Common- forever begins

[kwh0393]

this might be one of my favorite songs ever. when i think of classic hiphop songs... this right here..

[digiovd]

Ha! same drum groove that the infamous Steve Gadd played on Paul Simon's 1975 hit "50 ways to leave your lover"... only good thing about this song....

[JoyceSanchez1987]

He need to make a COMEBACK!

[lessunn]

Isn't this Bilal singing?.......I haven't seen him on any credits......

[anubiswelch]

how on earth could you dislike this??? One of my favorite outro's to an album period! So touching. Word up!!!

[coolerthanyou23]

I guess, that even a lonely angel experiences and appreciates the feel of Satan’s fire, sometimes. In her eyes, I see wilderness untamed, love restrained and elements of affection that want to be explained. Nevertheless, I out-right out-write my predecessors and my peers with pen-point perfection, how priceless. So I guess finding forever leaves eternity in disarray...

[1996AmaruShakur]

I've never been so addicted to a song ... fo real . Didnt listen to it for a long time , feels good to hear it back again :) He'll always be the greatest !

[vicdarapper]

the guy with the video response ..the song called "the last hope" - vic that nigga nice as fuck dame dude is the thruth

[Thcuf6]

R.I.P J Dilla, one of the greatest

[krownme17]

yo yall please check this group called Good Vocation...i put it on videos like this because we are being ourselves...no trap, no sex songs, none of that mainstream stuff....God, love, all that man check these dudes out...pure dopeness man please yall GOOD VOCATION IS NEXT COMING OUTTA CHICAGO PLEASE SHARE YALL SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS GROUP MAN THERE DOPE YALLL AND I THOUGH I HAD TO SHARE IT WIT THE WORLD

[traphop12]

Got free time

Type in ben fame freestyle

[coolerthanyou23]

If God unearths such dirt, to fulfill his purpose and his work, living between sin and salvation, how much am I worth? A treasure and a curse, so this is what its like to eat apples right out of Satan’s purse...

[iTalkNerd]

@coolerthanyou23 who said that

[coolerthanyou23]

@iTalkNerd Johnny Hampton said that lol, its a quote from Leaving Earth, Escaping From Your Gravitational Pull...

[jdris86]

3 dislikes? how someone gonna dislike this?  people make no sense now a days for

real

[ThaBoss081390]

tha nigga looks like hes wearing a wig lol

[mrmillion94]

this song can bring a tear

[aBlackBrain]

VICTORY WON

[RUDYTHEOPHIN89]

I love it :)

[2becontinuum]

Same beat as Kid Cudis "50 ways to make a record" ?

[MrWrof]

@2becontinuum Yes, it's the same sample from "50 ways to leave your lover" by Paul Simon :)

[bigbread74]

I can't believe that people just don't know good music anymore. If you not talking about money, cars, bitches, or hoes; killing your neighboors, or feeding drugs to the masses they won't listen.

[DMHC95]

@bigbread74 You're my fucking hero.

[KidCypress]

@bigbread74 Every MC has something different to say, it's simple to talk about everyday events or ideals, such as the pursuit of wealth and being a sex idol. What's powerful and REAL will always be underrated, because it is the truth that we run from.

[IslamIstheWayforMe]

@bigbread74

i felt that man. you got 13 thumbs up for that if you didn't know.

[7mvproy]

@bigbread74 TRue

[silkyjonson99]

my heart beats in this song

[44harbordale44]

click here for M00:00R

[sneaky0girl]

AMAAAAAA-ZING BOBBING HEAD SIDE TO SIDE

[mommesoklart]

This sucks, shit music

[44harbordale44]

@mommesoklart u mad?

[mommesoklart]

@44harbordale44 Nope, I said that this music sucks :)

[44harbordale44]

@mommesoklart  yeah you mad

[TheAFRoCeNTRiC1]

Beautiful music

[TheHerculesJones]

RIP Gil-Scott Heron & J. Dilla

[MsWindyCity23]

J Dilla Lives On though Commons Music.. Thank You Common Your The Best !

R.I.P DILLA <3

[aaron203aaron]

260 people will live forever in Heaven, 3 people will die in hell

[bdash22]

@ultrakid808 Common is EXTREMELY underrated..he spits str8 poetry & its rare that yuh find someone bringin him up in the BEST RAPPER ALIVE convo he's slept on as well as NAS

[Bomyster3000]

This track is very violent!! cop killing and doing dope and death to bush this song in particular should be pulled! My kids may grow up to be destructive because of his music! J-Dilla killed 20 cops in south philly in one year! why are you all listen to this? Fox News said its destructive music!!................(sarcas­m)

[cbr954ny]

@Bomyster3000 wtf are you talking about?

