And that’s what’s making them uninteresting to me. Some call this lukewarm shit bad.
Dude is technically too good to be a bad rhymer. Got access to the best musicians too.
But the blandness just makes it come off not good at all.
The guy’s been Hollywood and happy for quite some time now.
It translates into his live shows too.
I’m not mad at that. His music just doesn’t grab me anymore tho.

>At the risk of stating the obvious lol. Cuz I'm a huge Common
>fan.
>
>But as someone mentioned above, it's moreso that his most
>recent work (save Black America Again) is just UBER bland. The
>production is uninspiring, his lyrics and flow aren't as sharp
>(save some moments here and there), etc. It's more
>"uninteresting" than it is bad.
>
>CIBAD - fine
>Resurrection - classic
>ODIAMS - classic
>LWFC - classic
>Electric Circus - really good
>Be - borderline classic
>Finding Forever - fine
>UMC - BAD
>TD/TB - pretty damn good
>Nobody's Smiling - boring, but fine
>Black America Again - really really good
>Let Love - boring, but fine
>
>
>>*throws smoke bomb and runs*
>>
>>this is from Wikipedia
>>
>>Studio albums
>>Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992)
>>Resurrection (1994)
>>One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)
>>Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
>>Electric Circus (2002)
>>Be (2005)
>>Finding Forever (2007)
>>Universal Mind Control (2008)
>>The Dreamer/The Believer (2011)
>>Nobody's Smiling (2014)
>>Black America Again (2016)
>>Let Love (2019)
>>
>>Collaborative albums
>>August Greene (with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins)
>>(2018)
>