>But while Resurrection doesn't have the creative angle those
>two have, what it DOES have is incredibly dense lyricism and
>wordplay. This was just brought up in a post recently: to
>this day, I listen to that album and pick up lyrical nuances
>and wordplay that Common used that I never noticed before.
>And even the ones I already picked up on get me going to this
>day. I still rewind parts of verses and laugh to myself while
>listening to all that wordplay, it's just so damn fun and
>impressive lyrically.

This is part of the reason why it's so painful for me to listen to Common these days. He either got lazy, or tried to dumb down for his audience to double his dollars...and still failed. His delivery is slow as shit, his punchlines don't really hit anymore, and his spirituality and insights are not as sophisticated as he thinks they are...some of it sounds like 8th grade poetry to me.