The Secret to Common’s Comeback Album

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  • @diggingthegreats
    @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Get 15 tracks to sample on Tracklib for free: www.tracklib.com/diggingthegreats
    Song Sampled: www.tracklib.com/music/artists/soul-dog/cant-stop-loving-you

    • @dreamulator
      @dreamulator ปีที่แล้ว +2

      dope vid!

    • @WuntaykTimmy1
      @WuntaykTimmy1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daupe! Vid
      🦜

    • @kerronsmith6168
      @kerronsmith6168 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro. Big fan. Do you think 9th could have been a native tongue and/or soulquarian?

    • @amandlaxoki
      @amandlaxoki ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kerronsmith6168 great comment/quiz my brother. IMO, 9th is perfect fit for both collectives 🙏🏾❤️💯

    • @peace_of_mind_00
      @peace_of_mind_00 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...goto the corner & testify or just be. Then go home and be faithful cause love is ...like being in the chi city or telling ya son it's your world.

  • @Trrack10
    @Trrack10 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    Be (intro) will forever be in rotation

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Same 🔥

    • @rayneozier
      @rayneozier ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Such a great record. One of my favorite Kanye beats. Be (intro) and The Corner are near perfect instrumentally

    • @VincentFree
      @VincentFree ปีที่แล้ว +6

      100%

    • @chinortega3
      @chinortega3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The corner beat is crraazzzzyyyy

    • @webinfront
      @webinfront ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That song sounds like triumph and freedom

  • @richardpayton9671
    @richardpayton9671 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    What I liked about this album is that there was no filler. Just 11 tracks, no army of guest rappers, just a concentrated 43 minutes of soulful quality.

    • @Happeninlad
      @Happeninlad ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's a great point. I remember that time just coming into what I liked in music and I always wanted more and more (in terms of album sizes). But then I realised that albums with a more common outlook was what I wanted. Listening to albums rather than individual tracks was what felt right. The larger albums just couldn't bring that. This is one that really struck a cord.

    • @lowlowseesee
      @lowlowseesee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      just like the film Predator. its lean.

  • @jennyneon
    @jennyneon ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Common's "Be" is just amazing. My favorite song on "Be" is so hard to pick but Real People is so underrated, the sample chop is so simple yet so effective. Kanye, J Dilla & Common did an incredible job on this.

    • @ACSanchezium
      @ACSanchezium ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yo same here. Be is one of my favorite tracks!

    • @Trill104
      @Trill104 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      “Love Is” is my favorite song off the album. One of the greatest Marvin Gaye samples ever.

    • @nickpeitchev7763
      @nickpeitchev7763 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The closing track just means too much to me

    • @dannicosworld8252
      @dannicosworld8252 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s your world is a favourite of mine

    • @MrJavonnthomas
      @MrJavonnthomas ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Trill104that’s a top 5 Dilla beat

  • @thomasnelson5758
    @thomasnelson5758 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    It's pretty crazy how two of my favorite hip hop albums of all time (Late Registration and Be) were released in the same year and produced by the same person on his own label running with the same creative circle. Seriously. GOOD Music forever

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +17

      🔥🔥🔥

    • @mikelewicki1557
      @mikelewicki1557 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Makes sense more when you think about it. Many of the tracks on Be and Late Registration were made during the same studio sessions w/ Kanye

    • @lyndxnjoel6917
      @lyndxnjoel6917 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeezy the GOAT.

    • @masilomoshesh1475
      @masilomoshesh1475 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Have both on vinyl. It just sounds different with the living room sound system🔥. Just need College dropout.

  • @fauxdauteur
    @fauxdauteur ปีที่แล้ว +110

    "It's Your World" is probably my favorite song of all time. The inspirational message, J Dilla's soulful production, and Common's lyricism are just so perfect.
    And hearing the kids at the end saying what they wanted to do when they grew up always makes me smile. Love that unbridled sense of hope, which I feel can easily be lost in adulthood if you let it.

