Common - Hungry

[DatDudeTrav]

This is the Com that I miss...brova is straight SPITTIN!

[westside159]

Like a hug im tight

[westside159]

Rhyme wise you a rest haven , you sat by the door spooked like i was wes craven

[Ryandupas477]

I don't think Drake heard this song before he dissed Common

[TanjaTampax]

Obie you can get stomped by Moby!

[SeanLimpias1982]

This is how com should of made his entire demeanor for all of his albums.

[Rmp0030]

Compare this to shit tracks like 'celebrate' on his new album. No competition.

[nem700]

@Rmp0030

im saying, common aint what he used to be. but he did shatter drake into pieces, casually.

[bbwluvur781]

this shit is hot,i had 4got about this joint

[afrils001]

my nigga

[bigddagenius]

dope as fuck

[poetryselite]

Common is simply one of the greatest MCs to eva grace the mic. I always read all 10 plus comments made on each video I like and for people to dis Common and rep Pun is nonsense. Both are in the top 20 rankin 1 above the other is just simply a matter of preference. May the poetical dialect of Common reign majestically supreme.

[TerenceTriple81]

Wu-Tang Sound..

[jesuschristlolomgwtf]

@TerenceTriple81 Thats exactly what I was thinking.

[skillkraft]

@TerenceTriple81 I bought this album when it first came out in 97' and I always thought the same thing.!!

[terro33]

@TerenceTriple81 Same thing I said...lol This my shit........

[coriejay]

Common is one of the best lyrical rappers out there!

[L0kwense]

U need to do more deletin' and less savin'

[L0kwense]

I can't play this track just once. This is an automatic rewind selecta rewind!!!

[myusernameisnotvalid]

One M0:00re Time! xD

[TekRizzy]

@nem700 common is an actor..im watchin him right now in a movie with Tina Fey and the 40yr old virgin..he's nice though

[TekRizzy]

@phillybigbully

Blackstar - Redefinition

Blackstar - Respiration ft. Common (compare..they both spittin)

i never said common was wack, hes dead nice..still though he be spittin some bullshit dont front lol

[zeusforlife2002]

@TekRizzy - DONT MEAN TO JUMP IN THE CONVERSATION GOD, BUT I'VE NEVER THIS MC SPIT "BULLSHIT".... REAL TALK....

[zeusforlife2002]

@TekRizzy - DONT MEAN TO JUMP IN THE CONVERSATION GOD, BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS MC SPIT "BULLSHIT".... REAL TALK....

[TekRizzy]

@zeusforlife2002 word? look, 1st of all, common switched over to some neo-soul/rap..i have all of his albums but his last and they all sound the same..i will never come out of face and say he's wack..2nd of all @phillybigbully, dont mention Pun and common in the same sentence. no disrespect, but you must be from the Chi...because where i'm at Pun is top 5 dead or alive. i never said he was wack, as i stated earlier. He just be on some flowers and rainbows sometimes.

[TekRizzy]

@phillybigbully

Blackstar - Redefinition

Blackstar - Respiration ft. Common (compare..they both spittin)

[TekRizzy]

Common was hot for like 2 albums...he still nice though. He ain't better than Kweli, stop naming rappers that will eat him sayin he's better. he's nice though

[phillybigbully]

@TekRizzy

fam for real?? Kweli is lyrically nice.. but his stuff is like BIG PUN.. same output everytime... no variety.. that's why his stuff never gets beyond SIRIUS radio.

Common on "Hungry" alone: put it up against Kweli's best...

[nem700]

@TekRizzy

kweli never made a track stocked with wordplay like this one.

[meccio07]

Hip hop is shit wit these new rappers

Common keeps this rap game alive

[phester061594452]

What you should have known from day one, you will on day seven....! Common is the best rapper....ever...he is just so intellectual. He would be the Jesus Christ of Hip-Hop...if there was one.

[SunniKnight]

True Hip Hip makes you feel good when you hear. Its an indescribable feeling.

[zuluboi305]

you hear what this man is saying .......... i dare any body battle him !

[thomasdr08]

I listened to this track for days straight just to learn it...I would recite it walking 2 miles to work and back home. Classic punch line rap

[zeusforlife2002]

@thomasdr08 - THATS WASSUP YUNG BROTHER!!!!!!!!

[dadrit]

greatest rapper ever!

Represent Chi-City

[nicgreaves]

This samples Soul Dog - CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU, I'm sure of it, check out the youtube video.

Seems to have gone under the radar.

[zeusforlife2002]

@nicgreaves - WOW!!!!!! i've been looking for this sample for years......appreciate it

[killerra]

One of the best displays of lyricism you'll ever hear. Whole track is flawless.

[zeusforlife2002]

@killerra - selah!!!!!!!!!!

