simple question. Vote and explain.

Actually, I am surprised at how many people liked this. It was ok, but I was hoping for more of that ruggedness kinda like that verse on Kanye's album or the Corner.

Most of BE was a little to feminine for me, kinda like Andre 3000's shit.

Overall, it was decent though. A one time listen.

4.5........i can listen all the way through....its cohesive...but i just dont feel it so much.....

i thought Be was really good, one of my favorite albums released this year... i would say 4 mics

you haver a point "Jeezy". Common did do his thing, but this nigga was talking too much about love. "Faithful" and "Love Is" were dope, "Go" was the weakest song on there, but 3 songs about love? wtf? Besides Go being average, BE could very well BE a classic this time next year. very dope album, not no one time listen "Jeezy"

5 Mics.........Surprise how people complain about Hip Hop then when Album such as Be comes out people are very narrow mind and dumb to intelligent Music...Or should I say Raw Hip Hop....5 Mics!

I love all types of Music in hip hop but I'm Purest when comes to album like Be...Peace!

I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left
I'm talking Malcom, Coltrane, my man Yusef
Through death through conception
New breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in her direction
In the right way
Told inside is where the fight lay
And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say
Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind
But I write many lives and lay on these lines
Wave the signs of the times
Many say the grind's on the mind
Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wonderin' where I'm
Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for the skies
Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize that I'ma learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her
Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin 'em
Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explored the world to return to where my soul begun
Never looking back or too far in front of me
The present is a gift
and I just wanna BE

had me like

CLASSIC

You're right Brown. I am not saying that Common is not dope. I am just saying that I cant listen to such a soft album all at one time because he kinda fooled me with that single and verse on Kanye's shit. Kinda like 50 fooled yall by dissin Ja for singing and then turned around and did it himself. It would not be as bad if they did not mislead the fans.

But musically speaking, half the beats suck and sound the same.

I will when he bans this one for no reason. I just dont wanna be wasteful because this account is still good. I'll just have to suffer through it. I'll be fine as long as niggas dont start calling me BJ.

Although I disagree with them, I've heard a lot of people on the street bigging this album up. You would think more of them would participate in the poll.

Come on people where yall at?

ya its a dope cd i can hear every song just about it couldve been better amybe if he put a few nasty grimy songs but it was a soft cd. something you can chill to and relax smoke a lil and just chill

ain't been out long enough to be a classic a classic is a record that can stand the test of time and still be relevant and on top of that have good clean clear audio quality like tupac his shit is classic because it will always be revelant and his shit sounds great compared to a lot of hip hop that came out back then i mean a lot of these hip hop cats can't mix for shit and even though they can flow they records sound like absolute shit

^ not all of Pac's shit is good, its above average, but not all of it is classic.

4 mics. ithe production was hot but i needed common to be more hardcore and not so soft

yeah. common's album is my shit.

wow. sorry a rapper went for the gusto and did more than the one obligatory love song. besides, it's not like he did them in the 50 cent cornball way. next time incorporate no human feelings at all common!

the love thing was just getting on my nerves a little bit. Besides Go, the other two love songs were great.

what was wrong with "go"?

It got boring to me afterthe first vere. The chorus was cool, but it just didnt do nothing for me. Average at best, but it didnt fuck up the rest of the album. Each track flowed into the next one beautifully.

whoever said that BE is wack needs to be shot

Straight up yall cats hating on the love aspect of his cd need to grow up and open your minds. The man is being himself, not some character on the street frontin'. I love that cd, its one of the best so far this year. The only thing that messed it up for me is Kanye west rappin and him on the chorus of Go. other than that, I can listen to this anytime yall.

Be is an album with top notch production and lyrics and has some diversity I'd say its a classic. BJ since you wanna hate on it name some cds you think are classics



illmatic forever

I think 'Be' is an excellant album. I voted 4.5 mics. There only a few elements, on a few songs I wasnt feelin. Im happy that Common has all this exposure now too, he deserves it. His debut album 'Can I Borrow a Doller?', people need to hear too. Its a dope old school record. It even has a song called 'Breaker 1, 9' whitch has the beat Biggie and Puff used to make 'Big Poppa'. Its weird hearing Common rap over the beat. The song he did with Canibus on 'One Day It Will Make Sense' was mind blowing. Also I feel the 'Like Water For Chocolate' is a much better album than 'Be'. That CD was Exec Prod by Questlove and even has a Primo beat on it. Nobody seems to be reconizing the fact that Common has been holdin it down for years.

Uh oh...i dno wa i voted 4....but it ses i've alredi voted lol...but odawise i wuda voted 4.5

average i dont like his style