    • @tlev9602
      @tlev9602 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Came to the comments to see if anyone else was gonna mention that track!!! I've played that track Millions of times I'm sure since I bought that album.

    • @fauxdauteur
      @fauxdauteur ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tlev9602 Oh snap, great minds think alike then haha. When did you buy the album/discover 'It's Your World'?
      'Be' and Common's previous works were before my time, but in the past couple years, I've been going down the J Dilla rabbit hole. I'm trying to check out every project he's worked on to expand my hip-hop palette lol.

    • @MajorG13
      @MajorG13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This track deserves its own vid lol

    • @mike.tag.autosport
      @mike.tag.autosport ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do we have an update on lil bro who said he wanted to be a duck?! 🥹🥹🥹🥰

    • @Sjcstro84
      @Sjcstro84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's your world is my favorite as well.

  • @bladerunner27x
    @bladerunner27x ปีที่แล้ว +23

    As a Chicagoan, “BE” is an album that is a time capsule of Chicago during the 70’s and 80’s. Common is talking about places, people and situations with soulful music, that where lived experiences. “The Corner” and “Faithful”, 🔥🔥🔥

  • @C116-b1z
    @C116-b1z ปีที่แล้ว +154

    I always loved the spoken word Common’s father does on his albums. It’s Your World is one of my favorite tracks ever. So beautiful.

    • @HelloMyNameIsCody
      @HelloMyNameIsCody ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That’s commons father ? Woah thanks for the hiphop 101 info sir !!

    • @Bramv
      @Bramv ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@HelloMyNameIsCodyCommon has a song with his pops on a lot of his albums. it's really cool

    • @blusef1
      @blusef1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woah I didn’t know that was commons father!

    • @smanqele
      @smanqele ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blusef1 I even think in earlier albums his father's closing piece was called "Pop's Rap"

    • @TheRealLeonardWashington
      @TheRealLeonardWashington ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea it’s your world has aged beautifully. Easily my favorite song on BE.
      Side note: Common’s pops is also at the end of Retrospect 4 life talking about wanting to whoop Jesse Jackson’s ass 🤣💀

  • @paul-scanlan
    @paul-scanlan ปีที่แล้ว +80

    The John Mayer session that produced the “go” in Go also led to Bittersweet Poetry, a track intended for Late Registration that got altered and changed to a Japan-exclusive bonus track for Graduation. It’s on TH-cam somewhere; one of my favourite Kanye songs, well worth a listen.

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +35

      🎶Bittersweeeeeet - you're gonna be the death of me - I don't want you, but I need you - I love you and hate you at the very same tiiiiime 🎶

    • @x_VineM_x
      @x_VineM_x ปีที่แล้ว +6

      On the MTV promo, John Mayer flexin on Ye about his watch. Lol

    • @JohnDoe-vc5qb
      @JohnDoe-vc5qb ปีที่แล้ว

      @@x_VineM_xit means he’s more stuntastic 🥲

    • @abrashio
      @abrashio ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man I loved that track. Graduation had a plethora of tracks floating out there. Collecting them all, finding good rips of them, and burning a CD of them all made the Ultimate Graduation disc

    • @ConchienceClothing
      @ConchienceClothing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diggingthegreatshave to be a real fan to remember this track

  • @pervertedalchemist9944
    @pervertedalchemist9944 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    "Be" was huge comeback for Common. It was one of those projects that you had to have in your collection at that time.

  • @Ojace_mecca
    @Ojace_mecca ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "Be" to me is Common's own Illmatic, both albums didn't exceed 12 tracks with songs that have great replay quality like a sequel, also there are couple of songs with relatable theme from two different artists telling their own experiences; (chi-city = new york state of mind), (it's your world = the world is your) (the corner = represent) there are couple of other songs with similarities, it is like the Bible and the Quaran, You can't say you truly appreciate one without appreciating the other for real...

    • @davido3109
      @davido3109 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😲😳!!! Thanks for the infos!!! wow wow!!!

