You sound like some dumb ass who hasn't done any kind of homework and knows nothing about hip hop. You're pretty brave to put this out there knowing full well that there are people who are eons more well versed in this subject than you are. Electric Circus was actually creative genius and if you turned off your radio long enough to do some knowledge about what's out there and the inspiration behind some if his creations you would know better. People jack album/songs names all the time in the industry. Common is still in the game and his ability to land commercial recognition is not (by any means) a standard to benchmark greatness. He could change his album to "suck deez" and he'd still be genius. Get a real job...
Confident
I liked Electric Circus, but found this to be a good/funny read. But lots of people hated Electric Circus and a lot of these people know about hip hop.
Confident: You're upset with the post because you liked Electric Circus. Fair enough; I know that album is a polarizing one and I knew people would disagree with the basic premise of the post. But let me just clear up a few things: first, ripping off a k.d. lang album title is a mock-worthy offense. I don't care who you are. Second: I wasn't saying Common's commercial viability was a good reflection of the quality of his creative output. I was just reflecting back on the phase of his career where he went from being a quality underground MC to being commercially viable. The reasons I don't think Invincible Summer is going to be very good are clear: the association of the phrase "electro-tinged"; the lack of Kanye; and the multiple interviews where Common has stated that acting is slowly becoming more important to him than music. It sounds like it's going to be dashed off and I'm not excited about it at all.
And lastly, saying stuff "You sound like some dumb ass" is just kind of, you know, amateurish. Talk to me like a real person, dude.
i see no reason to doubt that common is familiar with camus. he may have been so inspired by the french philosopher that he titled his latest effort in *spite* of k. d. lang, rather than because of her; give the brotha the benefit of the doubt on that end please.
furthermore, 2005's Be and 2007's Finding Forever were both excellent, but stylistically similar. a true artist moves forward and away from *any* formulas (even really good ones like teaming up with Kanye).
You sound like some dumb ass who hasn't done any kind of homework and knows nothing about hip hop. You're pretty brave to put this out there knowing full well that there are people who are eons more well versed in this subject than you are. Electric Circus was actually creative genius and if you turned off your radio long enough to do some knowledge about what's out there and the inspiration behind some if his creations you would know better. People jack album/songs names all the time in the industry. Common is still in the game and his ability to land commercial recognition is not (by any means) a standard to benchmark greatness. He could change his album to "suck deez" and he'd still be genius. Get a real job...
Confident
I liked Electric Circus, but found this to be a good/funny read. But lots of people hated Electric Circus and a lot of these people know about hip hop.
Thanks Dave! I got your back, too.
Confident: You're upset with the post because you liked Electric Circus. Fair enough; I know that album is a polarizing one and I knew people would disagree with the basic premise of the post. But let me just clear up a few things: first, ripping off a k.d. lang album title is a mock-worthy offense. I don't care who you are. Second: I wasn't saying Common's commercial viability was a good reflection of the quality of his creative output. I was just reflecting back on the phase of his career where he went from being a quality underground MC to being commercially viable. The reasons I don't think Invincible Summer is going to be very good are clear: the association of the phrase "electro-tinged"; the lack of Kanye; and the multiple interviews where Common has stated that acting is slowly becoming more important to him than music. It sounds like it's going to be dashed off and I'm not excited about it at all.
And lastly, saying stuff "You sound like some dumb ass" is just kind of, you know, amateurish. Talk to me like a real person, dude.
i see no reason to doubt that common is familiar with camus. he may have been so inspired by the french philosopher that he titled his latest effort in *spite* of k. d. lang, rather than because of her; give the brotha the benefit of the doubt on that end please.
furthermore, 2005's Be and 2007's Finding Forever were both excellent, but stylistically similar. a true artist moves forward and away from *any* formulas (even really good ones like teaming up with Kanye).
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