*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)

I can see people saying Com has 2 bad albums (Ec and UMC....and even those have fans on here from what).

From there it's a lot of albums where it's truly YMMV but no outright BAD albums....it's annoying where there's just dope and trash like there isn't an inbetween.

Personally, the only album I can say I did not like was EC, as I can only stand about 5 songs on it (Soul Power was my shit tho).

The new one seems like August Greene where I'm not gonna play it everyday for months, but I can let it run through and not listen to it again for awhile....to me that's Mid or 3-3.5 mics.

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not in the majority. did u like FF at all?

everything after that is a no for me

Damn near everybody peaks and then either puts out albums that are nowhere near their peak, or they stop putting out albums at all.

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To me the only albums I'd accept to be called outright "bad" are UMC (not even debatable IMO) and Finding Forever (which was more corny/hit and miss than outright "bad" to me).

He's got his classics or near-classics (Resurrection, LWFC, Be) and greats (One Day, Black America Again, there's an argument to be made for EC as well IMO) then a bunch of middle-of-the-road/below his standard of greatness efforts (CIBAD, TD/TB, Nobody's Smiling, August Greene, and this new joint).

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>To me the only albums I'd accept to be called outright "bad"
>are UMC (not even debatable IMO)


I can rock with that, but this post did remind me to listen to "Punch Drunk Love" tho. Still love that joint. I also liked 'Inhale', 'Announcement', 'Sex 4 Suga', 'Make My Day', and the title track. I always wanted 'Gladiator' to have a stronger beat and thought it coulda been pretty good but that beat was really weak. The bad songs were really bad tho lol... and I understand why folks wouldn't like 'Make My Day.' I don't hate the album tho, considering I like at least half of the songs on it even they aren't the most memorable.


>and Finding Forever (which
>was more corny/hit and miss than outright "bad" to me).


Yeah I don't think that album was bad at all.


>He's got his classics or near-classics (Resurrection, LWFC,
>Be) and greats (One Day, Black America Again, there's an
>argument to be made for EC as well IMO) then a bunch of
>middle-of-the-road/below his standard of greatness efforts
>(CIBAD, TD/TB, Nobody's Smiling, August Greene, and this new
>joint).


I haven't sat down and given this new one a good listen yet, but I pretty much agree except for EC. That's a classic to me idc lol... if only for how polarizing it still is. I just think it was both ahead of its time and too far from what most expected from Common. So much beauty in that album from the music to Common's sense of freedom. But I digress.

Overall, this post made me realize he doesn't have any "bad" albums according to my taste. Mainly because his love of and dedication to Hip Hop is always present in every one he makes.

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He had six good albums out of twelve, that's pretty good if you ask me, the rest of his catalog has good songs on not so good albums, this can be said for a LOT of rappers/emcees; it's kind of hard for a rap artist to keep making albums and have every one or every other one really good one that's listenable from beginning to end with only one or two skips on that album.

Nas, KRS-One, Ice Cube, Ghostface Killah, Jay-Z, etc., they have all reached their peak years ago but continue to put out albums just like how rock & jazz acts continue even if the public says their early albums is their best stuff but every once in a while they will put out something worth while.

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"I ORBITs the solar system, listenin..."

(C)Keith Murray, "

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You can recognize art as good without personally enjoying it. Or at least decide that an album is not bad per se, but just not for you. If you’re gonna argue that a critically acclaimed artist has 50% plus bad albums, you’re gonna have to make a better argument than just listing album titles. Otherwise this is just some edgelord bullshit

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I made a joke about one person lying

other than that I've been letting people live with their beliefs despite disagreeing. I find everything after Finding Forever to be bad, terms like "edgelord bullshit" are lame but such is the internet

To people like US, a record is a piece of history. A moment in time.
Most people don't get it.

I think One Day is okay, it’s overrated to me.
The production is mid as fuck.
Be is cool - I get why people think it’s classic, it’s not.
It’s strong but maybe 4th in his discography.
Black America was okay, I know some people like that one A LOT.
I think Dreamer / Believer is MUCH better. NoID crushes that shit.
Com is being quirky and having fun with his flow again on D/B.
UMC sucks. Can I sucks.
This new one is very soft like terry cloth.

Who woulda thought Com heard the Black Album and said
damn... maybe I should dumb it down and Jay really said, maybe I should start rhyming like Common Sense.

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Well said...and to me, the creative path Com took with "Electric Circus" was dope, still give it spins. Yeah, not all of it worked, but still dope....

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

Really tired of the "you don't get it narrative" about that album.

Joint didn't resonate widely. That's it.
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"To Each His Reach"

but.....

Fuck aliens.

an experiment with a few duds (I Got A Right To is inexcusable)

but he was rapping well on it

He didnt get better with time at music or rapping

go ahead, lie to me

I don't care what anybody says, it is.