[Iconvizuals]

@Bomyster3000 i was thinkin the same thing, so diabolical and potent, yet so smooth..

[djbeatnik420]

If i didn't see sarcasm in parenthesis I would have thought this comment was serious : )

[dgales09]

It's a cold world I can never go numb , I look fear in the eye an say " Man , Im never gonna run ."

[projectpat19]

give me a joint, good music and room to breathe

[KatriceRenee]

my fave :)

[AJBAM6]

R.I.P J DIlla

[aklaizefnub6]

I'm getting certain bits of Pops speech tatooted, "Every peak, has two valleys" "I leave my one and only grain of spiritual sand, to the universal scales of humanity, all humanity."

[ethan2093]

Why doesn't Common get more praise for music like this?

[UltraKid808]

@ethan2093,

He does tbh...Common is far from underrated.

[soofly01]

THIS IS REAL FUKIN RAP.....FUCK ALL THAT SHYT ON THE BULLSHY RADIO...COMMON FOREVER!!!!!

[Prodigy91691]

@soofly01 You know you spelled shit and bullshit wrong, right?

[soofly01]

@Prodigy91691 BIG FUCKIN DEAL....u no what I mean

[soofly01]

@Prodigy91691 OH MY GOD WHAT I SPELLED BULLSHYT WRONGG LOLL....BIG FUCKIN DEAL

[Prodigy91691]

@soofly01 You should really turn your caps lock off. Also, you press extra buttons when you type sometimes. One more thing, commas, are your friend. I couldn't understand that failure of a sentence at all.

[soofly01]

@Prodigy91691 MAN SHUT THE FUCK UP LOLL, YOU REMIND ME OF MY BITCH

[Prodigy91691]

@soofly01 Successfully Trolled.

[johnkeem103]

sample?

[philanderadriaan]

@johnkeem103 Paul Simon - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and Syreeta - "She's Leaving Home"

[johnkeem103]

@philanderadriaan thanks

[riccardozigno]

good music ??????????????????????????????­???

[LuPESmyNIGGA]

I truly believe this song could have been the greatest rap song of all time if Common had included one more verse before Pops.

[omd0]

i want this song at my funeral

[TheRottenRice]

@omd0 as do i

[kidcudifake]

cudi

[604772]

does anybody know where i can buy/get the instrumental to this ?

[xxshabamm360xx]

@mrdizzle42 because mainstream music is gay it's the worst music man you dont want his music to get messed up by some fags do you?

[mrdizzle42]

why does kanye only make good songs when theyre not goin on tv/radio?? how can one guy make such good beats and ruin hiphop at the same time

[UltraKid808]

@mrdizzle42,

Gtfo!!!

[LuPESmyNIGGA]

@mrdizzle42 Have you listened to My Beautiful Dark Sick Twisted Fantasy?? Its unbelievable.

[KINGDRE614]

@mrdizzle42 ruin? nigga u crazy

[mrdizzle42]

song is so good and its 7 minutes long !

got this on repeat all day all night

[KjbrowneProductions]

This is real hip-hop right here!

[cmalchik]

@KjbrowneProductions Doesn't sound like hip hop to me... Save for the occasional rap verse.

[theotheranswer]

I should have gone to bed so long ago but i cant stop listening to common and the truth he makes beautiful with, i just keep telling myself ONE MORE SONG, i dont know if it will ever end

[timbojtimboj]

@theotheranswer

haha, I hope you never get to bed!

[emerican969]

tribute to j dilla, rest in beats

[BrownSugarTasha]

Absolutely beautiful, this is where the art in artist comes from... This is one of my all time favourite songs!

Its a shame that true talent is never realised as it should be :0(

[jadplaya]

this song is soo beautiful this is art this is soul this is hip hop.

[Mr60610]

Man common's music is so good I can't even multi task while tryin to listen to him...his music requires my whole attention

[Pawboi85]

@Mr60610 You ain't lying... I was cleaning and I just had to stop to bop my head to this song...

[omd0]

kanye west produced this i cant believe it .....OH YH ...COMMON A MOTHERFUCKIN BEAST....

[vinciblue]

@omd0 why? kanye's a fucking monster!

[omd0]

@vinciblue nah i always new he was a beast ....but that doesnt sound like his traditional production to me anyway....fucking crazy though!

