Def Jam Poetry - Common

[JeRRiiEz]

now rappin bout money,sex and drugs just like nas.

[0oemancipatedo0]

this man is just plain delicious

[justshoother1st]

"and if i'm known as a pimp or a mack, it's these rap niggas that i pimp slap"

dedicated to drake lmao

[joi124]

lol he can't help but to rap even his poetry

[Kramz1231]

And he is polite and gracious enough to give respect to Sanaa Lathan's man.

[abckhh]

he mentioned sanaa! :)

[shimhq]

" If i'm known as a pimp or a mac, it's these rap niggaz that i pimp slap ! "

[iskisker]

dam this is real hip hop

[MrSal5]

Common sense the Truth

[SakuraBlossom2011]

I love common!!!

[Brbdoll8]

Common is Def. Killin it. & He Doesn't Have to Come out With a New CD, He's The Type of "Floet" That Can Make One CD & it Becomes a Classic & He Becomes a Legend. i.e. Lauryn Hill...

[enesfra]

"i know enough to know i dont know much"...TRUTH!

[MegaBatman2323]

"not knowin the future , i dont repeat the past"

[xklasikahlmethodx]

if you put the snowflakes on it looks like a christian infomercial lulz

[Lexskate123]

Something with substance.

[Lexskate123]

Slam Poetry.  The like bar says it all. Great. "remove our masks. I know the truth the news won't flash."

[iemserious]

did they boo him for the michael jackson line?

[negrodamus2011]

@iemserious they said oooooo

[officialJayRaq]

There not mainstream, there underground. When theast time you.heard a common album release?

[Bankallday]

@officialJayRaq Common's not mainstream but he's definitely not underground bruh. He's one of the more popular conscious artists. And he has a new album coming out soon, with a couple of fire singles including "Sweet".

Maybe you need to step your hip hop game/knowledge up, matter fact, you definitely do. Real heads still checkin for Com Sense

[Kadeem50jr]

Hatin ass niggaz cum aroun wid it

Ima GET on up in dat hatin niggaz brown wid it

Coz nigga I aint no dik strumma, ima ass plumba

GETtin on up in yo bum bum bumity bumma

Ima cumma , how bout a humma?

Ill knowck out yo teef juss to GET a G G G G GUMMA!

Daz REAL shit.

[mywoodinbush1015]

Common reminds me of Rakim.

[richardsondawn12]

He can talk to me all day.

[prince1077]

true lil wayne would be a mess lol

[TruSkillz5]

lmfao i'd love to c lil wayne try and get on def jam poetry...that'd b a mess

[guitarmessiah95]

He doesn't need music just words.

[MRELNORTE]

I love Common, But he should know how to tie a tie

[jaysha90210]

Deep bruh too deep!

[kikisofierce]

search kikisofierce for my spoken word

[NyFamous1]

Wale Needd Too Bee On This !

[lecifbaby]

He is so damn sexy. His voice is just mmm.

[Myloblow16]

he came to my school, UIUC and my org got to perfrom 4 him...much respect W.O.R.D

[numb3r2wo]

I hate how people booed the Mike Jackson line...

[kashy43]

i know enough to know i dont know much. Jah bless this wonderful man

[islespatrick]

I can't believe Lil Wayne is more popular than Common. God, Common's lyrics are just so thoughtful, and poetic (oh wait, he's on Def Jam Poetry). Anyways, fuck Lil Wayne.

[Swagusoorrr]

@islespatrick its cause of these fucking stupid hipster mainstream music loving dick head poser kids that listen to him.

[ALLAmitTV]

@Swagusoorrr how can they be hipsters and mainstream at the same time?

[LeAndraSings]

@islespatrick yea i agree its crazy mos def and talib too dont get me wrong i listen to wayne but i think ppl missin out on real lyricism

[micahb574]

@islespatrick This comes from Talib Kweli, who made an appearance on Def Jam as well.

[AeonWorldz]

Real Hip Hop thats all ii can say

[Shassytricia]

I think Common is soo cute |<3

[Jlhhp2006]

"mo money mo snakes in the grass"

[RBG83ify]

Sanaa lathan is a sellout bitch who love sucking little peckerwood dick's.

[8spade]

@RBG83ify dude wtf?

[writerzblock00]

lmao he said that shit when her dad produces the show?? LMAO

[SheSucksHard]

niceeeee

[PoetrynRhymes]

Nice....Check My Poetry

[JohnnyBlaze10001]

common sense

[Jennifer123001]

i wonder if he is a hipppy

[bigddagenius]

sanaa lathan truly is beatiful as hell, she's pretty high on my list even though she's almost 40.

[Dalleman86]

whose ass ? Sannal Nathan?

[VenessaVB]

@Dalleman86 Actress Sanaa Lathan (Love&Basketbal, TheBestMan, DissapearingActs, Blade, SomethingNew, The FamilyThatPreys)

[poetryselite]

Love the panther fist Common displayed before goin into his masterpiece. What's crazy though is that people will say that both Common and myself are "racists" just cuz we hold dear the panther morale. But the truth of the matter is the only way to conquer the evil in America and abroad is adore and pay homage to yo true heritage and of course, let it "Be Known" like Common did with his "Be" album. Much respect to 1 of the greatest poet/MCs of all time in Common.

