Common

[preach2thechoir]

bisonchiefnole said:

Why is it so wrong for others to voice their opinion or disagreement in terms of homosexuality without personal attacks or acusations of being closet gays? Aren't they entitled to their opinion/belief/feelings like the rest of us?

Of course not. You can only express an opinion if everyone else agrees with it or deems it politically correct. /sarcasm

Topic: I LOVE Common. I have since he was MC Common Sense and with the Un-American Caravan. His CD "Can I Borrow A Dollar?"--CLASSIC! Love, love, love his new single. Will definitely be getting the CD as soon as I can.

If you want to hear some hip-hop that isn't the same ol' same, definitely check him out.

bisonchiefnole, I'm from Chicago so I too share your long time love of Common and his music!

[jaghetersimon]

I have no "evidence" that Common is a closet case. It's just my personal opinion or gaydar. And homophobes are often times closet cases, or at the very least, uncomfortable with their own sexuality.

[airbrushedhottie]

I still wanna know what exactly it is he is supposed to have said and when and where he said it.

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Is it bad to say i have no idea who this person is?

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bisonchiefnole, I'm from Chicago so I too share your long time love of Common and his music!

It is so good to see someone else who knows who he is! Do you know what I was shocked by, but really enjoyed? All the love his song "I Used To Love H.E.R." got in that movie, "Brown Sugar." That movie left a lot to be desired, but it was good to see real hip-hop get some recognition.

[Fraggle Rock]

airbrushedhottie said:

I still wanna know what exactly it is he is supposed to have said and when and where he said it.

He used to have homophobic lyrics on his albums. On EC, he had song that talked about a friend coming out to him.

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On his latest CD, “Electric Circus,” Common seemed to repent for the anti-gay lyrics he regularly spewed on his first four albums, including, “Homo’s a no-no, so faggots, stay solo” and “I’ll turn you into the artist formerly known as You gay ass ****.”

On the track titled “Between Me, You & Liberation,” Common soberly tells of a friend coming out of the closet to him, and the emotions he experienced while listening.

“So far we’d come, for him to tell me / As he did, insecurity held me / ’Til his spirit yelled help me,” Common rhymes. “How could I judge him? Had to accept him if I truly loved him / No longer, he said, had he hated himself / Through sexuality he liberated himself.”

Here's another one where he talks about it:

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One such place is revealed on "Between Me, You and Liberation," wherein Common speaks frankly about accepting a gay friend. The situation is hypothetical, he explains, but the sentiment is real.

"I'm not really tryin' to say I'm sorry, but I wanted to show that I'd grown," he says. "My intention was never to bring anybody down. It was just MC-in' shit. Where I'm from, 'faggot' is just a way to put down another MC. I didn't know cats was takin' it to heart so much. But I remember a woman came to me and said, 'My mom is gay. And I love your music, but I hate that you're so homophobic.'"

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Kanye is looking ever more unoriginal in comparison to his fellow Chicagan.

So Common spoke about homophobia in hiphop and outed himself as a reformed and repentant ex-homophobe like 5 years ago.

I have "Electric Circus". I love everything about that album and the lyrics are so inspired.

[Fraggle Rock]

More like 2 years. 5 years ago, he still had a couple of lyrics that could be seen as homophobic.

I wasn't surprised when Kanye signed him to his label. They're two peas in a pod. Both of them have said things that I don't agree with and can contradict themselves from time to time.

[ohnoshedidnt]

He opened for AKeys and John Legend. He's boring. But I loved his flow on Jada's "Why?" remix.

[preach2thechoir]

bisonchiefnole said:

bisonchiefnole, I'm from Chicago so I too share your long time love of Common and his music!

It is so good to see someone else who knows who he is! Do you know what I was shocked by, but really enjoyed? All the love his song "I Used To Love H.E.R." got in that movie, "Brown Sugar." That movie left a lot to be desired, but it was good to see real hip-hop get some recognition.

He was considered underground for almost a decade so I guess we shouldn't be surprised that so many people have never heard of him. His recent commercialization (which I hope won't change him) has brought him what I think is well deserved recognition.

As for Brown Sugar -- I couldn't agree more!