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Resurrection by Common SensePersonnel: Common Sense, NO I.D., The Illustrious and Praiseworthy Mohammed Ali, The Late Show's Ynot Never The Less (vocals), Lenny...
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Personnel: Common Sense, NO I.D., The Illustrious and Praiseworthy Mohammed Ali, The Late Show's Ynot Never The Less (vocals), Lenny Underwood (keyboards), Mista Sinister (scratches). Producers: NO I.D. (tracks 1-5, 7-11, 13, 15); The Late Show's Ynot Never The Less (tracks 12, 14). Engineers: Troy Hightower (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9-15); Stephen Georgiafandis (tracks 2, 4, 8). All songs written by Common Sense. Contains samples from "Protect Ya Neck" (as performed by Wu-Tang Clan) and "Power Of Love" (as performed by Alton McClain and Destiny). The music on RESURRECTION seems deceptively simple--jazzy loops over a strong break beat--but this is only because the true focus on any Common Sense album is the lyrics. Common is an underrated rapper, possessing enormous skills on the mic, able to string together seemingly endless syllables and phrases into a fluent, flowing story line. He often speaks in soundbites, using an old commercial's ad-line or another rapper's hook, but always recreating them to fit into ...
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The Maturation of Common Sense
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Pros: Great Lyrics, Strong Production
Cons: -
Common Sense (now known as "Common", due to a lawsuit by a group who was already named "Common Sense") truly comes through and shows what he's capable of with "Resurrection". His first offering, "Can I Borrow A Dollar", was a fun album with nice lyrics and beats, but was lacking substance to a degree. This album proves his ability to come through intelligently.
From it's first track of the same name, "Resurrection" keeps your ear on the lyrics. The best track (in my epinion) is "I Used To Love H.E.R.", a ballad paying homage to one of the most important women in Common Sense's life... he talks about growing up with her and watching her blossom into a woman through her trials and tribulations. He tells us of his love for her and leaves no doubt in the listener's mind that his affection is nothing but true... and waits until the end of the song to reveal that the true love he's speaking about is hip-hop.
"Book of Life" is another strong track, in which Common describes the current state of his life and what he wants to do in the future. "In My Own World (Check The Method)" introduces us to the lyrical stylings of producer No I.D., who unlike other producers who try to rap on albums (i.e. Puffy, Jermain Dupri), can actually hold it down. "Nuthin To Do" talks about Common's younger days growing up in Chicago with a nice mellow beat to reminisce over. "Orange Pineapple Juice" is another of my favorites, with some fun wordplay, such as "You a hamburger, I'm a Fuddrucker/ askin me to lettuce ketchup, knowin' you can't cut the mustard/ so where's the beef?". The album closes out with "Pop's Rap", which features Lonnie Lynn, Common's father, just laying down some words dedicated to his son.
Although this album came out in 1994, it stays in the main rotation of my CD collection. With great production by No I.D., only one or two of the tracks (other than the two interludes) get skipped over, and the majority of the songs come strong. A must for any true hip-hop fan.
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