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Common
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Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: Alternative/Underground Hip-Hop, Classic/Old School Hip-Hop, Soul and R&B, Pop
Biography: Common (originally Common Sense) was a highly influential figure in rap's underground during the '90s, keeping the sophisticated lyrical technique and flowing syncopations of jazz-rap alive in an era when commercial gangsta rap was threatening to obliterate everything in its path. His literate, intelligent, ...Read full biography
Like Water For Chocolate [Explicit Version]
Released: 2000
Label: Geffen
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Common spent the '90s carrying the Native Tongues torch through an era dominated by gangsta rap, earning a sizable underground following. Positive-minded alternative rap came back into vogue by the new ...Read full review
One Day It'll All Make Sense
Released: 1997
Label: Relativity
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With his previous records (released under the name Common Sense), Common demonstrated that he was one of the few Midwestern rappers to have a unique vision, but One Day It'll All Make Sense is where his ...Read full review
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