You gotta remember that Ahmir is a musician and is talking in terms of production. Just cause you got caught up Common's words and vibes on those albums dont mean they are "Perfect Albums", great hiphop, not perfect (maybe Classic to you as a listener). I love his last two albums, but i know that Common is a great "artist" of a caliber that he would be able to come off on any production and still make that shit grow on his followers. You may feel that No ID's beats accented Commons words perfectly cause you got that whole shit memmorized, just think! Look at "Love Of My Life" thats common on some higher caliber production.<P>He's a great MC, wack production wouldnt stop Common at this point in his carrer, he's versatile and has built a great following. My point is, isolate Common from the Beats on these too albums and listen, then maybe you can see the production standpoint Ahmir is addressing.<P>I personally, cant wait to hear some more great minds work on Common's Music to see what they bring out of the man's music.<P><BR>Sheldon Mar"Quez" Rankin<BR><a href="http://www.sheldon.bored.org" target="_blank">http://www.sheldon.bored.org<;/a><P>"oh lawd Quez is here, okayplayer will never be the same" ---- some wise man<P>"The truth is, my crew is, the smoothest spitters of saliva juices like The Roots is, More Organic than acoustics" ---- Talib Kweli<BR>