But Be wasn’t just a great album; it was a resurrection.
Common retreated. He considered quitting rap altogether. Enter a 26-year-old Kanye West, fresh off the massive success of The College Dropout . Kanye, a fellow Chicagoan who revered Common’s 1994 classic Resurrection , saw an opportunity. He told Common to strip everything back: no futuristic synths, no rock guitars — just soul samples, crisp drums, and sharp, conscious lyricism. Common - Be-2005-.rar
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Be debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, selling over 370,000 copies in its first month. It earned Common a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album (losing to Kanye’s Late Registration ). Critics hailed it as a return to form. Pitchfork gave it 8.0, noting, “ Be is Common’s most focused album in years.” Rolling Stone called it “a quiet masterpiece.” Today, it’s frequently listed among the greatest hip-hop albums of the 2000s. Enter a 26-year-old Kanye West, fresh off the