Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 Digitally remastered by Chris Bellman

Digitally remastered by Chris Bellman

so off to the Coral Reef Academy in Samoa he went

The second post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album is less forced and more of a group effort than A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- keyboard player Richard Wright is back to full bandmember status and has co-writing credits on five of the 11 songs

This means 1982's Tug of War is

A couple of missteps aside

Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 Digitally remastered by Chris BellmanAfter fusing hip hop, rock, and soul on 2002's THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS, Chicago rapper Common returned three years later with BE. Like its two letter title, BE is much leaner, consisting of 11 pure hip hop tracks marked by Common's enlightened, contemplative, easy flowing lyrics. Although the album is more streamlined, it's not predictable or unoriginal, as the beats unfold with the same combination of rawness and melodic energy that made Kanye West's