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Personnel: Tony Orbach (saxophone); Lenny Underwood, Spike Rebel (keyboards); Vere Isaac (bass guitar); Mista Sinista, YNOT (scratches); Twilite Tone (background vocals).
THIS IS ME THEN: THE BEST OF COMMON surveys the early career of the Chi-town artist formerly known as Sense. Drawing from his first three albums (CAN I BORROW A DOLLAR, RESURRECTION, and ONE DAY IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE), this collection of 15 classic tracks gives a picture of Common's stylistic evolution. The earliest, first-album cuts show us an MC whose high-energy, conspicuously squeaky tongue-twister vocals and comedic subject matter mirrored a variety of hip-hop acts of the day (Das Efx, Redman, et al.). The RESURRECTION tracks mark a clear turning point--a move away from light-hearted content towards poetic maturity. "I Used to Love H.E.R.," with its airtight extended metaphor, remains one of the most poignant hip-hop songs of all time. By album three, Common had garnered respect from the likes of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, and his work heralded the arrival of a new kind of conscious super-MC, capable of speaking from the heart on subjects such as street crime ("Stolen Moments"), abortion ("Retrospective for Life"), religion ("G.O.D."), and coming to terms with one's adolescent past ("Reminding Me (of Sef)"). THIS IS ME THEN also includes the rarely heard "High Expectations" from the soundtrack to the 1997 film SOUL IN THE HOLE.
Additional personnel: Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Q-Tip, Cee-Lo, Chantay Savage.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Blender (Magazine) (p.105) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The collection] reveals a young man grappling with complex issues...with fleet, sophisticated rhymes." Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This collection is the sound of a rapper not only finding his feet, but producing what still stands as some of his greatest work." Thisisme Then: The Best Of Common Music | List Price | $13.97 (You save $2.58) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, Underground/Alt Rap, Greatest Hits Collections | | Label | Relativity | | Orig Year | 2007 | | All Time Sales Rank | 116677  | | CD Universe Part number | 7542222 | | Catalog number | 19338 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 27, 2007 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | The Roots; YNOT; The Beatnuts; Lauryn Hill; Rob Carter; NO I.D.; Richard Nichols; James Poyser; Twilite Tone; Spike Rebel; Ahmir Thompson; Immenslope; Darren Salmieri (Compilation) | | Engineer | Mike Koch; Chris Brickley; Stephen Georgiafandis; Troy Hightower | | Recording Time | 70 minutes | | Personnel | Lenny Underwood Mista Sinista Y-Not - scratches Tony Orbach - saxophone Twilite Tone - background vocals Spike Rebel - keyboards Vere Isaac - bass guitar
Also: Q-Tip, Lauryn Hill, Cee-Lo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Chantay Savage |
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