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February 25, 2003

Ten Ways to Save Hip-Hop

Common dispenses some knowledge

Finding Forever

Two years ago, Be was not only Common's highest-charting CD, it was also the best of his career - thoughtful, "bitch"-free and mama-friendly like all Common records, but also edgy, lush and likable all over, thanks to chief producer Kanye West. No surprise, then, that the Chicago rapper took a...

2007 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

2005

Electric Circus

2002

Like Water For Chocolate

2000

One Day It'll All Make Sense

1997

Resurrection

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Originally based in Chicago, back when he went by Common Sense and before a ska band of that name sued him, this quirky hip-hop artist showed quite a bit of promise on his first two albums. But only after relocating to Brooklyn, NY, would he begin his most artistically fertile period. Can I Borrow a Dollar? saw the South Side-born rapper emerge as a post-Native Tongues anti-gangsta rapper, and on...

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