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Hello, readers! It’s that time again, another review of something or another
that somebody told me to check out. I know some of you have been looking
forward to this, and others of you have probably been dreading it; regardless
of whether you’re the former or the latter let’s get to it. In this installment
I’ll be reviewing “Be-Intro” by Common.
For those of you
who don’t know it (I’m assuming most of you don’t), I am what some might call a
connoisseur of Rap and Hip Hop music. I’ve been thumping, and bumping the likes
of 2pac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Bone Thugz n’ Harmony and the like since the
early 90s, and in true OG fashion, I have become disenfranchised with today’s
brand of rap. I loathe Lil’ Wayne, 2 Chains, and most especially Kanyezus, so
when my source asked me to review Common, I cringed. However, this blog is
based on recommendations, so what choice do I have?
I know Common for
his acting, he plaid Elam Furgeson on the AMC western drama hell on Wheels, but
never his music, so I really didn’t know what to expect. I really and truly
hoped that it wouldn’t be some flamboyant, auto tuned dub step mix kinda thing,
and surprisingly it wasn’t. The song starts out slowly with an almost bluesy
kind of riff, then escalates into, a sort of 8 bit NES kinda thing, then common
lets lose. His lyrics are deep, articulate, and almost prophetic; which is more
than can be said of a majority of his peers- No made up words here (Sorry
Weezy). It’s to early to tell if Common will make it onto any of my playlists,
but it’s not unprobable. For me, three premises 1 define good rap, 1.
Structure, 2. Substance, and 3. Flow.
These are all criteria that this song in particular meets, as for the rest of
his music…We’ll see. If you want to check it out for yourself, to see exactly what I'm talking about, just follow the link.
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