[themaskedbard]

straight up classic

[tarrence32]

"shit is so banging niggas say its gang related" c'mon man...common lyrically sick.

[fucktwinkies]

THIS ALBUM IS CRAZY!!!!

[rezkoness69]

u fake like a smile, like a hug im tight

[kingamin77]

pure 100% classic!!!

[t3rr3nc388]

"no need to rob banks wit dyke broads to set it." Now the 'dyke broad' is his love interest in a movie, lol

[reneperez50]

"you fake like a smile and like a hug im tight" man common is a lyrical beasttt

[XredruM]

if i went fishing for a verse like this, i wouldnt catch it, cuz yo....it was off the hook!! more of this please, common!!!

[aunicornist]

''I came in this rap life nude, now I'm fully clothed with flows''

Damn, when Common is at his best, few can rival him.

[drezred]

like water for chocolate is also better. da lyrics on electrtic circle is also tight

[iMReCKLeSS22]

@drezred Its Electric Circus

[ADReiCaboVerde]

Best Common Alblum, Period. Even he caint fuck with t the lyricism on this alblum

[HipHop226]

Ressurection and Be are both better

[invincibleironman3]

Naw, this was and is his best flow....PERIOD.

[jazzhands79]

this is still one of his coldest verses ever

[Sammo878787]

common snaps it off on this one

[tonyre123]

common had it but hes losing it. i cant stress this enough. dude has a song with the JONAS BROTHERS- yes the jonas brothers. men.

anyways 1 thing abt common, all his album have a different theme/message. hes not like other rappers that miss different styles in one album. check out resurrection, can i borrow a dollar, etc. i think with UMC, he was trying a different direction like he did on electric circus but this time it didnt work. UMC IS DISAPPOINTING .

hes still among 5 rappers

[resteep]

i agree tonyre. i used to love him. but i havent really understood or felt anything since this album, and even this is fading in importance in my own useless opinion.

this was definitely the beginning of the end. I think he just fell off, ran out of creativity within the box he created for himself and now he just has his 'freaky alternative' cliche thing to play with.

i'm sure i'll get flamed for saying that.

[sfknns]

common & the jonas brothas? nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooo! say it ain't so! whats next lady gaga, lil wayne, or soulja boy? nooooooooooooooooooo!

[RUDOLPHLYRICS]

UMC isn't only disappointing, it's fukin trash..

[invincibleironman3]

UMC's ripped it back in the day

[zeusforlife2002]

disagree completely brother......Rashid is too lyrically sound to put out trash, u might be kinda slow to the lyricism, give it time

one

[RUDOLPHLYRICS]

@zeusforlife2002 WHAT LYRICISM? HAHAH. have u heard the UMC album? i like common too. been a fan since his debut, but the trash he's putting out now is just garbage.

[iMReCKLeSS22]

@RUDOLPHLYRICS Completely Disagree My Friend

[irockmoonman]

lyrical destructor right herebeasttt my favorite rapper

[eastnewyorkbamaz]

he had a video for this the first song on the video was weak

[SergeantDolce]

One my favorite raps and rappers, thank God for the few true hip hop rappers!

[vex2020]

yep , him and Mos Def still keeping rap alive

[DaLatinAbstract]

legendary lyricist

[seanoconnell28]

I know where, we can go, to see a real MC flow.... classic line from KRS, man Common brings me back to them good old days, love this shit right here

[Hbgflyboy]

Com might be the best lyricist of all time.

[zeusforlife2002]

REAL TALK, I agree with that completely.... This track confirms it....

[vex2020]

maybe but Mos Def cant be forgotten

[zeusforlife2002]

Absolutely....Mos def killed this new LP he got out....

[equalworld4]

Common!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Madawg213]

i liked the old common, now he on some stupid ass new shit, i wanted this classic type of shit u know that real/true hip hop

[pieguy264]

Be and Finding Forever were dope tho!!!

[jumberman]

Good shit right here,5*!!!!!

[nemesis700]

ice cube shudda neva opened his mouth

[IBSI7]

spaceApes-on-Grapes@

[livewithboothblitzer]

[Antonii999]

damn does anyone know where i can get this instrumental cuz i really need it i fiend 4 this beat lol

[1whitecracker]

check out tekzilla by common, real good song that uses samples from this one

[nijustCRy]

You fake like a smile,

like a hug I'm tight

thats righttt(;

[beantowne617]

Com smashed this shyt beyond pieces...instant classic for sure! 1

[jarbon5]

This is one of my favorite songs by Common. He goes hard as adamantium on this song:)

[funkdigger91]

Classic!

[esotericwun]

they scratching up this dude named DeDawBabyPaw from a mix tape called ILL STYLE LIVE a live artist showcase. Jugganots was on their too the imagine kill u joint.