    • @AGETheGawdYT
      @AGETheGawdYT ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dope. I compare it to Illmatic also. Imo, 2 albums that are just so concise, so perfect, no skips and have many similarities. Honestly, I might even say my Top 2 Hip Hop Albums of all time are Illmatic and Be.

    • @Ojace_mecca
      @Ojace_mecca ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AGETheGawdYT you’re right Illmatic and Basement Evolution are amongst the few hip hop album that’s so appealing not because of their commerciality rather because of their depth and clarity...

    • @izzo4185
      @izzo4185 ปีที่แล้ว

      Resurrection had better bars , was more hip hop than any of common releases
      IMHO resurrection was truly commons illmatic plus it had the classic I used to love her

    • @Ojace_mecca
      @Ojace_mecca ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@izzo4185 “I used to love her” is a masterpiece for real, Resurrection is a great album too, “Basement Evolution” is mastery art.
      Nas One Love defined love behind bars, Common’s Love Is took it a step further to the underground love.
      What’s that thing about Resurrection is more hip hop nah! Common has always been into jazz feel the J Dilla effect, Ye only added his soulful effect.

  • @braadsaad
    @braadsaad ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Be is such a beautifully human album. The themes covered in songs such as “Faithful”, “Love is…” and “Real people” are explored in a heartfelt and earnest manner. It’s hard not to be moved or inspired by this album particularly the intro and outro tracks. Not to mention how the rhythm and atmosphere of the instrumentals match the lyrics. Everything about this just feels so soulful, deeply honest and passionate. I wish there was an instrumental version of this album. Anyway brilliant video as usual it feels like privilege to be able to view work, outstanding content.👍✌️

    • @zainaquil
      @zainaquil ปีที่แล้ว

      Those are my favorite songs Kanye and Dillas peak production nothing will beat the soul samples on that album and commons lyricisms

  • @thaxtonwaters8561
    @thaxtonwaters8561 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Common has been my favorite M.C. since 1993. I kinda lost track with him around the Finding Forever album but he's still in my top 5.

    • @Wrekkshoppe
      @Wrekkshoppe ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You should listen to his 'Black America Again' album, released back in 2016. It's a really good return to form for him. He's rhyming like he's HUNGRY, and the production is lovely. I consider it his new classic. Give it a listen.

    • @SkySplitterInk
      @SkySplitterInk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Wrekkshoppe Agreed another great one for sure.

    • @BlackDrac82
      @BlackDrac82 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Dreamer, The Believer is great, very underrated

  • @arky_tech
    @arky_tech ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Totally underrated album, Kanye soul samples were so good during that period, common really felt lyrically refined and dope concepts/call backs to the songs.. hard to find albums that check so many boxes

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's so good!

    • @jjbing3
      @jjbing3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It introduced a lot of people to Common. I only knew a few songs by him such a “Come Close” and “The Light.”

  • @KingCalla
    @KingCalla ปีที่แล้ว +13

    One of the most underrated rap albums of all time. An absolute masterpiece.

  • @dreambrother80
    @dreambrother80 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This album is borderline flawless. It should be mentioned more as a top 20 greatest hip-hop album ever made. Awesome breakdown video as usual 🙌

  • @JonathanConda
    @JonathanConda ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Such a dope breakdown…but for true music heads we gotta preach how incredible Electric Circus is. Commons opinion seems to be motivated by record sales and public opinion. In 30 years we’ll be coming back to it like “Here, My Dear”

  • @JohnnyBananas0
    @JohnnyBananas0 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I listened to this album probably more than any other. It was on repeat for a year or two. It’s still one of the only albums that’s downloaded on my phone and plays in my car when I don’t start Spotify

  • @FormalFilmsProductions
    @FormalFilmsProductions ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of my favorite hip hop albums. The production throughout is just hypnotic and chill

  • @jayden.6
    @jayden.6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my Dad was Common’s best friend in college. this makes me happy to see and hear. ❤

  • @ScottThePisces
    @ScottThePisces ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The concepts for every video you do are always so amazing brother! I LOVED this album, and basically every single piece of music you've covered on this channel. Props to you bro!

