http://www.mcarecords.com/MCAImageUpload/52406-Full.jpg

Its.....

Different.

It's...

garbage.

tell me he doesnt..

OK! You aint never lied. I saw him in DC, for that $2 MTV thing and I could've sworn I had the exact outfit he had on in my wardrobe. Including the hat!!! What the hell is up wit that? And that cover, man what did E. Badu do to my man?

... same shit she did to Andre... the womens be havin' mad effect on brothas behind closed doors...

common is my dawg, but the album cover is hot garbage...that nigga look like suge knight!

Bin Laden?!? Is he a rapper now? He's gonna wanna be an actor after that.

Sike naw. Dan was gonna make this post yesterday, but I was like, "Nah, let's hold off" So much for that. God Bless the internet.

B.Kyle

i like the colours and the style of the letters but that bald head scares me!
except for live shows we always see him covering his head ll style.
i think it would be cooler if he was just one of the guys in the backround

if this is seriously the cover art for the new album, AND "I Got a Right Ta" is on the album, I think I'm actually going to have to think twice about buying it. I nevere thought a day would come when I would not buy an album from this man... but it seems this day may actually happen...

because of the cover?

other than the son of sam look on his face, the cover is fire.



(updated 10/22)

Jack Benson - "the sound of love"
featuring "give me your..."
album coming valentines day 2003
Executive Producer: Von Pea

LISTEN TO MY MUSIC!!
http://members.blackplanet.com/Von_P/#

von pea - "OFF THE RECORD"
the production EP
featuring tracks originally destined for "the producers" album
coming in 2003

i actually like it... it looks "funky" and kinda matches the title to me...but hopefully they will leave Got a right ta of the album...pease...
how about startin a petition against i got a right ta????
Okay don't pay attention to the last shit...
i'm out

but hopefully they will leave Got a right ta
>of the album...pease...
>how about startin a petition against i got a right ta????

werd, i'm down for that, please Com, leave "I Got A Right Ta" off the album, let it become a "hard-to-finder", youknow? PLEASE leave this song off the album.

Dec 10, 2002 - Release Date.
Yea, ok, whatever, MCA.

i'm feeling that shit...

www.mp3.com/afra_behn

It kinda reminds me of one of the Beatles album covers - I think it's OK, but his bald dome is kinda scary, I agree.

On Resurrection, "Probably in about 7 years, I won't have no hair."

This cover is hot!!!! It's "Midnight Marauders" revisited. I can see this in the stores, and people looking at it like "whatdafuckizthis?" Double takes are good, and Common already has the people's ear ("The Light"). The cover is definitely better than Kweli's (even though I'm buying that too). Electric Circus is on some next shit, and I'm sucking it all up.

on point. One of you guys said it before. It looks like midnight mauruders revisited + sgt. pepper on acid + some isaac hayes cover. hot buttered soul???
I love it. And I like I got a Right ta a lot: "hiphop is changin, you want me to stay the same", says it all.

>sgt. pepper on acid +

I gets the funny feeling that the lads who made Sgt. Pepper might have actually dabbled in the psychadelic drugs themselves once or twice...

I will buy that album regardless of what it looks like...surely that is a secondary issue when compared to content. I'll be the first to admit that it looks strange and his facial expression is a little disturbing, but look y'all it's his album - he can do what he wants. And yes, I agree it is very Midnight Marauders reminiscent. If we started judging music via album art just think how many rap albums would never sell. As for "I got a Right Ta" I think it grows on you with repeat play. It is jangling when you first hear it and feels out of step with the Common of old (The Mary J track is more like it...some "The Light Pt.2" type shit) The question here is whether "I got a Right Ta" is out of sync with the rest of the album? If not, then why drop it? The job of the artist is to challenge is audience - obviously some of you find this joint too challenging!








"Time alone, oh time will tell....dem think dem in heaven but dem livin' in hell" Bob Marley

"And even after all my logic and my theory I add a muthafucka so you ig'nant niggaz hear me." Lauryn Hill

maybe i need 2 see a bigger picture...but this one just has me sayin...."oookay?"..... good thing it's not indicative of what's inside cuz i thing it's gonna be bannanas

I'm also not feelin this. I don't think I like the direction Comm and the Roots are going in. This is sad news.

BTW, I think "I Got A Right Ta" is just a B-side for one of the singles (maybe "Come Close To Me") not on the album (Thank the Lawd).





