Be 2005 Album

Common

This begins well, the first four songs are great, but I've never loved the middle to second half of the album enough to call this a true rap classic that many tend to. For only eleven songs, the standard needs to be touch higher for four outta five stars. 'Testify' (annoying repetitive overpowering sample), 'Love Is...' (stock standard song, nothing great about it), and 'Real People' (best of the three but similar to what I said about 'Love Is') don't grab me enough. Best Tracks: The Corner, GO!, Faithful, They Say