Like Water for Chocolate is a hip hop Masterpiece. It was one of the most uplifting hip hop cd since Pete Rock and C.L Smooth's Mecca and the soul brother. I also think he took a lot of unneccessary flak for Electric Circus which was actually a damn good cd. Of course if you only think about the wacked out track jimi was a rock star with erykah badu of course you would think common was on some bohemian trip. Besides Come Close, the hustle, star 69, Soul Power, and between me,you, and liberation where he talks about aids and cancer. I actually liked electric circus better than be. Not to say be isn't good because it is but electric circus was more though provoking along the lines as like water for chocalate but not classic as that masterpiece. It makes me boiling mad when the majority of youth that listens to hip hop feel hip hop has to be ignorant and degrading to be accepting. That is why it took common a long time to be accepted. His association with fellow chicagoan with kanye west just made him more acceptable to the mainstream. So of course common has made the greatest hip hop comeback ever. He just came back from the damn bank? as well as making another classic cd finding forever. The thing is Common never left.

MsLegs said:

Do you have an independent thought of your own?


As I said somewhere else on this thread, I felt the same about Common before my experience.

Lothan said:

MsLegs said:

Thanks! You're the bee's knees, man!

phunkdaddy said:

- He went BoHo. His clothes and vibe told us that.
- He "never left," but he certainly "fell off" from his early-mid 90s debut.

Like Water for Chocolate is a hip hop Masterpiece. It was one of the most uplifting hip hop cd since Pete Rock and C.L Smooth's Mecca and the soul brother. I also think he took a lot of unneccessary flak for Electric Circus which was actually a damn good cd. Of course if you only think about the wacked out track jimi was a rock star with erykah badu of course you would think common was on some bohemian trip. Besides Come Close, the hustle, star 69, Soul Power, and between me,you, and liberation where he talks about aids and cancer. I actually liked electric circus better than be. Not to say be isn't good because it is but electric circus was more though provoking along the lines as like water for chocalate but not classic as that masterpiece. It makes me boiling mad when the majority of youth that listens to hip hop feel hip hop has to be ignorant and degrading to be accepting. That is why it took common a long time to be accepted. His association with fellow chicagoan with kanye west just made him more acceptable to the mainstream. So of course common has made the greatest hip hop comeback ever. He just came back from the damn bank? as well as making another classic cd finding forever. The thing is Common never left.

MsLegs said:

Do you have an independent thought of your own?


As I said somewhere else on this thread, I felt the same about Common before my experience.

Good God I love you!!!!! I never understood why this chick was so revered around here because all she does is co-sign shit and post emoticons....

phunkdaddy said:

yes sir! I totally agree. 'Electric Circus' is a freakin masterpiece. Like water.. was def. on another level.Especially the Fela interludes.'Like Water..' really gets good during the 2nd half, but its laced w/ a few to many n*#**@'s for my taste. Kind of took away from the lyrics, but thats just my opinion. 'Electric Circus' was Comm's game on 10, backed by tracks that highlighted just how nice my headphones can sound.'Heaven Somewhere' is flawless! As for 'Finding Forever'..Its cool. Sounds like a natural progression to 'Be'. Its good to see Common getting the success that he's enjoying right now. He def. deserves it.
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Lothan said:

Good God I love you!!!!! I never understood why this chick was so revered around here because all she does is co-sign shit and post emoticons....Anywho to get back to the thread, Common is not making a comeback because it's true he hasn't gone anywhere. I do dislike the fact that it took an association with Kanye to get him the recognition he's always deserved. Electric Circus is one of the most artistic hip-hop albums ever released (as well as Q-Tip's still unreleased Kamaal the Abstract), yet Andre 3000 got all the accolades in 2003. I enjoy Be and Finding Forever a lot, however, I do hope that Com will go back to pushing the envelope musically as well as lyrically.

bsk3601 said:

Diarrhea of mouth flows freely under multiple aliaes in the UK I see switchhitter. The Org is for adults not for gossiping men possing as a girl in a high school locker room. Cheers mate over the Atlantic!