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>Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992)
Fine for the time, even if he sounds like he's 14 on it.

>Resurrection (1994)

Great.

>One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)

Great.

>Like Water for Chocolate (2000)

Great.

>Electric Circus (2002)

Very good.

>Be (2005

Great.

>Finding Forever (2007)

Liked the beats. Did not like Common's performance.

>Universal Mind Control (2008)

Really didn't like this. And it was mostly because of Common's performance again.

>The Dreamer/The Believer (2011)

Great.

>Nobody's Smiling (2014)

Very good.

>Black America Again (2016)

Wasn't feeling this as much as many. Heart was in the right place though.

>Let Love (2019)

Yeah, really not feeling this one. And again, it's again on Common. Lyrically, he doesn't sound like he's really engaged at all. I understand, because he's full into his acting career. Good intentions and enlightened subject matter don't translate into good music if the execution is off.


>August Greene (with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins)
>(2018)

Honestly haven't heard this.


But, he has far more good to great albums than bad ones. And his great albums earn him a lot of lee-way. His output isn't what it used to be, but I'm find with chalking that up to the normal shit that MCs go through when they've been recording and releasing music for close to 30 years. And, morever, get into acting.

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>>The Dreamer/The Believer (2011)
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>Great.
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>>Nobody's Smiling (2014)
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>Very good.

>>August Greene (with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins)
>>(2018)
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>Honestly haven't heard this.

this wasnt very good

But I guess stupid is as stupid does.

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but.....

Fuck aliens.

...in #22, but I figured I'd chill and try to be diplomatic and address the thesis of the post. Serves me right, I guess.

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all those albums were good to fucking great. You're just being a dumbass

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>all those albums were good to fucking great. You're just
>being a dumbass

- you're not literally lying

- I disagreed so staunchly with your assessment that I jokingly described it as "lying on the internet for no reason"

All on Common. The beats I could feel working for someone else but he sounded bad on them.
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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

agreed
pretty insane track record IMO

i didnt like his 1st album.

his 2nd album was pretty good (really buoyed by 2 great singles).

everthing from odiams to ff ranges from really good to great...with the exception of ec (wasnt feeling it like the majority of people).

everything after that is pretty forgettable. especially by his previous standards.

the cocaine 80s stuff was really hit or miss too (even tho you didnt include that).

i used to be a huge common fan. one of my 1st few posts on here was a leak of one of his albums that i got straight out the studio lol. but dude has been sleepwalking for like a decade now.

>i used to be a huge common fan. one of my 1st few posts on
>here was a leak of one of his albums that i got straight out
>the studio lol. but dude has been sleepwalking for like a
>decade now.


Facts. The super lyricist is gone for good. He's coastin'....running on fumes now.

Nowadays I just want good songs and dial back on the corniness. His corniness meter is starting to go off the charts.

>Facts. The super lyricist is gone for good. He's
>coastin'....running on fumes now.

The super lyricist is not gone for good, just doesn't show his face nearly as often.

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>Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992) <-----GOOD (i liked it lol)
>Resurrection (1994) <-----GREAT
>One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997) <-----GREAT
>Like Water for Chocolate (2000) <-----GOOD
>Electric Circus (2002) <-----BAD
>Be (2005) <-----GOOD
>Finding Forever (2007) <-----BAD
>Universal Mind Control (2008) <-----BAD
>The Dreamer/The Believer (2011) <-----BAD
>Nobody's Smiling (2014) <----- never heard it
>Black America Again (2016) <----- never heard it
>Let Love (2019) <----- never heard it

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but yes

After Illmatic...it gets ugly quick...

>Studio Albums

Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992) - aight

Resurrection (1994) - really good *

One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997) - good

Like Water for Chocolate (2000) - great *

Electric Circus (2002) - good

Be (2005) - great *

Finding Forever (2007) - aight

Universal Mind Control (2008) - NO!

The Dreamer/The Believer (2011) - really good *

Nobody's Smiling (2014) - n/a

Black America Again (2016) - really good

Let Love (2019) - aight



>Collaborative albums

August Greene (with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins) (2018) - good *



* are my favorite albums of his

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About my people she was teachin' me..."

He could put out bad albums for the next 30 years and he's still legit.

maybe dont ask a subjective question if you're looking for an objective answer?

it's up there with anyone who would say Undun/and then you shoot your cousin compare to the rest of The Roots catalog

>it's up there with anyone who would say Undun/and then you
>shoot your cousin compare to the rest of The Roots catalog

sorry, you're not the arbiter of that shit. you're just not. SMH.
those are solid records, whether or not they are the records that YOU wanted out of them. Artists go thru phases. Not all phases are gonna hit with all listeners. But get off your snobby ass high horse jeez.

