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1 Take It Ez Common [1] 4:10
2 Breaker 1-9 Common [1]/Isley/Is 4:03
3 Soul by the Pound Common [1] 4:21
4 Charms Alarm Common [1] 4:31
5 Heidi Hoe Common [1] 4:31
6 I Used to Love H.E.R. Common [1] 4:40
7 Book of Life Common [1] 5:06
8 Resurrection Common [1] 3:48
9 Thisisme Common [1] 4:55
10 Retrospect for Life Wright/Poyser/Lynn/ 5:24
11 Reminding Me (Of Sef) Simon/Lynn/Simon/Re 4:56
12 All Night Long Lynn/Wright/Thompso 5:48
13 G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition) Burton/Lynn/Newbill 4:48
14 Stolen Moments, Pt. 3 Lynn/Wilson 2:32
15 High Expectations Wilson/Ragovoy/Schr 6:47
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Thisisme Then: The Best of Common

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Red Ink Records

Thisisme Then: The Best of Common

UPC: 886971933826

Release Date: 11/27/2007

Original Release Date: 11/27/2007

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Take It Ez, Breaker 1-9, Soul by the Pound, Charms Alarm, Heidi Hoe, I Used to Love H.E.R., Book of Life, Resurrection, Thisisme, Retrospect for Life, Reminding Me (Of Sef), All Night Long, G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition), Stolen Moments, Pt. 3, High Expectations, [CD-Rom Track]]
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Thisisme Then: The Best of Common surveys the early career of the Chi-town artist formerly known as Sense. Drawing from his first three albums (Can I Borrow a Dollar? Resurrection, One Day It'll All Make Sense), this collection of 15 classic tracks gives a picture of Common's stylistic evolution. The earliest first-album cuts show us an MC whose high-energy, conspicuously squeaky tongue-twister vocals, and comedic subject matter mirrored a variety of hip-hop acts of the day (Das EFX, Redman, et al.). The Resurrection tracks mark a clear turning point -- a move away from light-hearted content toward poetic maturity. "I Used to Love H.E.R.," with its airtight extended metaphor, remains one of the most poignant hip-hop songs of all time. By album three, Common had garnered respect from the likes of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, and his work heralded the arrival of a new kind of conscious super MC, capable of speaking from the heart on subjects such as street crime ("Stolen Moments"), abortion ("Retrospective for Life"), religion ("G.O.D."), and coming to terms with one's adolescent past ("Reminding Me (Of Sef)"). Thisisme Then also includes the rarely heard "High Expectations" from the soundtrack to the 1997 film Soul in the Hole., Rovi