Commons "BE" came out 10 years ago today...vol its your world

[SoleByThePound]

A true Masterpiece!

 

[harlemtothebronx]

I don't even know what to say about this album.

Remember listening to it for the first time on WMP. The way Be (Intro) started...man. Every song on the album is classic.

Finding Forever was a great follow up.

 

[dland24]

One of my all time favorite albums. Flawless and masterpiece are words that come to mind when thinking of this album.

 

[rafeaks]

Def a classic album..one of Common's best.

Though as a lyricist, it was the first time I felt that he actually dumbed his lyrics down, but the entire project is just so well crafted that it didn't even matter to me. The music was THAT good.

 

[pjdabullsfan]

Dope album! I remember when this came out when I was in the 5th grade and fell in love with the sound and the lyrics.

 

[deuce king]

A masterpiece to me.

 

[SC kid]

Kanye did his thing

 

[q-ball2220]

Kanye did his thing

This that kanye i miss

 

[calye2da]

classic album. I wish kanye still produced soulful music like this.

 

[airjordan jb23]

my favorite album from common

that soulful kanye production is something special...

dilla on its your world & love is

 

[dipsetgeneral]

Everything I have to say was already said in this thread. Wow it's been 10 years. Crazy.

 

[Nike Still Sux]

I love listening to the intro first thing in the morning. Best album since Aquemini

 

[harlemtothebronx]

It's all love where we come from
In the hood love we was told to run from
The same hood where the gun sung, we holler 'love'
Hoping it become one
Crack got so many lives undone, from lack of love
Many hide, some run

Love can free us, to it some of us react as a slave
Funny, we love 'em more when they're relaxed in a grave
Wonder if a thug is raw, is he actin' afraid?

Song always had me in the feels.

 

[calypso chanta]

Her stepfather thought he was Ike, so her mother he strike
She got to like like-minded ******, who liked crimes and figures
Doin' white lines and liquor, see hard times had kicked her
In the ***, it used to be thicker

Dat alliteration and the delivery of this line

 

[va757va]

'I was riding around in my mind it occurred
What if god, was a her
Would I treat her the same
Would I still be running game
On her, in what type of ways would I want her'


I love this album.. Love the last poets..the production is top notch.. Still listen to this album to this day..