>I recall Common talking about how No ID
>pushed him to bring it harder on tracks,
>because Com was coming weak on his first
>takes.

Yea I remember reading this around the time The Dreamer/The Believer dropped. Comm said NoID is the sole reason "Ghetto Dreams" came out as dope as it did. NoID challenged him to rhyme like the young, hungry Chicago kid and Comm came with it in response.


>Reading No ID talk about how he
>basically played therapist to Jay as he
>opened up, then pushed him to tell WHY
>he wanted a Picasso or boxing him in
>using the sample. He says he can't take
>credit for Jay saying what he wanted to
>say, but it sounds like he's responsible
>for us not getting run-of-the mill Jay-Z
>lyrics and him bringing us another layer
>of honesty.