[zeusforlife2002]

Good research bro!!!!! much respect to music connoisseurs

[okaythenbob]

I hope they threw away that mic when I finished. Because that shit is done!

[J2theMillz]

"soft like Tiger Woods"

lol

[Ermac21]

Common just straight up killed this joint, one of my favorits hip hop songs

[vibesNstuff]

no doubt

[twim20]

one of the illest cuts ever!!

[ecracker44]

hungry hip hop junkie in the city.. whats this sample from?

[LoserModz1942]

sounds like G-Rap...but not sure

[slater080808]

@LoserModz1942

That sounds nothing like him. Clean out your ears.

[esotericwun]

DeDawBabyPaw is the artist on ILL STYLE LIVE artist showcase .That was actually his first line on the song.

[keem008]

This shit is really GANGSTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duckman313]

This is one of the DOPEST joints in the universe!!!!!

[trevdiggz]

"Oracle air out ,n***** dont even run for cover right"- common

"At real n***** angles i stood"- common

[BlackAtticus]

this is my favorite cut by common. period. he roasted every single line in this damn verse. too many quoteables, i can't even say which is my favore line in this joint.

"u fake like a smile/ like a hug i'm tight/

skip ladies this is a rip a mutha-fka night"

it's just the WAY he spit that that sets it off, IMO.

"you to do more deletin

[Trea2030]

Sounds like a Wu-Tang beat. Tight 2 Def!!!

[NonchalantO1ne]

Wow ...What you don't recognize on day one you will on day 7 WOW....hmm you can take that shii so many ways. Yeah he is in my top ten without a doubt...definetly mastered similes and metaphors.

[gillagillahousehouse]

what sample is that.common my dude hiphop all day

[SynsCei]

no bigtymer it's a lot stupid...

[thegoods83]

this song inspired me to write. fuckin classic

[eritreantigaraly]

send me some of ur lyrics

???

[BigTymerPimp]

it sounds alot like Common is dissing 2pac in

this:

"Have him on Death Row searchin for an Interscope"

"Shit is so bangin niggaz say it's gang related"

"I drop a gem on, them who's style is jaded"

______________________________­______________

I know I may sound a little stupid from me saying this if your a fan of Common's but it sounds like a Tupac diss

[20thMay2007]

I think Common is better than Tupac... I don't care wat you think but that's my opinian

[BigTymerPimp]

I bet you do I'm not saying that he isnt either because Pac cant write anymore songs or such to prove if he's better while Common is still alive to say where he stands..

And I never said who was better either I was just saying it sounded like a diss to 2pac in specific because 2Pac was on Death Row records, his final movie was called "Gang Related", and Mobb Deep made a diss to 2Pac called "Drop A Gem On Em'" thats was my point so it sounded like a diss in my mind.

[20thMay2007]

I know... but I just thought I'd say ;)

[t1201971]

Good point, but this dropped in '97 and Common doesn't seem like the type to speak ill of the dead.

[BigTymerPimp]

yeah but Chino XL an I think Biggie dissed 2Pac after he died come to think of it a couple of people dissed 2Pac after he died but yur probally right it just dont seem like Common would diss someone after they died he is a good artist one of the few keeping hip-hop alive so I definetly give him tons of credit for that

[truthspeaks01]

there are a couple of emcees better than 2pac.

[thomasdr08]

@20thMay2007 - ion, fam

[DBlockn05]

@20thMay2007 Common is also better than Eminem.

[TheHoffmanHouse]

@20thMay2007 Na man i think there is no best. Tupac, Nas, 'Common, big l, Rakim...they all better at different things, but what i can say for sure is 90's rappers are better than today's rappers, that i will never argue against.

[RushiieFilms]

@20thMay2007 I also think that opinion is spelt with an a, soooooo

[SprolesIsGod43]

good observation. common was sort of against all that west coast stuff.

[kidfromcali22]

one of the greatest hip hop albums in my opinion.

[kiddrae254]

Co sign.

[vetrix]

lyrical barrage from Common is right

[bktomahawk]

Real Chicago hip hop dun. Nuff said

[HiDefKong]

I've been trying to find this song for a minute.

[Jlmtik4]

Top 5 Verses

1) Tash "Hip Hop Drunkies"(verse1)

2) Common "Hungry"

3) Jadakiss "Right Where You Stand"

4) 2Pac "Got My Mind Made Up"

5) GZA "Protect Ya Neck"

[horres]

and there are also some Lupe Verses...

[truthspeaks01]

pharoahe monch - simon says.

[horres]

and perhaps there is also son called can i live, or some other common verses... I dont think that its possible to make such list in an art form thats so lyrically rich like hiphop is.

