"Be" is one of the best hip hop albums of the decade. Common has a ton of great stuff before that too.
If you didn't hate him after he was in Smokin' Aces then I don't see why he's a sellout now. That movie is far worse than anything The Jonas Brothers have done.
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Originally posted by Lawrence_Of_Suburbia: "Be" is one of the best hip hop albums of the decade. Common has a ton of great stuff before that too.
If you didn't hate him after he was in Smokin' Aces then I don't see why he's a sellout now. That movie is far worse than anything The Jonas Brothers have done.
All of this is completely true. Common worked with the JoBros - so what? I kinda like some of the JoBros stuff..."Love Bug" is an absolutely awesome pop gem, dripping with sappiness.
And, to respond to the previous post, I wouldn't say he is a rapper for women. He more closely emulates the sort of rapper that a woman would feel good about taking home to her parents to meet - he's a rapper, but he comes off as more of a gentleman than most ego-centric idiots these days.
I don't see how "Be" is pretentious. It's a laid back, feelgood hip-hop album. There aren't too many of those these days that aren't kinda boring. And it's really fun.
I dunno, the world could use some more BBQ hip-hop albums.