[vinciblue]

@vinciblue yeah mate, let there be light by nas was produced by kanye too, drums sound similar, he's just a producing king

[jdwmk]

R.I.P J Dilla

The most talented musician the rap scene ever had.

P.S. Just in case you don't realise, this song is one of the many tributes to him.

[thefroh1]

Drum sample: Marcio Montarroyos & Stone Alliance - On The Foot Peg.

[KINGDRE614]

@thefroh1 no drum sample is paul simmons 50 ways to leave your lover

[zboi101]

deeep track

[bigWILLfrmus]

If it wasnt for Theophilus London I would have NEVER heard this!

[GhettoChiique]

The speech of commons grandpa is beautiful. The voice seems so familiar. It ads something unique and special to this song. Shame it's not fully on here, but my brother has it on a record. I remember he used to wake me by playing this song in the morning. The most peaceful alarm anyone can dream of. :)

[BooMBAPManiaK]

Dear Pops,

It's been awhile huh? I hope your doing well. It seems like just yesterday I was listening to your words of wisdom for the first time on Resurrection. I remember telling myself that "it's so awesome that he featured his dad on his album" and that he should do it again for his next LP. Sure enough I heard you again on One day... and that wouldn't be the last time. Which brings me to the point of this message, I sure do hope that this won't be your "last time..."

Sincerely,

Dave.

[DDive1991]

3 people need to die, Seriously

[rhapsodists1]

rest in peace j dilla.. guru... al yall, the list goes on for eternity just like our souls.

[djkifrikz987]

we need more people like common, lupe fiasco, nas and kid cudi nowadays

[tubularguppy]

@djkifrikz987 fo sho

[Sakiera423]

One of those songs that you thank god for being made.

[j0oe1124]

RIP J DILLA

[jasun27]

there should be a love this button

[kweencessX]

Living. Then you're gone. Living. Then you're gone.

You don't understand how much this song haunted me after the first time I listened to it. I literally didn't sleep for days. I was thinking about death. Nothing specific about it. Just it itself. It still messes with me even now. I love this album and this song is one of my all time faves. I don't understand the feelings it evokes within me though, hopefully one day.

[werty735]

@kweencessX shits deep!!!

[rhapsodists1]

thisjam gives me the chills from the beginning every time. RIP J DILLA

[lavishlife500]

there is no one like commin

[JazzysaywaaahXD]

is the main singer singing the line " living then you go " x4 by Bilal ?

[rocafit4]

why doesnt this have 796535783267 views

[cmills7]

@rocafit4

Okay! Because people don't know good music when they here it. I love this song!

[cmills7]

@rocafit4

I mean HEAR It! LOLOLOL!

[Devonte0Jay]

@rocafit4 cuz everyone has it on there ipods lmao!!!

[44harbordale44]

@rocafit4 to keep the riff raft out

[PipaOpDeHippa]

@rocafit4 cause it ain't mainstream

[PipaOpDeHippa]

@rocafit4 and there aren't 796 billion people LOL!!

[Dustinluva07]

The outro is dope!

[roxychic231]

This Is A Piece.

[ramirezbrandon25]

drums are also from 50 to ways to make a record by kid cudi

[TheEazyDuzIt95]

This album is fucking dope

[Prophet6000]

This was commons best album.

[monet1design]

i love him so much...

[Gmixed]

I pray to God I sound likethe man at the end when I am older.

[jamespage1680]

probably one of the most beautiful hip hop tracks of all time.. the gospel opening up the chorus is inspired.. Kanye maybe a dick, but this is borderline genius production

[Mendeboy1]

doesnt get much better

[KaraxMc]

most powerful song on the album..

[KanyeisBest815]

best song on the album

[larsattack]

3:07 - 3:26 is my favorite part. The beat is just so mesmorizing. It makes me think about life and my past.

[willferris34]

not so much a sample of the paul simon track than a reworking

kanye just used the drum break and rearranged it

[blackanddwight]

I wonder how Kanye got to clear the Beatles sample "She's Leaving Home", even though its the Syreeta version being sampled. Anyways... DOPENESS!!

[JacobRook]

yea i always been a big fan of common, he is my inspiration,,, check out my video type in rook mic check in the search column.feedback is greatly appreciated.

[MsDivaJonelle]

Mr.WEST on the track. WHERE ARE YOU YEEZY?

[diamondolphi]

who is hacking my account? i never watched this!

[WilliamsBirne1]

@diamondolphi you should

[diamondolphi]

@WilliamsBirne1 Sorry, it's not my type of music. If you saw some of my playlists, or at least watched the video 'yokkorase-x', you'd understand.

i'm really mad that someone's been using my account to look up music that I personally dislike.

