It is that time again! Common debuted as a solo artist in 1992 and has been doing it ever since. There really is not enough I can say about Common, he has been killing the game forever. Instead I’ll leave his list of awards and nominations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Common
And something he has that I don’t think many other artists do, which is a Wikipedia page that is just a (mostly?) complete list of his songs. Not sure why this exists but it is neat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_Common
Share your favorite Common songs. Radio singles, deep cuts, amazing features, whatever you love.
Easily I keep returning to faithful. The song is just so deep in a duality type of thing. Like at face value on a religious level and a comment on sexism in hip hop.
Edit - and that’s ignoring the old school Kanye production.
Probably The Food - Live like I posted earlier. Shits got that bounce to it
But without using the Be tape, I’m going for the classic I Used To Love H.E.R..
I’ll get us started by revealing that I am incredibly basic. My favorite Common song is also his most streamed song on Spotify by a massive margin. The People is off of his 2007 album Finding Forever. It is a good song.
My next favorite is actually his debut single, off of his debut album as a solo artist. Take it EZ was back when he was rapping as Common Sense. I had a really big backpack phase in High School and I stayed listening to this and Communism from his 2nd album.
ty @mob@sopuli.xyz for making me think add some more Common to my Spotify favorites with that post of him from the Chappelle Show.