Peace and Love
-Ren

you can see more details. i'm feelin the album's direction, although "i got a right ta" was not my thing. i'm optimistic like a mafucca

just wondering.
i can understand how "i got a right ta" will throw y'all off.


but the cover is sick.
is there something that i'm missing?

i mean i already told y'all this shit aint what you expecting--but y'all can judge albums based on cover art all of a sudden?

I can judge an album by it's cover

THe less Ja Rule on the cover....teh better




Was up people? Just gettin set for the Jelly filled tour. Keep your eyes open for the Do'h Nuts, we gonna bring it to you live on stage. Comin straight out ever Green Terrace, Springfeild. Can’t no one bring this shit to yo like the Do’h Nuts, we bring you that real shit. Wit my nigga Carl Carlson on bass, Lenny hititn the keys, Barney Gumble on the drums,the Lyrical stylins of Homer "Mr. Plow" Simpson, and me your man DJ Lardlad. " -DJ Lardlad, off the 2003 Jelly Filled, Hip Hop tour. Featuring Dj Comic Book Guy and Sea Captain McCallester, Senor Burns and the Isotopes, The Krusty the Klown Break Dancers, and the Headliners "Do'h Nuts" featuring DJ Lardlad. Coming to rock a stage near you.

Who's that handsome devil in the top right hand corner of the collage?

i personally got no beef with the cover, long as the album smacks me clear across my head, i'm fine. it's due time for a rollercoaster hip-hop album. "Come Close To Me" is fresh, just please leave "i got a right ta" off.

It's pretty dope..I'm liking it. But like Quest said..I buy music for the music not for the cover art. I can't wait till December 10th..

PEEP THE SITE!!!

>It's pretty dope..I'm liking it. But like Quest said..I buy
>music for the music not for the cover art. I can't wait till
>December 10th..

true, who really gives a shit about the cover if the music's dope. the phrenology cover is classic to me

I mean If it's a fuckin DMX cd and it's got fuckin Puppies, Rainbows, and Unicorns that aint right

In someways it can show the Artist's creativity

Like the cover for things fall apart was cool(the riot thing was genuis), Train of Thought had a nice cover(it reminded me of when I actually got to live in a real city0

It doesnt make the music cook, but I mean for someoen that has never heard of the artist it can help that guy buy the album if teh cover is cool


Was up people? Just gettin set for the Jelly filled tour. Keep your eyes open for the Do'h Nuts, we gonna bring it to you live on stage. Comin straight out ever Green Terrace, Springfeild. Can’t no one bring this shit to yo like the Do’h Nuts, we bring you that real shit. Wit my nigga Carl Carlson on bass, Lenny hititn the keys, Barney Gumble on the drums,the Lyrical stylins of Homer "Mr. Plow" Simpson, and me your man DJ Lardlad. " -DJ Lardlad, off the 2003 Jelly Filled, Hip Hop tour. Featuring Dj Comic Book Guy and Sea Captain McCallester, Senor Burns and the Isotopes, The Krusty the Klown Break Dancers, and the Headliners "Do'h Nuts" featuring DJ Lardlad. Coming to rock a stage near you.

you'll see more details and get a better feel for it

Wish i ahd powerpoint

but from what I see I like it anyway


Was up people? Just gettin set for the Jelly filled tour. Keep your eyes open for the Do'h Nuts, we gonna bring it to you live on stage. Comin straight out ever Green Terrace, Springfeild. Can’t no one bring this shit to yo like the Do’h Nuts, we bring you that real shit. Wit my nigga Carl Carlson on bass, Lenny hititn the keys, Barney Gumble on the drums,the Lyrical stylins of Homer "Mr. Plow" Simpson, and me your man DJ Lardlad. " -DJ Lardlad, off the 2003 Jelly Filled, Hip Hop tour. Featuring Dj Comic Book Guy and Sea Captain McCallester, Senor Burns and the Isotopes, The Krusty the Klown Break Dancers, and the Headliners "Do'h Nuts" featuring DJ Lardlad. Coming to rock a stage near you.

I've gotta agree: A tight album cover can't make up for a crappy album, but it does make a difference.
In the same way, a crappy album cover isin't indicative of a bad album.

It's hot.. and different..

This reminds me so much of the Midnight Marauders cover..I don't know how someone can't like it..