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here you go:

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"his views are highly subjective"
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I just didn't expect this much bias in favor of the guy

It's an opinion dude, not climate change denial. How are you telling people they can't enjoy/not enjoy music however they want.

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how else would you like me to word this?

Because that would be closer to bias if you are saying we like Common as a person and are therefore saying we like his music even though we actually do not.

Or, you could be saying that the fact that we like Common as a person is creating a 'halo effect' through which we only think we like his music. In this case, you are proposing that if another artist who was not Common made identical music (if such a thing were possible) we would not like that music.

Otherwise I would say it's not biased to have a different opinion about music from someone else.

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im a professional writer

again, how do you need me to word this?

>im a professional writer


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universal mind control was bad, and can I borrow a dollar was meh. everything else was good to classic.

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Can I Borrow A Dollar - meh

Ressurection - CLASSIC

ODIAMS - Very great

Like Water For Chocolate - CLASSIC

Electric Circus - Very good

Be - Near classic if not outright classic

Finding Forever - Good if not very good

Universal Mind Control - Bad

The Dreamer/The Believer - Good

Nobody's Smiling Good - but not quite as good as TD/TB

Black America Again - Near Classic

August Greene - Very good

Let Love - Very good


So yeah, this post is waaaaaaay off and not good at all. Common has a legendary discography. Far better than most.

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comments even prove it, no matter what the OP says.

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Lol

general consensus is Let Love is mediocre at best, so you might just be biased

end of story.

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The post premise was absurd (and I suspect disingenuous...) but the discussion has actually been good - it's cool to see where everyone slots Common's work, where the overlap is and where opinions diverge.

I'm about to go back and listen to Nobody's Smiling bc apparently I hold it higher esteem than most. On the other hand, someone called TDTB "great" and I remember it being ho-hum... good fodder for listening w/open ears and minds.

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I didn't make a statement. I formed a question, not knowing people here like the last decade of his career like that

mainly because im a Cocaine80s fanboy
and NoID helmed the whole thing with Fauntleroy on like half
so it really hit a sweet spot for me

So I also love that album and have always held it in high regard.

But it def could've benefited from a little trimming. "Sweet" was a weak ass attempt at being hard when the dude was damn near 40 - not to mention Comm was never all that hard to begin with. As a longtime stan I wish he'd gone about that whole situation in a very different way lol.

And "Blue Sky" was a meh attempt at imitating Kanye's "stadium" sound at the time which I thought came off as pretty contrived and unnatural for him.

There's another track or two that I think could've been dropped that I can't come up with right now but other than that, I thought it was a really dope record. "Ghetto Dreams" is some tremendous throwback ish, "Gold" is some vintage Comm lyricism, the opener is in line with some of his best, "Cloth" is a great tribute to his daughter, etc. There's a lot of high highs on that joint.

But like 3-4 songs could've been cut to make it near flawless IMO.

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tho i will say
after writing that post i put the record on otw home
i had never liked blue sky either, but relistening now im really digging it for some reason.

so sweet, def agree - but thats prob my only real consistent skipper at this point TBH

it was also the last Pops track, right? which makes it kinda special to me as well

>i had never liked blue sky either, but relistening now im
>really digging it for some reason.

In recent years when I've put that album on I've stopped skipping that song. I still think I could do without it but you're right, it's definitely grown on me as well.


>so sweet, def agree - but thats prob my only real consistent
>skipper at this point TBH
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>it was also the last Pops track, right? which makes it kinda
>special to me as well

Uhmmm I *think* he did a post-mortem Pop's Rap on "Nobody's Smiling" but don't quote me on that. But either way this one was a great one.

I forgot to mention "Celebrate" which I thought was a dope party track. Love a good piano loop. No ID rocked that album. Per usual.

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such a feel good song

Yea that song is straight joy/happiness for sure.

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that's the one that felt contrived to me. Loved sweet. that beat is cray. also liked blue sky a lot. ghetto dreams is dope too.

that's one of my fav albums of his. along with ec, lwfc, and black america.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

And Blue Sky.

I know a lot of people didn't like Celebrate but that beat is money.


>that's the one that felt contrived to me. Loved sweet. that
>beat is cray. also liked blue sky a lot. ghetto dreams is
>dope too.
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>that's one of my fav albums of his. along with ec, lwfc, and
>black america.

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I LOVE electric circus BTW. After finding forever I kinda lost interest. Outside of Universal Mind Control none of his albums after FF are trash, but they haven't really excited me either. They all just blend together after that.

That said I couldn't get through Let Love. I think it's ok to just have enough of an artist and not be interested. It's not really a judgement like he is wack now if I just don't check for his music.

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