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Rick Ross- “Stay Schemin’” (Drake vs. Common)
Essentially, I gutted out the track and left both Drake and Common’s verses for easier listening. Recently, Common [Sense] himself took the proactive approach and unleashed verbal shots at Drake over Rick Ross’ Stay Schemin’; a song which features a Drake verse full of subliminal warnings and insults aimed at Common. The download link below if you wish…
Personally, I think Com is just bored. He’s a certified legend with classic albums under his belt. He has nothing to prove. He doesn’t need to earn the co-sign of today’s rap fan because he’s earned his position in hip-hop when they were still in diapers. With Drake’s growing appeal in our pop culture, it’s not a stretch to say a chunk of Drake’s fans don’t even listen to Common or any music similar.
I myself am a big Drake fan but it looks like he’ll never be a hip-hop artist of Common’s calibre. Not that he doesn’t have the potential to—it has a lot to do with our generation of music and how it has influenced popular hip-hop. Drake’s a different artist than Common and has already developed tools that distance himself from a traditional hip-hop artist i.e. singing (which is one reason Common has this distaste towards him).
These days in hip-hop, beef has become something of the past; at least these two arent afraid to trade bars. Gotta miss those days where there was tension in hip-hop. Not serious, life-threatening tension, but tension through competition and the art of battle rap. This new wave of rappers seem like they’re all on each other’s team; I guess they don’t possess the no nonsense mindset that popular rappers had when I was growing up i.e. Jay-Z, Nas, 50 Cent, The Game, Jadakiss, Ja Rule etc. Where if you do something I don’t like, I’m calling you out. Maybe this generation is scared because many rappers I just mentioned careers’ went cold due to their quarrels.
Even still, these emerging rappers lack the grit that was tied to the typical on-paper rapper. Kinda sucks to see the more ‘hood’ rappers stray away from mainstreams’ eye, but that’s just how hip-hop is changing and how this generation decided to define what’s relevant.
Anyways, even though the justifications of the ‘beef’ are a little blurry, it’s good to have a little sport again.
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G.O.O.D. Music - “The Cypher” [Feat. Kanye West, Pusha T, Big Sean, CyHi Da Prynce & Common] @ BET Hip Hop Awards 2010
The Getting Out Our Dreams crew get their own BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher. They all go in pretty hard. Some Mighty Mos would definitely be the G.O.O.D. Music cherry on top.
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P x Cudder x Common x CyHi x Legend x Sean x Flaco x Hudson. Getting Out Our Dreams.
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Kanye West - “Good Friday” [Feat. Common, Pusha T, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson]
That feel-good music. Literally this week’s G.O.O.D. Friday release, as the Getting Out Our Dreams roster assembles. Def has that College Dropout feel.
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And they say Chi-City…
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Common - “Come Close” [Feat. Mary J. Blige]
Soft Com is still good Com. One of my favourite videos/songs.
“Are we living in a dream world?
Are your eyes still green girl?”
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