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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 04:54:09 PM »
Its only discussion people can disagree and still keep it moving, its all opinions otherwise why have a message board at all?
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General Discussion / Re: Jada is the Truth!!!
« on: April 08, 2009, 01:41:22 PM »
Byron Crawford been hating for a minute..
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 10:15:28 AM »
^^ Gotto agree with Superb on all points. but anyhow, were clearly not going to agree on anything or atleast aknowledge each others points 
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 10:06:40 AM »I'll take that as a no...
I aint got nothing to prove. 2 hours of me making a beat that's better than anything on EC is a complete waste of my time. What am i gonna gain from it ? EC is still wack either way.
I suppose we can agree to dissagree
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 09:55:24 AM »
I'll take that as a no...
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 09:50:56 AM »Be is a dope a** "ALBUM". come on ya'll. What about it makes it a "collection of beats" ? Electric Circus is the wackest piece of garbage Common has ever put out. Wrong choice in change of direction from him. Same with UMC. Finding Forever was dope too in my book.
I would dissagree with the Electric circus hate.. It was a very different sort of album production wise. It was very intense, lyrically and production wise. You either like the album or you dont but it was not bad.
The production was different. But the beats were excellent productions. Any one of you that think the beats were bad i dare you make a single beat that bodies any beat on Electric circus and i will eat my words.
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 09:39:59 AM »if kanye wasnt such a "larger than life" character if he was as "in the cut" as NoID would you feel the same about those 2 albums ?
maybe an irrelevant statement. but im wondering nonetheless.
Has nothing to do with Kanye. I like Late Registration and don't care too much for No Ids newer material.
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General Discussion / Re: Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 09:28:35 AM »
Not sure what you base your "Be" critic on.. Maybe you could argue lyrically it was an album.. But from a production point of view it was scattered. I maintain it was just a collection of beats.
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General Discussion / Rapper Common Sense
« on: April 08, 2009, 07:59:49 AM »
Sorry i had to start this thread in response to what Superb said in the "Mos Def Challenge" Thread about common being wack post Electric Circus.
I myself, haven't been able to get into a Common album since but my reasons are not because he is now wack.. I think Common is still rapping like he's always been rapping.
I just feel that Commons first five albums up until "Be" were well constructed. Similar in terms of how the production laid the foundation or mood for the entire albums. The albums felt like albums. You could describe how the beats sounded on "one day it will all make sense", "like water for chocolate", "Electric circus" etc.. The albums were well produced with each one offering a different slice of music than the others. And the way Common carried these albums felt, like he was the one who shaped them, by pairing himself with the right producers, musicians and vocalists.
Now to me "Be" and "Finding Forever" sound like common rhyming to bunch of beats that Kanye cooked. Felt more like follow (Common) the leader (Kanye West). These albums lacked any sonic identity. It was just random beats put together. Didnt even feel like Common was too involved in the direction of these projects... Which was much different to Common's first five albums in the sense that you could sonically describe the type of sound and feel of each project.
The Kanye era lost that. The albums don't sound like albums. There's no underlying theme, concept or mood to these albums. They sound more like a collection of songs. I listen to them like mixtapes... skip, skip, play, skip, skip, skip, play etc.
Please, no Cash like responses about how were mad that Common is making money now, when in actual fact "like water for chocolate (Pre Kanye)" is his 2nd highest selling project ahead of finding forever and 50k shy of "Be".
So sales wise Kanye didnt do much for him. Just popularized him a bit more, which was needed to jump start his movie ambitions.
I myself, haven't been able to get into a Common album since but my reasons are not because he is now wack.. I think Common is still rapping like he's always been rapping.
I just feel that Commons first five albums up until "Be" were well constructed. Similar in terms of how the production laid the foundation or mood for the entire albums. The albums felt like albums. You could describe how the beats sounded on "one day it will all make sense", "like water for chocolate", "Electric circus" etc.. The albums were well produced with each one offering a different slice of music than the others. And the way Common carried these albums felt, like he was the one who shaped them, by pairing himself with the right producers, musicians and vocalists.
Now to me "Be" and "Finding Forever" sound like common rhyming to bunch of beats that Kanye cooked. Felt more like follow (Common) the leader (Kanye West). These albums lacked any sonic identity. It was just random beats put together. Didnt even feel like Common was too involved in the direction of these projects... Which was much different to Common's first five albums in the sense that you could sonically describe the type of sound and feel of each project.
The Kanye era lost that. The albums don't sound like albums. There's no underlying theme, concept or mood to these albums. They sound more like a collection of songs. I listen to them like mixtapes... skip, skip, play, skip, skip, skip, play etc.
Please, no Cash like responses about how were mad that Common is making money now, when in actual fact "like water for chocolate (Pre Kanye)" is his 2nd highest selling project ahead of finding forever and 50k shy of "Be".
So sales wise Kanye didnt do much for him. Just popularized him a bit more, which was needed to jump start his movie ambitions.
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General Discussion / Re: Mos Def Challenges Jay-Z!
« on: April 07, 2009, 12:03:46 PM »
Flaco would body any emcee alive. He's probably the most well rounded emcee ever or maybe i just like him a lot.
or maybe i just like him a lot.
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Hip Hop Events / Re: Mos Def @ Jazzfest in Cape Town
« on: April 06, 2009, 12:02:47 PM »Plus that mother f***er ain't just a NYC Hip Hop head anymore, he a a-list Celebrity! Damn, he headlined over Maceo Parker for f*** sakes!
Its quite stupid to argue over the price, nothing will change that? Either you willing to go or not? WTF?
WOrd up.
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General Discussion / Re: R2da Launches Mixtape 08 at Musaion, University of PTA
« on: April 06, 2009, 11:34:14 AM »
Yeah. it was his mixtape launch.
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Producers - Discussion / Re: My First beat...
« on: April 06, 2009, 11:33:30 AM »
7.2mb it better be a banger
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General Discussion / Re: R2da Launches Mixtape 08 at Musaion, University of PTA
« on: April 06, 2009, 11:22:24 AM »
the other pics i took of you were bit out of focus. and i didnt know if you would be cool posting the pic of you and the Mrs