[AfroAmercanXpress]

Always feel this track.. so empowering and relaxing all at the same time.. Pops is sick with it too.

[paulielexx]

Common is the best in the game and this goodbye to J Dilla is so deep. The best track on the album

[kapnkem]

deep & heavy!luv to hear POPS put wisdom down on COMMON"S last albums. my top cut on this disc.

[incyourbus1]

hip hop int about who can smoke da most coke or have the most hoes or get the biggest rims and stax of money. its about relating music to life on a metaphorical and personal level. common got it.

[paperboyjohn]

@incyourbus1 somewhere along the line hip hop lost its way, and i think its when it became way too commercial. It became "who could make the most money" of a track. This is why beneficial hip hop such as what we have here doesnt get played. Became the industry does not see as source of profit in inspiring the people.

Real hip hop

[incyourbus1]

@paperboyjohn so true man

[fixuplooksharp66]

on tree by jury, together we hung.

[HEMAN98765]

common is 1 of da best 2 do it... he always cums real Ive got all his albums. its all bout Kareem on dis tune tho, da beat is COLD. then wen u got pops finishin fings off, u cnt go wrong. Keep dat shit BANGING. REAL RECOGNISE REAL

[MrMusicevolution]

Song cuts off right at the best part..How can you cut off Pops?

[ktmworldwide]

every peak will have two valleys: true, but also: every valley will have two peaks?

[cececes]

damn ... never thought of that before .... ktmworldwide .... u just made my day =-)

[kendrickxD]

its a tribute to j dilla.

rip homeboy

[BigBWilson327]

lol, my friend was playin old classic rock music and it turns out that this song's beat is from paul simon's 50 ways to leave your lover hahahhaha.

[MarieMickey]

my fav...gonna be hard to top this album

[hustla878]

my favorite song from Finding Forever... This is one of the realist songs ive ever heard... Common is truly one of the greatest... its a shame he's so underrated....

[visionimagify]

@hustla878 I've never gotten into anything really mainstream all my life. Mainstream in any genre, just wasn't my thing. My mind is not easily manipulated.

[UltraKid808]

@visionimagify,

Common is sort of Mainstream tbh

[armoredyosk]

@hustla878 its actually not a shame at all. cant you see what happens to good music when it hits the mainstream. most of the time it looses its real creativity and charm. common would become like a machine, just pumping out songs for money. its great that he is above all that. haha

[vbons8]

Common is a legend, best rapper to grace the mic.. All hail him.

[IMILLMATIC]

hes not the best, but he is the truth and the realest!

my fav above all!

[dudewilmer]

listenin is enough, damn good song. This is the highest level

[Slapshot770]

His music exists on a higher level. This song is incredible.

[daymc10]

MAN! He is so underrated but it's all good his albums will still sell. One of few rappers.... well artist that's actually sptin sum real stuff.

[LOADA03]

Common is my inspiration,(aside fro my family, God etc)

[Raycon122]

so freakin great..

so lovely

[queenshy07]

I love this song... the chorus soubds like a something stevie wonder would have made... big ups to Kanye on his production of this song... I luv it...

[mtlegacy24]

I'd Have to say, Chicago has got some of the best lyrical artists, Kanye, Common & Lupe. Forever Begins is Good Track.

[quakes21]

True, and Detroit's on the rise too with people who worked with J Dilla.

[yeaboymanidude]

detroit has lyricists like obie trice, hush, and eminem.

[hendick]

r.i.p dilla

[kb826062871]

ya! Forever BEGINS!

[gajtwmf]

fuck lilwayne long live common i do like a couple of lilwayne songs but nobody seeing common and kanye rite now

[Blacknaga96]

RIP JDILLA

[MarieMickey]

love it

[KingOfKii]

yah krazikkris i heard them to he sounds like he is startin to sell out but they are produced by pharrell and he isnt good unless he is doing it as the neptunes

[krazikris93]

this is one of my favorite song. somehow when i hear it tho it reminds me of john mayer's "The Heart Of Life" idk im jus weird like dat bt as i sed. GOOD SONG :)

[gajtwmf]

the beat speak to my soul lol

[Alang2009]

A nice tribute to the late great J Dilla

[bry005]

listen you clown...if you think kanye is the man then you must be an idiot...lemme guess you're one of those fans that looks for a hot beat...common isnt working wit him for a reason...and dont be a youtube warrior and tell me to shut the fuck up cuz you sure as fuck wouldnt do that in person...common fans stand up