Oh..and who are ya'll seeing on the cover..
So far I've noticed:

Erykah Badu
Stevie Wonder
?uest
Afeni Shakur

jimi hendrix
bilal
q-tip

I noticed Bob Dylan on there too.

?uest
d
badu
pharrel
is that mc hammer? lol
farrakhan????
cee lo?
alicia keys?
im blind then a mother fucker.
mary
chad
miles?
dj dummy???
fuck it my eyes hurt.

>This reminds me so much of the Midnight Marauders cover..I
>don't know how someone can't like it..
>

Actually I don't like the cover for MM either.

::shrugs::





Peace and Love
-Ren

i smell a new avatar.



(updated 10/22)

Jack Benson - "the sound of love"
featuring "give me your..."
album coming valentines day 2003
Executive Producer: Von Pea

LISTEN TO MY MUSIC!!
http://members.blackplanet.com/Von_P/#

von pea - "OFF THE RECORD"
the production EP
featuring tracks originally destined for "the producers" album
coming in 2003

lol

Hopefully the album will be tight...

.

Scariest guy in the world. Psychedelic Suge.

a little weird seeing com with no hat on, but otherwise good cover

would go great with that cover.

curshing them all with the songs listed on it

hahaha...great comedy against my lil autumn depression...

And now...the ever-changing sig...

"The ornaments look pretty, but they're pulling down the branches of the tree."
--John McCrea (Cake)

Here's an excerpt from a conversation between Jack White (White Stripes) and Beck from Interview Magazine...

JW - I think when rappers freestyle, it's like speaking in tongues, because it's going by so quickly and ideas are forming--it's like running as fast as you can through barricades and tires, you know?

B - Like boot camps. You can't stumble or fall.

JW - There should be freestyle boot camps.

B - I think there are. On the streets, my friend.

aim: cflartey

al_sharp...proud member of The Illgaluminati

although some 6 year old kid will look through his older brother's cd collection and be scarred for life!

i really like the concept of the cover, and the colors and all that. but i can't stop laughing when i look at that look on common's face. i wonder what's going through his mind right there.

Personally, i think this cover is awesome.


But I wish he would stop worrying about image and give us some goddamn good music.


I don't diss the man for his clothes, i think they're cool.
same with the album cover.

but if he would give us some music thats as mindblowing as its hyped up to be, i would be happy.

I like it. It's a cross betwen Midnight and Sgt Peps.

?

huh?

will there be different versions of the cover?

blaow!

this'll make random folks buy the album. wonder what it'll sound like. hope it has more hip-hop appeal than the two songs that've been posted round these parts.

j/k

anyway its amusing

very dark, but very whimsical

much much much better than Talib's plain jane shit

you can actually see who's who ...

but, ... you know how we like to tease

look out for that on monday

we all have wallpaper features on our computers

but that probably didnt dawn upon you

(just joshing)

...
he said "joshing"

An indexed silhouette of all the cover faces somewhere (Inside the credits, online, anywhere). That'd be cool.

The highlight of the cover is, without any doubt, Pharrell's sporting of the meshback NERD hat.

like the ali vs superman comic book from the 70's

but i will say this much, its seeming like he's taking calculated efforts to become different as of late. as if being b-boy/conscious/sensitive lover/hard mc just got too boring for him. its no secret that image matters a lot when you're in the spotlight, and people go through changes hopefully which doesnt affect the quality of his art. we've been told the sound will be different, now the question is will it be good or bad?

common has his core audience of bohemian coffee house women who will love anything he puts out no matter what because he represents their "king". the ones who cant name anything other than retrospect for life, the light and maybe the ghetto heaven remix. i've purchased his stuff not because Im supposed to but because I liked a majority of the music. lets hope he isnt just left with the abstract crew holding him down after this effort

Nothing. It just goes to show that
you can't please everyone nor do I
think Common gives an eff about
trying.

Anyone who possesses a modicum of knowledge
about music and it's history knows how
significant good album cover art is, e.g.,
refer to Miles Davis or The Roots, etc.
The aesthetic quality of the album cover can-
not be understated.

If you cats were expecting Common to
rock a pair of Gazelles and pose in a
B-Boy stance, in the foreground of a
graffiti covered brick wall on this cover,
forget it and get over it. The days of
Resurrection are over with and there is
little room for nostalgia when you are
in a process of continual artistic and
spiritual development.

