Common - The Food

[lossuns10]

good song but what is it about?

[illmaticstatic93]

i cant find a high quality version of this song to download. CAN ANYONE HELP ME

[patronx68]

さすが大御所って感じですね！From Japan

[countryswagga620]

old school music right dur

[Fcullins]

Chi City stand up!!!

[ILovePalmdale]

check out my response to this!!!!! called philly-common's the food instrumental

[D3FBYMPC]

CLASSIC..

Common, what happen my dude?

[FunkyMothaFuckaZ13]

What the album I Can find the original (not live version) please? :)

[Sainted187]

haha common dissing people to save his career ... well, his career is not in need of saving 'cause he is a real artist and real people have love 4 dat :)

[ZeevoGFX]

Common, A guy who trys to diss peeps to save his career...When I heard he dissed drake i was like whos common? LOL

[bknuggs420]

@ZeevoGFX common has more lyrical talent in his pinky toe than drake has in his whole body

[cd4m210]

@ZeevoGFX you must be either 12 or a girl to not know who common is.

[ZeevoGFX]

@cd4m210 Yes he's a good rapper but hes tryna bring back his dead career, Just like it's over for N.W.A and Ice Cube, and much more.

[1800Joel]

@ZeevoGFX You didn't know who Common was? you must be one dumb son of a bitch

[SoufWest94]

@ZeevoGFX Stick to listening Drake, I don't think you're ready for a lyrical genius like Common

[trooper40below]

@SoufWest94 Ignore him. He made that comment for attention. Drake career will be over soon like Nelly, Plies, and all the other wannabe mainstream fools. Common seen stupid rappers like Drake come and go. Drake will not have the career Common nor Ice Cube had. Drake has made no memorable impact in hip hop whatsoever.

[untouchableswag0g]

Drake you got dissed by common. no usefightin back.



[WhiteGirlKTRAP]

11 people that disliked it, drake, weezy birdman nicki lil twist rick ross tyga wiz amber rose taylor swift & taylor swifts mom.

[howardg93]

this was hot on chapelle's show and it's still hot now

[bullshitlikebutter]

Know I could If I tried, But...

[330iable]

This shit was raw as fuck when it went live

[BuddyAcesPRESENTS]

love this shit

[agalaaaah]

11 people just have no idea about what good food is :)

Common described this beat as divine.... Hard to argue with that!

[TheJacksonsTriumph]

How Do you dislike this song? Really? Fuck U Drake.

[StrangeVlbes]

Every morning I wake up starving for a bit of that chi-town vibe. Thank you Common for providing me with such an uplifting feast.

[realstreethop]

love this album one of the best

[xxaznbloodflipxx]

*i meant his show...

[xxaznbloodflipxx]

I myself am from Chicago but I recently moved to California. I cam across Hell on Wheel as I was flippin throuh the channel. My cousin pointed Commons out and said he was a wrapper. I was like, "really?" such a shame on my part I never listened to his music before It sure is good. He's a good actor ya'll should check his movie out.

[wilzusuki]

REAL HIP HOP FROM DA SOUL YO

[Aurelio7414]

pure chicago rap at its finest love this album

[666zazay]

342,236 views?

[KhallilAllah]

9 people didn't get food

[Eazyroger]

@Dannyboy1588 enjoy the trip! it's best if you start at his first album: Can I Borrow A Dollar. common is a great poet

[moballardful]

why the fuck is this always skipping?i cant even sing along with it!

[jflip916]

example of good music

[mikehoncho6]

8 people are anorexic

[jtapia1123]

listening to this song i feel something i rarely ever feel when listening to music. thank you common, kanye, and all engineers/ artists involved in this track

[petrovitsky]

why is there glitches in this? like a cd skippin or somethin

[AceKid247]

@petrovitsky Part of the song. It's on purpose.