[1Pantikian]

He was a little mean to Michal, it was a skin condition, Common's comment was uncalled for

[Ih8thePolice]

@1Pantikian You can't just mysteriously get Vitiligo after 40 years of being alive, its a born skin disfigurement. Learn more about the disease and maybe you'll see what Common is talking about.

[IXIAdRiaNIXI]

@1Pantikian he wasnt talkin bout just skin....

[ausetkmt]

Tell It Poet, you know you speakin

[acdnan]

"i know enough, to know i dont know much" pff that a good line

[ryanb76]

check out the titile Chapter 13 Rich man vs poor man- sounds racist to me

theres your example

[GusKillah23]

@ryanb76 did actually hear the song? dude ur a fucking idiot

[ryanb76]

@GusKillah23

yeah I heard the song- the one about beating a white guy and taking a chinese guys business? Yeah, or maybe it was the one about defending the cop killer in NJ. I guess I just don't understand the "context"

[MrBlackfish011]

half you fools calling him racist didn't know who he was a week ago, besides a role or two he played in a movie, you haven't heard a Common album, probably not a song and you talk shit, if you are going to talk at least talk about what you know.

[ryanb76]

This guy is a racist and an idiot

[MrJdvance]

@ryanb76 how? what's your example? i'm white and i'm not seeing where anywhere in this or other videos he's racist

[Oscarallknowing]

@ryanb76  SO ARE YOU !!!

[MCSmithishh]

@ryanb76 | "This guy is a racist and an idiot"

Not funny. Try again.

[Dalleman86]

@ryanb76 proof that you didnt listen to the lyrics

[LuvBleuIvy]

MALCOLM X!

[dim2thesum]

whose ass was he talkin bout?

[radikalprodigal]

@dim2thesum sanaa lathan...she came in love and basketball ...

[DrunkenPoetic]

Hip-hop's just the same shit now it was in the 90s.

Bibles, black nationalism and rhyming couplets got boring ten years ago.

[IamRIDAH]

@DrunkenPoetic If you feel that way you should be attacking music as a whole. Genre is just another word for nationality, so it would seem

[DrunkenPoetic]

Yeah but while some embrace that others are always looking to escape.

[PdubzCrew]

If you don't like Common

Then you don't have commonsense at all

[appleman1324]

@PdubzCrew all the reporters on faux news

[BowmanHath31]

i know enough to know i dont much

[deejayNUOHLAC]

Im a sixteen year old rapper coming up in chicago..check me out Paul Calhoun-Memories gurantee you vibe to it

[tupacsomething69]

this guy seriously doesnt know how to dress for these jams

[LadyofWar1980]

@tupacsomething69 Nah man! He is doing his own thing. Imo, the words mean more than his outfit. No disrespect....

[kaspakapaz]

was sanaa lathan in the crowd?



[TheOriginalMouth]

no, but her father stan was. he co produces show w/ russell simmons.

[QtPieV323]

@kaspakapaz Her father was in the crowd

[hkpopfan4lif3]

common i love you

but you gotta fix your tie

[MISSterDJ82]

LMAO COMMON BETTER WATCH IT. YOU KNOW THAT "BROTHER STAN" THE PRODUCER IS SANAA LATHAN'S FATHER.

[MrShadowpanda]

it's sad that artist like common and mos def are so underrated. and i'm probably gonna get hated on for this one but i hate when people come on here and comment on how sexy or hot the person is i just feel it takes away from the purpose of the video

[786gambit]

Check out other young muslim talent in poetry at an Eid on the Square event:

/watch?v=OKrpHxDS3Os&feature=p­layer_embedded

/watch?v=QFtNm-XRF2E

[Sassafras1991]

This...is...awesome. I'm a poet myself (a 19-year-old whit boy from Memphis, Tennessee) and I have to list Common as one of my top 3 influences.

[BabiieRapunzell88]

I know enough to know I don't know much...

[whtballerking13]

omg that looks like lil wayne at the end there. Please tell me he wasn't invited. Lyricists only!

[illhubangi4food]

@whtballerking13 dats mos def!

[tdotK1D]

@whtballerking13 shows how stupid you are, and how much the damn media brainwashed you, lil wayne? Ever heard of someone called Mos Def?

Fool.

[whtballerking13]

@tdotK1D Brainwashed me? If you read my comment you'd have seen that I hate lil wayne. I know mos def and i love him to death, I was just saying that the .5 seconds that I saw half of his face from the side, it looked like lil wayne at first galnce. fuck off

[abitchallday]

god danm hez truly talented not only is he a great lyricist hez also agreat poet a great rapper, and a great actor

[staciaevans]

he looked so sexi in just wright movie

[Dakingmikejr]

simply amazing, he is walking hip hop, he embodies hip -hop , so real raps and break dancins jus a little

[mw271705]

"i'm looking through the glass knowing it's a lot to touch, i know enough to know i don't know much" favorite line.

[melbingkoy]

more money more snakes in the grass

[C1N2J3]

Deep ass shit

[TrustowrthyRapist]

This guy raps way too black for me to undertand him.

[ArbyWanKenobi]

This was turned into the original 'Be' song, produced by the one and only J Dilla.

I'd post the link, but FUCKING YOUTUBE!!!

Just search Be+Common for THE REALNESS!

[biggs95]

LETS GO!!

[estycole]

I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH.!!!!! HE'S WICKED..

[EricPowellAKAELPJ]

COM SENSE!

[passerking2]

this is ok i gess

[EricPowellAKAELPJ]

wtf son? its betta than ok.