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Hmmmm...Maybe Pete pushes the artist formerly known as Sense to bring some motivated/non-sleepy time lyrics? Moderately hyped to see the outcome...

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Pete/Skyzoo is one of my favorite albums of the last 5 years or so. Pete’s definitely still got it.

I haven’t been all that into Common in awhile, but hearing him over my favorite producer definitely has me interested.

.. have been ultra redundant. Lot of slow-jazzy production (which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just in smaller doses) so I'm hoping Pete laces Comm with some bangers that'll better fit his lyricism.

Last great Common album was Black America Again and it's because it had a lot of hype, diverse sonic landscapes.

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That dropped two years after Black America Again

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Which was mostly produced by Riggins and Glasper.

Don't get me wrong, I liked those albums well enough. I just thought they were a little one-note sonically.

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and go into his personal life. Man wrote a bio, he needs more of that in his music. Tell some stories about all these women he gets in relationships that don't seem to last long. Talk about dating Tiffany Haddish.

The older he gets, the less personal his music has gotten.

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"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

>and go into his personal life. Man wrote a bio, he needs
>more of that in his music. Tell some stories about all these
>women he gets in relationships that don't seem to last long.
>Talk about dating Tiffany Haddish.

"Let Love" was a suuuuuper personal album. He even disclosed that he'd been sexually abused as a young kid. In fact, that album was billed as a companion piece to the very bio you mentioned.

That album didn't really hit with anyone (IMO it had a couple of high highs but was otherwise pretty unremarkable). But that knock on him isn't particularly fair or true.

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to be clear, I was never sexually abused, but that album is very emotional, and everything else really connected with me.

Also, love Beautiful Revolution Pt 2, thought Pt 1 was meh.

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Cuz the content is definitely remarkable, he dug super deep.

And the more I think about it the more I remember liking a lot of songs from that album, overall. Gotta revisit I guess.

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It is A LOT better than I recalled.


Very solid. A couple tracks could be cut and a few cringe lines, but this the case with literally every Common release- and I'm a huge fan.


Much better that I remembered.

I'm willing to bet if we all went back and listened to the Common catalog it's far more hits than misses.

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I think his only true dud is UMC.

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Common seems to go in cycles: hitting high for an album or two, then fade a bit to middling/lower tier work for a few, then hit high again. He's about due for one of his harder hitting records and I wouldn't be surprised if Pete brings it out.

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>Common seems to go in cycles: hitting high for an album or
>two, then fade a bit to middling/lower tier work for a few,
>then hit high again. He's about due for one of his harder
>hitting records and I wouldn't be surprised if Pete brings it
>out.

Exactly re: Pete. That's what No ID did for him on Dreamer/Believer after the Kanye collab got stale.

Then what Riggins and Glasper did on Black America Again after the No ID reunion got a little stale.

I'm expecting Pete to do *that* thing for him now that the Riggins/Glasper thing has gotten *very* stale. Reinvigorate him a bit.

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They’re talking about it being a 90s sounding album.

The Skyzoo “It’s All Good” beat was actually made in ‘94, and it’s amazing. Com would sound great on that too if he had that beat. https://youtu.be/1F_aeJFo20I?si=n9BAj1nYk_V3Lxym

And that “Return of the SP1200” was all beats that Pete made in the 90s.

He pulling more of them out of the stash, or just making new beats with that “sound”?

That Skyzoo/Pete project was one of the best releases of the 10 years or so...rare to be able to rock a full project front to back these days. A personal classic...

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

>That Skyzoo/Pete project was one of the best releases of the
>10 years or so...rare to be able to rock a full project front
>to back these days. A personal classic...
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need to check it out

definitely looking forward to this collaboration

sounds like grown folks hiphop

... Not sure if accurate but if it sees the light of day, I'd certainly give it a spin.

meh if this is 2000s pete rock

but ain't no way I'm not excited for a Pete Rock-helmed Common Sense album I don't care what decade it is

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Cuz we know how these types of things usually go. Comm mentioning it in a one off, random interview and Pete re-posting the clip from that interview, in and of itself, doesn't evoke a ton of confidence IMO haha.

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...it's going thru sample clearances before we get concrete info.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYQOzvxJdE/?img_index=1

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Cuz I haven't truly felt a Com album in probably 10-15 years.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C2dN9-NRGgC/?igsh=MTAzaXJzNHo2YXFoOA==

that was an SP

When Common came with The Resurrection, I saw him as a new and improved CL Smooth for some reason. CL 2.0, if you will. Different styles, but within the same vein or continuum. Nowadays, I would put somebody like Blu in that lane.

should be decent. But seriously Petestrumentals, UN era work, Com would smoke those beats. The only thing that could go wrong is if either person is too thirsty to do something unexpected.

>should be decent. But seriously Petestrumentals, UN era work,
>Com would smoke those beats. The only thing that could go
>wrong is if either person is too thirsty to do something
>unexpected.

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https://youtu.be/LRlPat9qGSw?si=iKbwixSaf_hMAbtl

beat feels like rza, but it's good and com does his thing.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

Com sounds at home on beats like these

Pete putting his money where his mouth is about showing what hip-hop should be.

yep

>Com sounds at home on beats like these

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>https://youtu.be/LRlPat9qGSw?si=iKbwixSaf_hMAbtl

equal parts introspective, crafty, slick with words and at home on the beat. There's something missing from a lot of his later albums-not to say they were bad, just that *something* wasn't there to hold them together-and Pete obviously tapped into it

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Not life altering or anything, but I like it.

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I mean, most people posting here are over 35 at least, why would you expect a rap record to alter your life?

Peace,

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I read it as, “I like this, but it’s not something so dope that it makes me want to listen over and over again.”

My version is usually something like “nothing to write home about”.

It’s just a way of saying it’s a “7”, or whatever someone’s scale is for “good, not great”.

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“Why didn’t you do this in your own god damn country?"

-All Stah's view on undocumented immigrants wanting to be treated like human beings.

Guess not.

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Love it

so they don’t become annoying. It all sounds good to me. Looking forward to more of the collab.

I’m here for it!

Giving me that FEELING!!!

The return of Com Sense. I love it.

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