrote: »

Chicity wrote: »

Album of the yr 2005 IMO

man i can't even decide between that and Late Registration. Shit the minstrel show, the documentary, and The Carter II came out in 05' also, dope year...

Man, they yr was cray good with albums
I think What's the game been missing dropped that yr also.

Thought Juelz was gonna take over

1of1

Pure fire. I probably knew damn near every word on this album, and the production was flawless...Kanye, J Dilla

Perfect intro to an album
Real People
It's Your World...I use to zone out listening to that.

MorganFreemanKing

how did this not make it into the thread?

stupot0607

Classic, soulful Kanye beats, J Dilla's greatest beat. insightful lyrics. Beautiful hip hop music. 5/5 classic

CJ

Top 5 DOA

Go back & forward on my GOAT between Com, Jay & Nas all the time.

starvin

Sounds so soulful don't you agree ! dope abum

Mr.LV

Damn this is one of my favorite albums when i was in high school and late registration damn time flies.Honestly I think this is common's best album.

Jeremyiahest83

My top 5 favorite album all time.. "it's your world" is that sh*t.

Ounceman

Even tho I think resurrection and like water for chocolate was better this was still a very dope album. Much respect

icecoldstew

Dope album but I must say it literally has put me to sleep before.

Lou Cypher

Used to listen to this album all the damn time. Played it for a couple months atleast once a day, have it on every Ipod ive owned since it came out.

Not an album that i can just listen to one or two tracks off, this is like an album you have to listen to in its entirety. Then he made Finding Forever and that one felt like a part 2 to this album, GOAT back to back albums.

Mister B.

Honestly, I look at Be as the last universally accepted classic Hip-Hop album.

Everything else that has been deemed "classic" since has been subject to debate. not Be, though. Shit was ill.

TayJone

no doubt a classic. if only i could find the disc somewhere.

Lou Cypher

Truth Writer wrote: »

Honestly, I look at Be as the last universally accepted classic Hip-Hop album.

Everything else that has been deemed "classic" is subject to debate. not Be, though. Shit was ill.

How did you feel about The Dreamer, The Believer? i thought it was a really good album but some tracks lacked the replay value like this album has, Literally skipped no songs on Be but skipped like 3 or 4 on Dreamer.