[nemesis700]

mos def travellin man verse 2...or 1

talib kos verse 1

jeru come clean verse 1

shabaam arabian nights verse 1

juju off the books

nas deja vu..all verses

ras kass wake up show anthem

krs love's gon getcha all verses

eminem drug ballad first verse

bottom line son there are way too many awesome verses to make a top 5....shits damn near impossble

[escopac123]

true that..

[sfknns]

wheres canibus

[Jlmtik4]

I don't know why everybody act like me putting my Top 5 Verses up there is so hard, and so offensive. For me, it actually ain't that hard to list MY favorite verses. Because half of what most of y'all have been listening to for the past ten years ain't even on my radar. It's still just my opinion. Those 5 are examples of classic verses I like to hear. Call it Jlmtik4 Top 5 then . . .

[foreverseethe]

"I Bomb a nigga like a winter coat" lol fire

[narufan342]

The lyrical content of this song is so ill, that one day in a cypher i almost spit this track instead of my own shit. DAMN THIS ONE IS NAAAASTY!!

[killerra]

This have always been his best spit, to my ears.

[prstar85]

What you should have known on day one you will on day seven.............

-Common

What can you say.....hardest ive ever heard com come off other than on communism!

BIGUP REEL HIP HOP

[mefilmmaking]

so sick rough n rugged but come on with the metos....com sense....man, one in a million....can't wait 'till he fully comes to Christ....

[zeusforlife2002]

I can't even quote lines from this masterpiece.....This whole track is inspiring. My whole thought-process changed after I heard this shit. Dont give a damn what others say...Common is official

[pimpinho3z]

Common BEEN official..

[bigbrew17]

whole verse is absolutely fuckin ridiculous. if some uninformed fool asked me the definition of an MC, i'd play them this song.

[vetrix]

damn right

[kidfromcali22]

i could not have said it any better.

[mindbully]

Vision like colleco or tele, I battle stars in stellar...

Regions, my thought scheme was my like my offspring

Now, its teethin

My reason of rhyme applies to season and time

Season of mind , body and regions divine...

Sick!

[hiphopisntdead]

"Shit is so bangin' niggaz say its gang related"

"Got mad but my slug's a mike, u fake like a smile/and like a hug I'm tight"

"Hip hop u my bitch/and like a Ford I'm Explorin' u"

Those are my favorite lines in this track...this my favorite track on this whole entire album

[hiphopisntdead]

my bad I meant..

"Got mag but my slug's a mic/u fake like a smile, like a hug I'm tight."

[NonchalantO1ne]

Never in my life had I heard soo many metaphors, rhyming inside rhyming, similes, retarded word mulipulation ever...now maybe i am wrong...maybe i should go into my archives and rethink my statement but imma say i am 97 percent sure of my statement...niggas a beast, primate style.

[foxmccloud23]

"Don't need to rob banks with dike broads to Set it". woooo that was a good line.

[espoetic]

damn...one of the illest verses in hip hop...it took for Comm to dumb down slightly to get the respect he deserved from day 1!!!

[Myworldisblu]

This and Communism are his masterpieces.

[gopalsirha1]

real

[Jlmtik4]

Ho niggaz I expose, like Luke does hoes in videos!

[JovanMicahTasha]

Commons grew every album, he keeps gettin better and better asshole, don't b stupid

[taaffeman121]

wouldn't really agree, his peak was like water for chocolate and resurrection 2 absolute classics, i like be and finding forever but they'll never measure up

[jasarzulu]

hes greatest song to date i used to love her he needs to remake that song for this day and age....peace

[taaffeman121]

nope, ya dont tamper wit the classics man

[grandpasun]

Common Had many great verses, before and after this album came out. But This is probably my favorite verse of all-time by him. "My Thought scheme is like my off-spring. Now it's teething!!!" That's just fuckin' magical.

[LyricsRLove2005]

I miss this Com

[prolifik5]

Yeah, I think he's fallen off with Finding Forever

[TerenYoung]

Wow- I don't think so. I think people say that when an artist gains more attention from the mainstream hip hop fans.

[prolifik5]

Not really, I liked Be but I hate Finding Forever apart from a couple of songs

[TerenYoung]

To each his own...

[premo1512]

i disagree

[wutangclash]

dont run for cover right lol

woop common!

[keng8600]

i forgot about this jawn

[MindFuLL]

real talk. People forgot Common could dirty.

[sharaifjones]

DAMN!!! I forgot about this song. My head was noddin' so hard it almost came off my neck. Midwest stand the fuck up! Fuck that, the whole world stand the fuck up! There is a lyrical genius in your presense. Com ripped the hell outta this song.

[RandWon]

Newark, NU Jeruz has been on Common since Soul by the Pound in 92

[Crownedson]

NYC & Florida been on Common since '94.

[kangiwiyaka]

The whole album is amazing, from start to finish.

[Pilz]

his best verse EVER!