> From being almost openly misogynistic on all 5 tracks from the
> debut to coming up with "Retrospect for Life" it's hard to think
> of a rapper who went through a similar maturation process.
>
> I wonder what a full career retrospective would look like.
>

> On Dec 18, 8:59 am, mattmatical wrote:
>

>> From being almost openly misogynistic on all 5 tracks from the
>> debut to coming up with "Retrospect for Life" it's hard to think
>> of a rapper who went through a similar maturation process.
>>
>> I wonder what a full career retrospective would look like.

> Like a guy losing his nutsack and becoming a Guava eating, poetry slam
> attending, independent bookstore trolling simp?!?!?

> Um Jammer NATTY wrote:

>> On Dec 18, 8:59 am, mattmatical wrote:

>

>>> From being almost openly misogynistic on all 5 tracks from the
>>> debut to coming up with "Retrospect for Life" it's hard to think
>>> of a rapper who went through a similar maturation process.

>

>>> I wonder what a full career retrospective would look like.

>> Like a guy losing his nutsack and becoming a Guava eating, poetry slam
>> attending, independent bookstore trolling simp?!?!?

>
> lol...
> This Guava eating thing cracks me up every time...
>
> Nothing wrong with fruit, except that it makes Common a bougie, apparently.
>
> I just listened to ODIWAMS again the other day and somehow it sounded a
> lot more shallow than I'd remembered it. Dunno what to do with Com.
> While I kinda like the guy, or wanna like him, I haven't quite got into ...

> Hearing some new Common single the other day reminded me
> how much I like Com. For some reason I just haven't paid much
> attention after "ODIWAMS." The Relativity retrospective
> "Thisisme Then" shows an immense personal progress over the
> course of just 3 albums.
> From being almost openly misogynistic on all 5 tracks from the
> debut to coming up with "Retrospect for Life" it's hard to think
> of a rapper who went through a similar maturation process.
>
> I wonder what a full career retrospective would look like.
>
> Matt

> On Dec 18, 3:32 pm, juanbo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>

>> agreed common is the only artist who seems to get better with each
>> album. those detractors on the top don't like him because he doesn't
>> rhyme about sneakers or rims. he actually make music with actual
>> substance and like you said from a mature prospective. and because he
>> does all of that people easily want to judge/ hate on him.

>
> Yeah I liked him much better on "Ressurection," when he was talking
> about sneakers and rims! You are one of the stupidest new posters
> around here - and you've not earned your stripes Juanbo. He's gotten
> progressively worse, becuase rather than making music he likes, he's
> catered to the college crowd. I was listening to Digable Planets
> yesterday, dope old records, both of them. Why? Because they were
> genuine. Same with the Roots - the first couple records sounded like
> kids having fun with music. Afterwards, they started to make record
> they knew would sell to their little niche in the music world and it
> went downhill.
> ...

> On Dec 18, 3:32 pm, juanbo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>

>> agreed common is the only artist who seems to get better with each
>> album. those detractors on the top don't like him because he doesn't
>> rhyme about sneakers or rims. he actually make music with actual
>> substance and like you said from a mature prospective. and because he
>> does all of that people easily want to judge/ hate on him.

>
> Yeah I liked him much better on "Ressurection," when he was talking
> about sneakers and rims! You are one of the stupidest new posters
> around here - and you've not earned your stripes Juanbo. He's gotten
> progressively worse, becuase rather than making music he likes, he's
> catered to the college crowd. I was listening to Digable Planets
> yesterday, dope old records, both of them. Why? Because they were
> genuine. Same with the Roots - the first couple records sounded like
> kids having fun with music. Afterwards, they started to make record
> they knew would sell to their little niche in the music world and it
> went downhill.
> ...

>On Dec 18, 5:00 pm, Um Jammer NATTY yahoo.com> wrote:

>> On Dec 18, 3:32 pm, juanbo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>

>>> agreed common is the only artist who seems to get better with each
>>> album...

> On Dec 18, 5:00 pm, Um Jammer NATTY yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>

>> On Dec 18, 3:32 pm, juanbo...@yahoo.com wrote:

>

>>> agreed common is the only artist who seems to get better with each
>>> album. those detractors on the top don't like him because he doesn't
>>> rhyme about sneakers or rims. he actually make music with actual
>>> substance and like you said from a mature prospective. and because he
>>> does all of that people easily want to judge/ hate on him.

>

>> Yeah I liked him much better on "Ressurection," when he was talking
>> about sneakers and rims! You are one of the stupidest new posters
>> around here - and you've not earned your stripes Juanbo. He's gotten
>> progressively worse, becuase rather than making music he likes, he's
>> catered to the college crowd. I was listening to Digable Planets
>> yesterday, dope old records, both of them. Why? Because they were
>> genuine. Same with the Roots - the first couple records sounded like ...

>On Dec 18, 8:59 am, mattmatical wrote:
>

>> From being almost openly misogynistic on all 5 tracks from the
>> debut to coming up with "Retrospect for Life" it's hard to think
>> of a rapper who went through a similar maturation process.
>>
>> I wonder what a full career retrospective would look like.
>>

>
>
>Like a guy losing his nutsack and becoming a Guava eating, poetry slam
>attending, independent bookstore trolling simp?!?!?