  • @KJon25
    @KJon25 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Be is an album I feel gets overlooked at times. It's amazing and fits so well with Finding Forever.

  • @yungmu9271
    @yungmu9271 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You made me go back and listen to it for like the first time in 6-7 years. Good God, the album is actually FLAWLESS from Be to It’s Your World!

  • @dmug
    @dmug ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When I heard Common say “Yes…” on the intro for Be, it was like an affirmation that this was the Common of old.
    There’s so much I could say about this album but I’m gonna go listen to that interview now…

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Full interview with Derrick Hodge dropping Monday (just too much to edit and release on one day haha) really great convo - more on Be, his career working with Glasper, Mos Def, Jill Scott - such a great conversation

    • @dmug
      @dmug ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@diggingthegreats Understandable.

    • @adamstickelbault
      @adamstickelbault ปีที่แล้ว

      ⁠@@diggingthegreatsdrop the link

    • @adamstickelbault
      @adamstickelbault ปีที่แล้ว

      @@diggingthegreatsand tell Derrick that they need to do a live recreation of the “Be” album for an upcoming anniversary

  • @joedellava7805
    @joedellava7805 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Showing how Dilla samples that Marvin track is a testament to his stand alone next level producing twenty years ago. Thanks for breaking that down 🤘

  • @steve.santiago
    @steve.santiago ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Such a great album. Both Kanye and Common were at the height of their respective super powers.

  • @wojteksocha2002
    @wojteksocha2002 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's your world (especially part 2) makes my cry every time I listen to it, my god this album has soooo much heart and soul ❤❤

  • @pgil13
    @pgil13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i’m so glad you did this album. this album has been on rotation since i discovered it in 2006

  • @cotyparms9666
    @cotyparms9666 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks! @diggingthegreats please make more content please I look forward to your videos bro

    • @cotyparms9666
      @cotyparms9666 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do a Frankie Beverley and Maze video

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much for the support - absolutely on the list 🔥

  • @barbedwirefire
    @barbedwirefire ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this album REALLY takes me back to a moment in time. A lot of music does that to me…but this album….is like an actual Time Machine. So wild.

  • @SCMESD
    @SCMESD ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yo, when that vocal sample by the Temprees comes in….. whew!!! That was a phenomenal breakdown. I was glued to this video.

  • @VeegovonDOOM
    @VeegovonDOOM ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The color palette of where you record is fantastic. It's super warm.

  • @Prodbykayyso
    @Prodbykayyso ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man Common Like My Favourite Old School Rapper so much maturity behind his words , thanks for this

  • @leonbattle5256
    @leonbattle5256 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for breaking this down so well. These albums that are so nostalgic deserve this type of attention today. Just warms my soul. Such a classic

  • @jsaichek1220
    @jsaichek1220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favorite albums of All-Time! This came out my senior year of High School. I live not far from Chicago and I have family there. This album soundtracked some of my most memorable trips to the city that year. I played this album so much that I could rap it word-for-word from memory without it even playing.

  • @DJAUDIO1
    @DJAUDIO1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That era was Unparalleled. This has stood the test of time. Amazing video. ❤

  • @DOSOLTD
    @DOSOLTD ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy watching you do your thing with theses videos and breakdowns with the research , knowing in the future many will dig through my albums and find so many samples they enjoy!

  • @dokksavage8286
    @dokksavage8286 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bro, you need to breakdown “It’s Your World”. The whole album is a soulful palette of resurgence.

  • @Wishlake
    @Wishlake ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BE was my gateaway to the genre. 'Faithful' was the first song I'd loop like crazy.

  • @bangarJb
    @bangarJb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this!! Such a huge Common fan and love seeing these kinds of vids! PLEASE PLEASE do Finding Forever next

  • @cocoatea4369
    @cocoatea4369 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my FAVORITE hip-hop albums, It's Your World is also one of the absolute greatest things I've ever heard. Incredible storytelling & editing as usual. So cool that you talked to Hodge as well!