I keep reading that some cats are not gonna
purchase Common's latest work because he
doesn't file his fingernails properly or his
beard is too thick. Well, bye-bye, see ya!
Don't let the door hit ya in the ass! Go listen
to Jurassic 5 or something. As for the rest of us,
we are exited about Cornbread pushing the envelope
and we have no time to reminisce.

and now for these:
"sitting
shotgun
with eternity
in a
stolen car
she's
rockin' rings around eyes and fingers
my sighs linger
with personal ghosts
blank faces hold host
to things i tried to
make myself forget"
- hunuh



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"You're running and you're running and you're running away, but you can't run away from yourself" - Robert Nesta Marley

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I like Comm, but to be honest, I'm not feelin' "I Got a Right Ta" or his pose. But if I could make some people out, I might like the cover.

"Ooo, ee, walla walla bing-bang" Ludacris

who would get cut out?

I said "make some people out", as in I couldn't really tell who they were. I'm not able to enlarge on my work computer. That, coupled with my poor vision, makes it hard to see.

"Ooo, ee, walla walla bing-bang" Ludacris

I found Waldo and Tupac!!!! Do I get the hand-knitted elbow pads by shaka givins?

I hate to say it but I like the cover.

;'

.
.
it will get noticed.

but so did that girl in high school with the green mohawk and the old prom dress.

lol.

That's the weirdest shit I've ever seen.

that's sayin something

Other than the baldhead the covers hot sure it might scare off people who don't know his music but to hell with them cause if you only buy CDs base on cover then we'd be missing out on alot of great music.

BTW this is my firt post, hopefully one of many

At first the cover kinda threw me off but on second look its kidna dope. Is that chris webber in the bottom right hand corner a couple of heads above his shoulder?

I think the cover is doing it's job. It'll make you do a double take, as previously mentioned, and people are talking about it. Negative or positive....it's started a buzz.

On these boards at least.

Peace.

i like it. it's cool remind me of the midnight maruders cd, but instead he seems to have all his influences on it. it's cool. do it common

i saw a white cat...school me on the influence.

I think that white cat is Bob Dylan. I dont think i need to explain the influence you stupid fuck.

just becuz u stroke to bob dylan music dont mean i do...if i offended u my bad, so i guess u do need to explain.

peace,

ajax

I like the cover, cool & creepy. As for yall hatin' on "I got a right ta"...why, the shit is hot. Beat is simple but knockin' and the style is soooo ressurection. He's just giving everyone a taste of where he was and where he's going. I don't know, you all have different tastes in music and that's cool, but I wondering by yall hatin' on "got a right ta"...makes me think you became common fans after he was forced to drop the sence in his name. You'll be the same folks returning the album. I'm ready for it.

i got a right ta isnt can i borrow a dollar
it isnt resurrection
it isnt one day it'll all make sense
it isnt like water for chocolate

its an experiment. this has been reported as an album of him thinking outside the box, i hope we're ready for it

it's just my doctor who said:
youngin...your hears are bleeding since you always bumbed that shit by my nigga common...it's better to stay a way from that joint, cause the synthy horns are secret weapons from saddam to kill all young brave men and women...

nah.. i just don't like that beat... it sounds like...like... some dumbed down european techno, new wave Berlin punk/pop shit... i already got enough of this kinda ish around my "hood"

i like it....
common seems to take it to the extreme as of lately..
with extremes comes risk.....people either love it or hate it
im lovin it
common going out on a limb....it will prolly cost him some fans though

COMMON YOU LITTLE BITCH

HOW YOU GONNA FRONT AND ACT LIKE YO UNCLE SUGE DIDNT INFLUENCE YOU

YOU GOT A PICTURE OF LIL WAYNE ON THAT SHYT ON THE FAR RIGHT AND YOU KNOW HE BEEN DISSIN MY NIGGA JUVENILE

**PUFFS CIGAR**

YOUD BETTER CHANGE UP YOUR FRUITY ASS COVER AND ADD ONE BIG SUGE AND ONE JUVENILE TO THAT SHYT BEFORE I SEND SOME OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICERS TO SLAP DOWN YOUR ASS.

I really love everything you stand for, Sir.

it's generic...

much love,
Kyle

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"but why oh why do you feel you need to take over the world when you already rule? " ~ calamity june

and thats that.

