Like Water
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Fuck you, T/S. I ain't gon do it.
blue_london
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Can't pick
illestni99ainne
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Like Water for Chocolate is his Magnum Opus. I haven't listened to Be in awhile
BE is the Soundtrack to the Southside of Chicago. Period.
Anytime anyone ask me what the city like, whether it's really a war zone and all that I tell I don't know because MY Chicago was chronicled on BE. What it became after I left, what it was before I was born; I can't say. BE represents my 17 years in the Chi to a T. A verse from Lupe would have set it off but I digress. It didn't matter what I was doing in 2005, when I wanted to feel like I was home in that small barrack in Hawaii I played BE.
LWFC, is a DOPE album and might be his best work but it don't resonate with me like BE does.
They say you never truly appreciate shit til it's gone and that holds true for me with BE
Anytime anyone ask me what the city like, whether it's really a war zone and all that I tell I don't know because MY Chicago was chronicled on BE. What it became after I left, what it was before I was born; I can't say. BE represents my 17 years in the Chi to a T. A verse from Lupe would have set it off but I digress. It didn't matter what I was doing in 2005, when I wanted to feel like I was home in that small barrack in Hawaii I played BE.
LWFC, is a DOPE album and might be his best work but it don't resonate with me like BE does.
They say you never truly appreciate shit til it's gone and that holds true for me with BE
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Also, ain't to many intros beating BE intro. Shit set the stage for an amazing body of work
I wanna be as free as the spirits of those who left
I'm talkin' Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef
Through death grew 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 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
Lyrical MASTERPIECE
I wanna be as free as the spirits of those who left
I'm talkin' Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef
Through death grew 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 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
Lyrical MASTERPIECE
BE IS A GOOD ALBUM THAT IS QUITE OVERRATED...
I GET THAT IT WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMON FOR SOME...
BUT INCOMPARISON TO LWFC, IT WAS TOO TAME, LACKED SODIUM, AND NEVER REALLY PEAKS...
HE COULD'VE DONE THAT ALBUM BLINDFOLDED...
I'D RANK ONE DAY, LWFC, RESURRECTION OVER BE (IN THAT ORDER)...
LWFC IS ONE OF COMMON FINEST MOMENTS...
MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY...
I GET THAT IT WAS AN INTRODUCTION TO COMMON FOR SOME...
BUT INCOMPARISON TO LWFC, IT WAS TOO TAME, LACKED SODIUM, AND NEVER REALLY PEAKS...
HE COULD'VE DONE THAT ALBUM BLINDFOLDED...
I'D RANK ONE DAY, LWFC, RESURRECTION OVER BE (IN THAT ORDER)...
LWFC IS ONE OF COMMON FINEST MOMENTS...
MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY...
JokerzWyld
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"Be" has incredible production and dope song formats, but I consider this album better because it has some of the best verses Common has ever written. The intro is one of the best in hip hop; the first verse of "Faithful" is classic, arguably top 5 Common verse; and the last verse of "It's Your World" is godly.
CashmoneyDux
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This shit was a classic album imo 10/10
power_wisdom
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THE_R_;c-9875052 said:
Yes 'One Day it'll all make sense' is his best album to me too. The song with Lauryn Hill, G.O.D with Cello Green rapping was amazing. The 3 part Stolen Moment with a completely different song in the middle was genius. Make a name for ourself with Canibus was incredible. The production alone is mind blowing. No Id and this album is the architect of the Soul sound in rap.
BusterBreeze
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its like picking between two of your kids one is a little more introverted but you love the way their intelligence permeates and the soulfulness they exude (LWFC) the other kid isn't as deep and more social but they still got a light that draws you to the outer and inner beauty (Be)
i aint picking bruh
i aint picking bruh
natural born sinners
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I bought water for chocolate and don't remember it much...so ima go with the classic BE, just off the intro alone
dontdiedontkillanyon
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Everyone calls Be the classic, but I always preferred Like Water For Chocolate.