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May 31, 2025 62 mins
Démar and Adriel break down Common's classic album 'Be', how much hip hop production has changed in the past 20 years and how intricate "real rap" was in 2005.

Démar’s rating: 8 / 10
Adriel's rating: 8.5 / 10

The Love List: Be (Intro), The Corner, GO!, The Food, They Say

Timecodes:

3:16 - Listening as an adult has a different tone
4:25 - Song bigger than the album
5:48 - Common’s longevity
6:36 - The Soulquarians are a real supergroup
8:49 - My Way Home
10:45 - His relationship with Erykah Badu (BE)
11:55 - 2005 Trivia  
18:50 - Good album to listen to on public transit  
22:57 - The last part of GO  - scratching on the single
24:42 - How much hip-hop has progressed from this sound
26:19 - This sound is a relic now    
28:30 - Same person who listens to Benny the Butcher also listens to Playboi Carti
29:30 - The type of sampling Kanye mastered
32:47 - Might be the last song on a DJ Khaled
34:26 - So many of these songs and lyrics have topics
36:34 - doesn’t seem like a topic on a Common song
37:35 - The complexity of the rapping was higher at this point  
42:36 - The way he put songs together is underrated
43:25 - his ability to observe things and rap about them    
53:30 - LL Cool J comparison
54:15 - The album colour  
56:00 - No Skips
58:06 - The Score

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Common - Be / 2005 / hip hop, rap, conscious rap, back pack rap
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