6. "I always personally hated the talk of Common being gone" In response to In response to 0
i guess im just not really a proponent of the "you're only as good as your last record" mentality... although i do understand why people say that. Also, I liked EC just because it was interesting and unlike anything I had heard before it. Plus, if you listen to it... lyrically, Com puts it down on that album. I always just looked at it is, well that's one piece of art from Common and whatever he comes with next will be something different again. Whether it be more like his earlier stuff or something as envelope pushing as EC. It's too bad that in this industry, it doesn't at all work like that.