Posted in music on June 1, 2005
Has Kanye West handed the hip-hop spotlight he enjoyed in 2004 to his friend, collaborator, and label member, Common? "Be" was released on May 24th.
LISTEN TO (clips from) "Be". And order it at Amazon.
Pitchfork Gives 'Be' an 8.6
Rolling Stone gives it four stars
PrefixBlog talks about 'Be'
Prefix Magazine gives it a 4.0 (out of 5)
Slant Magazine offers a more negative viewpoint
PrefixBlog reviews one of Common's recent two shows at S.O.B's in NYC (as suggested by Gothamist ;-) )
PrefixBlog lists a lot more Common links
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this could be the mos greatestist interweb site with the word 'vegan' in it
keep up the good word/work
Posted by thighmaster | June 1, 2005 12:51 PM
Vegan Man - one link for all the Be reviews, right here:
http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/common/be
Posted by Dfactor | June 1, 2005 1:28 PM