Common's 'Be' is an Instant Classic That Still Holds Up 20 Years Later | REVIEW

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 / 10Adriel's rating: 8.5 / 10The Love List: Be (Intro), The Corner, GO!, The Food, They SayTimecodes:3:16 - Listening as an adult has a different tone4:25 - Song bigger than the album5:48 - Common’s longevity6:36 - The Soulquarians are a real supergroup8:49 - My Way Home10:45 - 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 single24:42 - How much hip-hop has progressed from this sound26:19 - This sound is a relic now    28:30 - Same person who listens to Benny the Butcher also listens to Playboi Carti29:30 - The type of sampling Kanye mastered32:47 - Might be the last song on a DJ Khaled34:26 - So many of these songs and lyrics have topics36:34 - doesn’t seem like a topic on a Common song37:35 - The complexity of the rapping was higher at this point  42:36 - The way he put songs together is underrated43:25 - his ability to observe things and rap about them    53:30 - LL Cool J comparison54:15 - The album colour  56:00 - No Skips58:06 - The ScoreFollow us:TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepodAdriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcom Démar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter:Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepodAdriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant ===================================Common - Be / 2005 / hip hop, rap, conscious rap, back pack rap