“Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone”
"Respiration", Black Star (1998)
Albums, Compilations, Singles, and Cameos
Common, nome artístico de Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr., , é um rapper e ator americano celebre no mundo do rap por suas letras, focadas mais sobre amor e a espiritualidade do que ao dinheiro, a fama e as mulheres. Muita gente pode descreve-lo como um artista de hip hop "verdadeiro", autor de autênticas canções que na verdade enviam mensagens.
Seu álbum de estreia por uma grande gravadora, Like Water for Chocolate foi criticamente aclamado e teve êxito comercial, mesmo que seu último álbum Be, em que Kanye West produziu nove faixas, vendeu 800 mil cópias e foi indicado a um Grammy como "melhor álbum de rap".
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“Tried to call, or at least beep the lord, but didn't have a touch-tone”
"Respiration", Black Star (1998)
Albums, Compilations, Singles, and Cameos
“Never looking back, or too far in front of me. The present is a gift, and I just wanna be.”
"Be (Intro)" (Track 1)
Albums, Be (2005)
“Granted we known each other for some time
but it don't take a whole day to recognize sunshine”
"The Light" (Track 7)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
"A Song for Assata" (Track 15)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
“This industry will make you lose intensity”
"The 6th Sense" (Track 9)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
From the documentary Holistic Wellness for the Hip-Hop Generation (2003); as quoted in "Common, Sticman, Badu Featured In New Health Documentary" https://allhiphop.com/2003/08/13/common-sticman-badu-featured-in-new-health-documentary/, AllHipHop (13 August 2003).
Interviews
"The Truth", Pharoahe Monch Internal Affairs (1999)
Albums, Compilations, Singles, and Cameos
"The 6th Sense" (Track 9)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
"Be (Intro)" (Track 1)
Albums, Be (2005)
"Respiration", Black Star (1998)
Albums, Compilations, Singles, and Cameos
"The People", Finding Forever
Albums, Compilations, Singles, and Cameos
"G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition)" (Track 7)
Albums, One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)
The 87th Oscars ceremony, 22 February, 2015.
Interviews
So it all came together and now we have the song 'Go!,' which is about going to my fantasy.
On working with Kanye West and John Mayer on the track "Go." (2004) ( From MTV.com http://www.mtv.com/bands/c/common/common_q_and_a_050620/)
Interviews
“The revolution will not be televised
The revolution is here”
"The 6th Sense" (Track 9)
Albums, Like Water for Chocolate (2000)