  • @AkramDeX
    @AkramDeX ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is AMAZING!! I always felt like the Be album was not talked abut enough, thank you !

  • @TheSabinCole
    @TheSabinCole ปีที่แล้ว

    Love how you breakdown the history of everything, great vid!

  • @benyaq
    @benyaq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude your channel is awesome and I absolutely love how you are essentially giving a lesson on soul music!

  • @georgemam3764
    @georgemam3764 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hearing The Food - Live was what got me in to hip-hop, I've been wanting to see a video on this album for a long time. Keep up the good work man, you're killing it!

  • @Islati
    @Islati ปีที่แล้ว

    The song you used at 3:10 is one by me from my first album, Evergreen, titled “Liquor Lullaby”

  • @LOREOFTHETHINGS
    @LOREOFTHETHINGS ปีที่แล้ว

    Forever love this I was in 8th grade and fell in love with hiphop foreal the 1st time

  • @92alpha13
    @92alpha13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember get a Maxi single of Ed OG & the Bulldogs for Love comes and goes. On the b side was the song Easy Comes Easy Goes by the Last Poets. I think this pre-dates Common’s The Corner. It was my first time hearing them and I had no clue who they were and was shocked by how long they been in the game. Great review as usual!

  • @johntaua
    @johntaua ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a lot for bringing me back to the times I’ve been listening to this album over and over again.
    Truly a masterpiece.

  • @sebastianm9665
    @sebastianm9665 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for this video , my favorite album of all time deserves its flowers

  • @tsientific
    @tsientific ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just found this channel and I’m in love. This era was special. And I loved Electric Circus too 😂

  • @kedwin79
    @kedwin79 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    IMHO both Be and Finding Forever are his best albums. I cannot skip a single track.

  • @Michael_0589
    @Michael_0589 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this. Love is is one of my favourite songs of all time. Finding out how it was made just blows my mind. Crazy how we would bump this on a friends iPod on campus in the land of the Zulu. Mad love for this channel.

  • @1c2reative
    @1c2reative ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was in highschool when "Be" was released. The feeling listening to it for the first time, the verses and the production...right in the feels. Album is nothing short of a masterpiece, till this day.
    Long live hip-hop🤍

  • @zaystation.
    @zaystation. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heard The Food -Live for the first time watching Dave Chappelle with my brother and I remember being so enamoured i listened to this album for weeks, being born when I was my first exposure to Common was when he played that guy in Wanted. This is a great video

  • @Becauseimme
    @Becauseimme ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes the samples! This album reminds me of my ex wife because it came out when we first met and we would play “BE” all day err day. It’s bittersweet to hear that album and I can’t get through it without dropping a few😢.

  • @fedegambamusica
    @fedegambamusica ปีที่แล้ว

    Que buen análisis de un disco impresionante e imprescindible. Un abrazo desde Argentina

  • @lisamixx
    @lisamixx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that u did this!!! This my fav album ever!!!!

  • @AustinGigstead
    @AustinGigstead ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I really like the one he made after too, the production sounds super creative and for me is a no skip

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Finding Forever is also 🔥

    • @chiarosuburekeni9325
      @chiarosuburekeni9325 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah that was hard, too. The People is one of my favorite beats ever. Such a beautiful instrumental

  • @adrianmarroquin7773
    @adrianmarroquin7773 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just remember a couple months ago when you had like 2K followers this feels great to see this is my favorite music channel

  • @zeitgeistx5239
    @zeitgeistx5239 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My fav album. I thought I was the only one who loved Be and the Corner.

    • @davido3109
      @davido3109 ปีที่แล้ว

      The food live!!!