Common = The Black Richard Simmons

I know everyone can't be like Nature, but what is going on with this man. He looks like a skinny Uncle Phil. It must be Baduizm.

but the color pallete is all wrong and the execution is all wrong

its kind of disapointing to see artist i like have to suffer through this stuff cause i allways assume you guys have top notch people doing your art direction and concepts if not I would be putting in bids to do it myself

anywa that doesnt mean the album isnt gonna be dope

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QC04.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

peace,

ajax

The idea is good (although far from original), but it looks like it was put together by a colour blind 5 year old with 1 arm ...

Wrong colours and the pics look like they've been cut out with a pair of rusty scissors and simply pasted on top of each other.

Imagine how terrible this'll look in it's full vinyl album sleeve glory ...

If this was inspired by Midnight Marauders it's NOT a tribute, but more a diss.

Now I don't judge an album by its cover, so it won't affect how much I like it or not, but I always figured that artists try to have their sleeve reflecting the vibe of the album ... which makes me wonder ...

But I get the impression some artists in the Soulquarian camp are trying to be different just for the sake of being different. Instead of focusing on just doing their thing and not worrying so much what people will think.





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Yea, I'm feeling the overall idea that was used here. It definitely is cohesive with the title of the album, and possibly with the music(i havent heard enough to make that assumption)
My first reaction was ughhhh but as i look at it, it's growing on me. Now i say just take that cover and give it some sort of hands on effect as if its been sitting in the back of a goodwill for 3 years.
I would say that my main beef is just that picture of common with his "i just pooped my pants" face.
Who designed this thing anyways?

with all the background faces...i dig it.

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about whether or not
hairstyle terminology is
offensive. Can we possibly
form an activist group to
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offended by the name of a
hairstyle then either kill
yourself or stomp a
shovelfull of dogshit down
the guy's throat that said it
- do anything but get a
general consensus on whether
or not you should be offended
or how you should act.



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nice concept, colour scheme a bit bootleg canal street feeling.

intriguing the title leaves so much open to imagery and imagination

were the other roughs and concepts more illustrious ?

thwe who's who is a nice way to show a foundation visually for the music.

hmmmmm


www.metroyard.com

www.jsan.com

soon come

onedrop

brilliant!

damn this shit is gonna be wack

this cover sucks yall, a nigga learns photoshop and they ready to take over the world

"if i dont like it, i dont lke it, that dont mean that i'm hatin'" - Common

I like that shit! Most hip hop album artwork is so whack everyone on some play it safe bullshit fuck all the haters!

its cool though

At least it is different from the generic Hip Hop album cover.

is this some midnight marauders type shit? that nigga look like a light skinnded isaac hayes lol. im feelin it.

....if u think otherwise, shove it up your azz!

movie line: who's damn mutt is this?
it's my damn mutt!

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That joint looks like some ole' 70's soul record!!!!

Most of you young ignorant fucks don't know shit about that....that's why your not feeling it. Because most of you haven't taken time to get into music beyond the 80's.....shit probably the 90's. Most of your first "Hip-Hop" albums was Dr. Dre's the Chronic.

Sorry to just wild-out like that, but people on here just piss me off sometimes. Even if you know music, and see what he was tryin to do with the cover art.....regardless if you like it or not.....your going to atleast appreciate his attempt.

cosign, these puppies mayne.....

------------------------------
"Some say I'm too deep, I'm in too deep to sleep" Common

"Dem say dem clean, but dem still ah flex dutty
Say dem ah nuh no dog and still live like puppy
How you nuh love badness, but still you ah chuck it
from you diss Capleton, yuh unlucky" Capleton

"It is important to understand that in reality we don't learn how to grow spritually. We learn how to remove the impediments to the coming to the foreground of our submerged divine self." Ra Un Nefer Amen

The album will be available in 4 different background colors so y'all can mix 'n match with your friends!

And the album will be coming out Dec 10.

LG
Mark 11:24

..com or whoever made this should stay away from adobe next time around! peace.

funny how ms. badu stands out amongst the crowd....

its the baduizm baby

something form the 70s or 60s soul or jazz albums
peace

someone did a good job.


me.
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look again. man, that they even dare to call it cover 'art'.. what's the world coming to.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002UAU.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

com look like SUGE KNIGHT (skinny version of him)..i think y'all should use another pic of him...8)

*ducks*

Aw, COME ON! Let's GROW, folks!

*ducks again*

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i'm diggin it too now that i see it with more definition.... just wanted 2 throw shit