Common - Love Is

On the cover of Be, Chicago's Common poses like Marvin Gaye, with a hat on his head and a heavy smile on his face. He's cool. It doesn't mean Be is a sappy record, it's a contemporary overview of the US society, without the usual hip-hop filters -guns, bitches, dope- that often ends up sounding more like a 70s soul record than a contemporary hip hop release. There are songs about love and songs about girls who aren't tools. In other words: it's refreshing and impressive. Here's "Love Is."

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