  • @allpositivenetwork
    @allpositivenetwork ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video. It's crazy you picked that sample from Tracklib because that's the one No Id used for Common's "Hungry". And that was my favorite joint from One Day it'll all Make Sense

    • @diggingthegreats
      @diggingthegreats  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤯 didn't catch that - I was just digging through and picked one - love the connection 🔥

  • @benjaminmtang
    @benjaminmtang ปีที่แล้ว

    you just so eloquently articulated all the elements i love about this album (and more!) thank you

  • @Champagneonly
    @Champagneonly ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An INCREDIBLE album!!! Another great video family!! … I remember John legend winning a Grammy and saying he knew it would be a great year cause he got nominated for his vocals on “ they say “ which was my favorite song on this album

  • @djflipside33
    @djflipside33 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of my favorite albums of all time

  • @floopeygoober446
    @floopeygoober446 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Will always be a special album for me. My first step into common’s catalogue after hearing that verse on late registration on the Gil Scott heron beat. Prime ye and dilla production. Hugely under appreciated piece of work

  • @Jarles666
    @Jarles666 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love all your videos so much. Thank you for giving new life to these samples and all the music you cover. Thanks for spreading the good vibes

  • @bradymiddleton9776
    @bradymiddleton9776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of my favorite albums. Being a Chicagoan from the same community as Common, it means so much to me.

    • @bradymiddleton9776
      @bradymiddleton9776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Waiting for the Lord to rise
      I look into my daughter's eyes
      And realize that I'ma learn through her
      The Messiah, might even return through her
      If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her”

  • @chodagreat7876
    @chodagreat7876 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once or twice a year i come across channels that make my soul glow ❤

  • @lu.smoove
    @lu.smoove ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun facts for all my hip-hop nerds, a young J. Cole can actually be spotted in the crowd at the Soulquarian block party…crazy inspiring 🙏🏾

  • @joelhenderson2837
    @joelhenderson2837 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's my favorite Common album.. it is a masterpiece.

  • @CED.Dweller
    @CED.Dweller ปีที่แล้ว

    🎉🎉❤❤ One of my recurring favorite albums…and Common turned out to be repeatedly one of the coolest people I’ve ever met. Can’t say that for every artist…

  • @AbramIs...
    @AbramIs... ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Was about to say that Common didn't need a comeback album. I was about to say everything he's done is a certified banger if not a classic. Then I realized I had completely forgotten about Electric Circus.

    • @zurik77
      @zurik77 ปีที่แล้ว

      You think UMC is better than Electric circus?

    • @AbramIs...
      @AbramIs... ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zurik77 TBH, I kind of stopped listening to Common after Finding Forever, so I plead ignorance on that one.

    • @zurik77
      @zurik77 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@AbramIs... Lol I feel you his best material is all pre finding forever anyways you ain't missing anything too crazy

    • @kaylabey
      @kaylabey ปีที่แล้ว

      well without it, come close wouldn’t be here so i guess it worked out 😂

  • @KAMOYA17
    @KAMOYA17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    02:42 The Last Poets got their name form a poem by Earl Sweatshirt’s dad, South African poet, Keorapetse “Bra Willy” Kgositsile (his name and surname are poetic in that they mean “I prayed for you - the king has come

  • @krackentoast
    @krackentoast ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the one out of 5, that I respect. I was so happy to see you play bass for NAS!! I'm heading to Chicago in October to witness history. Nas, DeLa, and the Wu!! History!! As an engineer and producer.. having lived out east during such heavy music movements.. I just had to thank you for reaching out and teaching all of us, how these masterpieces were made.
    You are a GOAT for sure. Every video that you share should have 1M. Views and 250k likes. Peace, brother

  • @beatbuildersstudio
    @beatbuildersstudio ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. I love how you break down these tracks and topics. Your love for hip hop always shines through.

  • @moriontax
    @moriontax ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this Album and It’s Your World as a literal internet kid growing up! Never left my rotation and played it sparingly because everytime I did the outro would always give me goosebumps…Loved this album man

  • @stephenstrussvideo
    @stephenstrussvideo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man, Derrick Hodge is a real one. Love all of his work, especially with Glasper.

