Earlier this week, rapper/actor/author/philanthropist Common quietly turned the big 4-0 (thanks to evboogie for the reminder). So to honor Com’s milestone birthday, we’ve put together 40 For Common — 40 tracks of essential Com for your listening pleasure. Many are features or rarities you may or may not have (I stayed away from his super popular stuff), so cool out with this soundtrack of Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr.
Happy Birthday, Com!
Common f/ Kanye West & Mikkey Halsted “Corners Remix”
01 corner’s remix
Malik Yusef f/ Common & Kanye West “Would You Like To Ride”
06 – Kanye West – Wouldnt You Like To Ryde
Common “Let’s Move”
Common – Let’s Move (prod. dsteele)
Common & Mark The 45 King “Car Horn”
common – Car Horn
Common “Resurrection (Extra P Remix)”
Resurrection (Extra P remix)
Just Ro f/ Common “Confusion”
05 confusion
Common “Dooinit”
04-common-dooin_it-TSM
Common “Soul By The Pound (Remix)”
Common Sense – Soul By The Pound (Remix)
Common f/ Pharrell, Q-Tip & Erykah Badu “Come Close (Remix)”
Common – Come Close to Me (Remix) ft. Pharell, Q-Tip & Erykah Badu
Common & Kanye West “Mike Love (Freestyle)”
24 KanYe_Common Freestyle 1 1
Common “Follow Me”
Follow Me
Common “Pimpin”
22 22 – Common – Pimpin
Common “Take It Easy (Demo Version)”
02-common_sense-take_it_easy_(demo_version) 1
De La Soul f/ Common “The Bizness”
03 The Biziness(1)
Common “The Sun God”
02 The Sun God
Common “Hungry”
09 Hungry
Pete Rock f/ Common, N.O.R.E., and Big Pun “Verbal Murder 2”
15 Verbal Murder 2 ft. Big Pun, N.O.R.E. & Common
The Roots f/ Common “Act Too…Love Of My Life”
10 Act Too…The Love Of My Life
J. Dilla f/ Common “E=Mc2”
02-j_dilla-emc2_ft._common 1
Common f/ Pharrell “I Got A Right Ta”
09 I Got A Right Ta
Common “ThisIsMe”
10 ThisIsMe.
Common f/ Cee-Lo “G.O.D. (Gaining Ones Definition)”
07 G.O.D. (Gaining One’s Definition)
Common & Sadat X “1-9-9-9”
20 1-9-9-9
Cocaine 80s f/ Common “Six Ft. Over”
02 Six Ft. Over
Common f/ D’Angelo “Ghetto Heaven”
14 Geto Heaven, Pt. 2
Common “The Bitch In Yoo”
04-common-_the_bitch_in_you-dgn
Common “Invocation”
02 Invocation
Common f/ Kanye West “Southside”
05 – Southside (Feat. Kanye West) (prod.by Kanye West) 1
Common “The Hustle”
05 The Hustle
Black Star f/ Common “Respiration”
Black Star – Common – Conunon – Mos Def – Talib Kweli – Respiration
Common f/ Slum Village “Thelonius”
12-common-thelonius-TSM
No I.D. f/ Common & Dug Infinite “State To State”
04 State To State
Common “Stolen Moments Pt. 1”
11 Stolen Moments Pt. 1
Common f/ Black Thought “Stolen Moments Pt. 2”
12 Stolen Moments Pt. 2
Common f/ Q-Tip “Stolen Moments Pt. 3”
14 Stolen Moments Pt. 3 (Intro_Outro)
Common “Electric Wire Hustler Flower”
04 Electric Wire Hustler Flower
Common “My Way Home”
07 My Way Home (Featuring Common)
Bilal f/ Common & Mos Def “Reminisce”
Bilal – Reminisce
Common “Reminding Me Of Sef”
16 Reminding Me (Of Sef)
Common “Breaker 1/9”
05Breaker 1_9
Nice!!!