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The bulk of this 50-minute compilation is somewhere between a sampler and an imperfect best-of covering Common’s albums from 2000 through 2008. Like Water for Chocolate (2000), Electric Circus (2002), and Universal Mind Control (2008) are represented with one song each, while songs off Be (2005) and Finding Forever (2007) combine to make up over half the content. Bottom line: Like Water for Chocolate and, to a lesser extent, Electric Circus, deserve much more than footnote treatment. Furthermore, anyone remotely familiar with Common’s catalog would scoff at the notion that Finding Forever, out of the five albums, contains the most classics. The material not pulled from Common’s albums amounts to “The Bitch in Yoo” (the Pete Rock-produced dis track shot at Ice Cube), “Love of My Life” (Erykah Badu featuring Common, from the Brown Sugar soundtrack), and “Next Time (Just Right Version)” (a new laid-back cut produced by James Poyser that features background vocals from Queen Latifah). This is not an ideal overview of Common’s back catalog. One could make a superior alternate version covering the same ground with no overlap.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Norman Harris, ComposerLyricist - Bruce Malament, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Caldwell, ComposerLyricist - James Yancey, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Jay Dee, Producer
℗ 2000 Geffen Records
Chad Hugo, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
Queen Latifah, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Think Common Music, Inc.
Linda Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jared Robbins, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - John Mayer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - Taylor Dow, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - DJ A-Trak, Unknown, Other - Francis Forde, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ric McRae, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Num Amuntehu, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2005 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chad Hugo, ComposerLyricist - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Howard, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Coleman, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mary J. Blige, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Common, MainArtist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Geffen Records
will.i.am, Producer, FeaturedArtist - Will Adams, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Omar Edwards, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Geffen Records
Abiodun Oyewole, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jared Robbins, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Leon Moore, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - The Last Poets, Background Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Umar Bin Hassan, ComposerLyricist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - Tayor Dow, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Glenn Standridge, ComposerLyricist - Robert Ozuna, ComposerLyricist - James Poyser, Producer, Additional Producer, ComposerLyricist - Raphael Saadiq, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Common, FeaturedArtist - Jake & the Phatman, Producer, Additional Producer - Erykah Badu, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Angelo Bond, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jared Robbins, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Dawson, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Common, MainArtist - General Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Taylor Dow, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist - GREGORY S. PERRY, ComposerLyricist - Ric McRae, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Geffen Records
Gil Scott-Heron, ComposerLyricist - Dwele, FeaturedArtist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Omar Edwards, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Geffen Records
Charles Stepney, ComposerLyricist - Kanye West, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lily Allen, FeaturedArtist - Andrew Lloyd Webber, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Omar Edwards, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Geffen Records
Kanye West, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Donny Hathaway, ComposerLyricist - Don Covay, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Omar Edwards, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 Geffen Records
Pete Rock, Producer - Peter Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Common, MainArtist - Lonnie Lynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Relativity Records
Albumbeschreibung
The bulk of this 50-minute compilation is somewhere between a sampler and an imperfect best-of covering Common’s albums from 2000 through 2008. Like Water for Chocolate (2000), Electric Circus (2002), and Universal Mind Control (2008) are represented with one song each, while songs off Be (2005) and Finding Forever (2007) combine to make up over half the content. Bottom line: Like Water for Chocolate and, to a lesser extent, Electric Circus, deserve much more than footnote treatment. Furthermore, anyone remotely familiar with Common’s catalog would scoff at the notion that Finding Forever, out of the five albums, contains the most classics. The material not pulled from Common’s albums amounts to “The Bitch in Yoo” (the Pete Rock-produced dis track shot at Ice Cube), “Love of My Life” (Erykah Badu featuring Common, from the Brown Sugar soundtrack), and “Next Time (Just Right Version)” (a new laid-back cut produced by James Poyser that features background vocals from Queen Latifah). This is not an ideal overview of Common’s back catalog. One could make a superior alternate version covering the same ground with no overlap.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:57
- Main artists: Common
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2010 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 2010 Geffen Records
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