  • @djjus-e-nuff8970
    @djjus-e-nuff8970 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing work as always bro! Shoutout to Serato Stems. An absolute GAME CHANGER!!!

  • @PJPetersen
    @PJPetersen ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how much I learn every time I watch your videos! I'm always sending these to my friends to put them on game! Keep it up boss! 🙌

  • @DarrinNoNAME
    @DarrinNoNAME ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, this channel grew so fast.. congrats man. Another great video

  • @fish21_
    @fish21_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    been waiting for a video on this album
    an absolute underrsted classic💜

  • @JoshuaSkaja
    @JoshuaSkaja ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how at 10:28 he just cold sings the string line in tune & in the right key

  • @lupin3sei992
    @lupin3sei992 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your channel !
    Appreciate your analysis and history of my fav hip hop songs and artists from 90s - 2000s
    Thankyou❤️

  • @MattHarris85
    @MattHarris85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the greatest albums of all time imo. Incredible that they resisted including 18-20 tracks, and given the stakes for Common's career they must have been tempted to get every famous friend they had to do a feature.

  • @J.Artistry
    @J.Artistry ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video.. This has been one of my favorite albums since I heard it my sophomore year in highschool. This is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time forreal.

  • @dkproducer
    @dkproducer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    re "The Corner" - one of the small things that makes the beat special IMO is how the bass of the sample comes in on the "and" beat, just after the vocal sample

  • @jnac216
    @jnac216 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Be will forever be a classic album

  • @Tlhakxza
    @Tlhakxza ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man to me LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE is COMMON'S best album of all,Be is second.
    How that album didn't even get a nod by the powers that be at the Grammys is truly beyond me.
    I am gonna bump both albums tomorrow✌🏿🇿🇦 much love to you and your channel brother.

    • @izzo4185
      @izzo4185 ปีที่แล้ว

      Resurrection has better bars batter beats

  • @AGETheGawdYT
    @AGETheGawdYT ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This album is a genuine Classic and I wouldn't be mad if you called it the greatest hip hop album of all time. Its pure genius. No skips. Kanye at his peak, Common at his peak, Dilla its just, perfect.

  • @W.e.s.l.e.y4572
    @W.e.s.l.e.y4572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this album so much, ive listened to it so many times. And im sure that i will be coming to this video many times and try to understand Be more. Great CONTENT 👍 👌

  • @enzigenes
    @enzigenes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This album got me through college. Great album and great times.

  • @cequario
    @cequario ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so far to go. one of the best tunes period.

  • @kmxrie
    @kmxrie ปีที่แล้ว

    Wish I knew what the (I’m assuming copyright-free) background song was that’s playing in the very, very beginning of the video. I hear it everywhere but never know the name for it!
    Besides that, another amazing video as always. I’m so happy I stumbled upon this channel last year. I love being educated more on the history, breakdown and production of music. The editing, the set up and structure of the video, the personality and charisma, all of it is so - perfect. It’s a crime that this channel doesn’t have more subscribers and views; can’t wait for that day to come!

  • @tshore0601
    @tshore0601 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video. Haven't digged into much Common but always loved his features. Never forget that real rappers are hard to find like the remote.

  • @rapfreak7797
    @rapfreak7797 ปีที่แล้ว

    Be is my favorite Common album, just solid all the way through from concepts, to lyrics, to delivery, to production.

  • @dannyjamz23
    @dannyjamz23 ปีที่แล้ว

    So dope that your using stems to show us all these what if’s
    Man your doing amazing work

  • @FarleyRoy
    @FarleyRoy ปีที่แล้ว

    That sample you're missing in "The Corner" is at 0:35 of The Temprees song. It's the first part of the line, "standing in the window".

  • @Yolocheese
    @Yolocheese ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was amazing, thank you for providing conent like this my brother. God Bless everyone

  • @soulaschoolofhealingarts
    @soulaschoolofhealingarts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel is a immediate watch - congrats.