Me and my homeboy was having a convo about Common not too long ago and I always felt that Common was a top 5 rapper, IMO he has the best catalog in rap next to Nas...yes I think Common's catalog is better than Jay-Z's...and what make matters worse Nas and Common is about to do an album together so that's another classic album on the way
IMO he's the best lyrical rapper, lyrically his skills are flawless...he has 3 classics to me, his first 3 albums were dope as hell to me..wasn't to keen on Encore and Relapse, recovery was a good album.