But *Finding Forever *is the sound of an artist in their comfort zone - content that their boundary-pushing days are behind them - resigned to middle age. In 1994, with "I Used to Love HER", Common emerged as an informed and articulate alternative to the prevailing gangster rap ethos. You can also create a unique Photo Mosaic that we named Social Mosaic.
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Any individual that appears in a Gap clothing advert singing the tagline 'Peace, Love and Gap' cannot seriously moralize on 'Babylon puppets' ("The Game").Įlsewhere you are reminded why Common is held in such high esteem as a lyricist with damning indictments of other rappers ('With 12 monkeys on the stage it's hard to see who's a guerilla/ You was better as a drug dealer' - "Start The Show") and succinct wordplay ('A conscious n**ga with more Mac than Steve Jobs' - "Southside"). Though his flow cannot be faulted the hypocrisy of his message often hits harder than the production. Producers Derrick Hodge, Devo Springsteen, J Dilla & 3 more. Featuring Bilal, Dwele, Kanye West & 2 more. The Wu Tang samples sound tight and Common delivers his rhymes with verve. Primary Artists Common & Common & D’Angelo. The West/Common partnership works on "The Game", which takes it's cue from a dozen DJ Premier beats circa 1992 (Premo contributes the scratches). If the Windy City veteran's latest album is supposed to be a tribute to the late producer Jay Dilla (who died in 2006), it's fitting that "So Far To Go" (the only Dilla beat on the record) is one of the standout tracks D'angelo's tones float dreamily over vinyl crackles and immaculately produced snare hits. The problem is, not only does this formula sound tired, but the slight dullness that always threatened to outweigh Common's street-smart bohemian schtick finally prevails. With 2002's critical and commercial success Be, Rashid Lynn, Jr, aka Common proved 'conscious' hip hop could shift units.įollowing on from the platinum selling Be, Kanye West is back at the helm for the majority of Finding Forever. Still, it's a shade less satisfying than Be.When Jay-Z stated on 2003's "Moment of Clarity", 'Truthfully, I wanna rhyme like Common Sense/But I did five mil/I ain't been rhyming like Common since.' The Brooklyn bomber was showing respect for Common as an M.C but also highlighting the discrepancy between realism and revenue in the hip hop industry. Sometimes, though, he's only providing more ammo for those who still maintain that his best album is his less than didactic debut, like the Cosby-in-training "He had a fetish for shoes that's athletic/Pathetic on his MySpace page half-naked." The album includes a handful of well-placed and effectual guest contributors including Bilal, Dwele, Lily Allen, Common's dad, and the one and only Primo. Common delivers plenty of lyrical potency, whether he's mixing the sad with the silly ("Doin' all she can for her man and her baby, drivin' herself crazy like the astronaut lady") or dishing out some serious Nas-worthy disdain ("With 12 monkeys on-stage, it's hard to see who's a gorilla - you was better as a drug dealer"). There are some subtle references to Dilla, and while it's perfectly acceptable that no outright mimicry is going on, the majority of the beats are slightly substandard, at least by Kanye standards. It doesn't help Kanye's cause that the album's sweetest track is the Dilla-produced "So Far to Go" (heard in original form on Dilla's The Shining), sandwiched between two Kanye beats that can be tuned out with no effort.
(As on Be, most of the tracks feature his handiwork, with some duties farmed out to others.) Though the intentions are good, it's an audacious move: idiosyncratic and often brilliant producer attempts to channel the creativity of a master who constantly switched up his game. This time out, Kanye adopts a "What would Dilla do?" approach to his productions. This lends a kind of heaviness, a level of seriousness, and a sometimes overbearing sense of "What we are doing here is intended to be important," not present on 2005's Be - a taut and steady album with an unforced and seemingly less conceptualized liquid flow. Dilla's 2006 death has had Common and Kanye not just grieving but further contemplating the making of music that outlasts their time on the planet. In "The People," Common rhymes "My daughter found Nemo/I found the new Primo," yet it is the late J Dilla - not DJ Premier - who is emulated by Kanye West throughout Finding Forever.
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