MsLegs said:

I don't know what the fuck you're talking about and I'm pretty sure that you don't either. What the fuck is an aliaes? Latin for alien? The org non-Prince music forum is SUPPOSED to be about intelligent music discussion...and STILL you don't have shit to say or contribute to this thread.

Quick without Googling, name all 7 of Common's albums and who produced them:

Until then, I'll continue to watch as you cosign for shit that you have no REAL knowledge of.

MsLegs said:

I don't know what the fuck you're talking about and I'm pretty sure that you don't either. What the fuck is an aliaes? Latin for alien? The org non-Prince music forum is SUPPOSED to be about intelligent music discussion...and STILL you don't have shit to say or contribute to this thread.

bsk3601 said:

Ah how cute. The heeled switch hitter in the UK is angry and trying to act like a big man by trying to curse me online. Switchhitter just save all that noise for one of your hags, put on your drag and heels for tonight show in the UK, and face it that you've made yourself look bad by logging in under multiple post and not standing up for yourself like a man. Why don't you just say fuck it and come out the closet like Elton and George Micheal and you'll save yourself alot of grieve and then you won't have to take your misery out on the Org, the Quake or other places on the net Switchhitter. Quit the fucking masquerade.
[Edited 8/9/07 10:48am]

MsLegs said:

Sometimes, people who get banned should stay banned.

Lothan said:

It's funny when heeled one in UK gets called up on his slick shit then he wants everything to censored to protect him when he does his dirt. Ain't that a bitch. Switchhitter you're damn sure not fooling the public or the org.

Anywho to get back to the thread, Common is not making a comeback because it's true he hasn't gone anywhere. I do dislike the fact that it took an association with Kanye to get him the recognition he's always deserved. Electric Circus is one of the most artistic hip-hop albums ever released (as well as Q-Tip's still unreleased Kamaal the Abstract), yet Andre 3000 got all the accolades in 2003. I enjoy Be and Finding Forever a lot, however, I do hope that Com will go back to pushing the envelope musically as well as lyrically.

bsk3601 said:

Ah how cute. The heeled switch hitter in the UK is angry and trying to act like a big man by trying to curse me online. Switchhitter just save all that noise for one of your hags, put on your drag and heels for tonight show in the UK, and face it that you've made yourself look bad by logging in under multiple post and not standing up for yourself like a man. Why don't you just say fuck it and come out the closet like Elton and George Micheal and you'll save yourself alot of grieve and then you won't have to take your misery out on the Org, the Quake or other places on the net Switchhitter. Quit the fucking masquerade.
[Edited 8/9/07 10:48am]

Making a comeback doesn't always mean you vanished, just that you weren't living up to your previous hype, that's all.

Making a comeback doesn't always mean you vanished, just that you weren't living up to your previous hype, that's all.

go Common?

unkemptpueblo said:

MsLegs said:

I was just waiting for things to get back on topic, I guess. But hey, dont stop on my account. I've got all day

MuthaFunka said:

Essentially, its all about having your career regain the momentium .

MuthaFunka said:

I guess that's where I disagree. I think One Day It'll All Make Sense, Like Water for Chocolate and Electric Circus lived up to the hype... even though 2 of those albums were released on major labels, Common was still relying on his underground following. Hell, add Resurrection to that list too. Common didn't even become "popular" until he signed with Kanye. Nobody shitted on him as hard when he was doing Coke commmercials with Mya because he still didn't have mass appeal. He was still one of the best MCs out there. I just wouldn't call this interest in him a comeback. I think good music was just falling upon deaf ears. Unfortunately it took an association with Kanye for people to REALLY take notice.

I never thought Common Sense went anywhere. I always considered him an undeground artist that has slowly gained mainstream attention. Therefore, I don't think there was a "comeback"
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bsk3601 said:

But that's exactly what a comeback is in this case: A resurgence/rise of an artist to the masses.

Undergrounders know the artist but the mass population doesn't.

Hell, I just saw him on ESPN the other day rapping!

He's got movie deals now. THAT'S a ressurection of a career. (Maybe he should have dropped THAT album now huh? )

MuthaFunka said:

Common did not start off popular, go underground and then do a resurgence or ressurection. Hell, if he were truly popular now, this last album surely would have sold more than 150K+.