Be – Common – Discover music at Last.fm

Common – Be (Testify, Real People and more). 10 tracks (34:26). Be was released 4 Jul 2005. For years, Common has struggled with the mantle of Rapper You’re Most Likely to Take Home to Your Mama. He’s so genuinely positive that when he rhymes about bitches, he’s sometimes actually referring to female dogs ("Reality’s a bitch/And I heard that she bites"). When Common is on, he’s a fearless MC who can rhyme about anything from abortion (1997’s "Retrospect for Life") to the sorry state of hip-hop (1994’s "I Used to Love H.E.R.") and still make your head nod. When he’s off, he’s dull and heavy-handed. All of this has won him both admiration and a smirk from Jay-Z, who once said that "truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common" but who also said that he wanted to sell some records. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.