[x0mrgrinch0x]

@AceKid247 no its not... that is skipping

[AceKid247]

@x0mrgrinch0x I'm saying that they did that skipping thing on purpose in the studio, or maybe i'm wrong and every video on youtube has this skipping messed up audio. >.<

[x0mrgrinch0x]

@petrovitsky yea its def messed up

[Alex7R10]

Real Rap still alive...thanks Common

[Thecrazymg100]

I just searched food in on youtube.....

[BeastNation2009]

@FluffMaster101 Oh yeah!

[nikhaulearielmartin]

Real music. Real hip-hop.

[suncitydood]

chappelle show had the best musical guests, including this right here

[Microphonechecka2]

@suncitydood we need Dave back again

[yoandroid7]

@spexeli its all in opinion man seriously kanye west was a great rapper hes styll one of the best producers around and i know he produced a big chunk of this album and styll produces commons music but as an rap artist hes changed alot and its just sadd to she that because he was amazing but then his whole game changed and u can disagree with me or not but it was wen he started rolling with jay z just my opinion

[tubularguppy]

@yoandroid7 lol dude nah kanye west has been rolling with jay z for over a decade now...he was working with jay and making his beats back on jay's blueprint....

[iPledgeNoAllegiance]

@yoandroid7 lol "be" was made 4 years after kanye produced the blueprint for jay-z in 2001.

[BlackberryMaster25]

Dave gone because if these niggas and dat Devil shit.

[WREQUIEM]

@BlackberryMaster25 lol

[hyyurr]

@FluffMaster101

wish they would man. chappelle just fucking disappeared outta the world.

[TheBizzle280]

Im not sure whether this is live or not but the one on iTunes is and the quality isn't great. Ffs can't they just put up a studio recorded one.

[Bomkaew2010]

i used this beat for my song i love this beat soooo much check out plz my channel :)

[MikeeDoonie]

Common is one of the greatest lyracists of all time.

[Bomkaew2010]

check out my channel for my mix-tape with this song :)

[buffalosoldier904]

Common - "Whether on ball courts, or attires of all sorts...we never fall short, with us its all force like air 1's" true definition of word play.

[indure08]

@buffalosoldier904 I've got to tell ya...I'm from Chicago and hear so many talk down on this guy...he raps boring...same stuff, blah blah...and I succumbed to that thinking a little...but you're analysis is spot on...this guy's a tough lyracist...I heard his cypher with G.O.O.D...and was blown away...it made me re-introduce myself to his music and listen with a different approach...

[buffalosoldier904]

@indure08 Yeah man I'm from Florida and I'm a huge Common fan. Music is supposed to inspire... I support his music to the fullest. Ever since I listened to Common's album "BE", it made me look at music from a whole different perspective. There are nothing but positive messages in every single one of his albums. 

[redskinscaps]

@buffalosoldier904 from florida...do u know cyne and dead prez? just curious lol because if you dont look them up, especially dead prez!!

[cnmic286]

@redskinscaps Cynes the shit! shout from NY

[redskinscaps]

@cnmic286 lol hahaha thanks bro!! im from near DC and i dont know any good rappers from the area, i mean wale is from near where i live but he sucks lol

[buffalosoldier904]

@redskinscaps I know about dead prez let's get free album..it was classic. Never even heard of cyne..enlighten me.

[redskinscaps]

@buffalosoldier904 yeah dude lets get free was inspirational to say the least!! and i dont have any of cyne's music on itunes, because i download my music and i couldnt find a cyne album on the vuze torrent, but i listen to them on youtube and they are amazing!! nujabes is their producer, although he died, but he was the shit!!

[VellaBella4]

Love this song!!!!!!!

[123camlee]

curren$y-summer reading list

[TheNamesMillen1]

@zanlean your right check me out & show & tell all thenamesmillen

[GS1905fly]

Slow Motion is better than No Motion! ;)

[stardelorian]

you have the same glitchy version i had...there is a version thats not glitchy...i can email you the mp3 dude....

[jahstinful]

wish they coulda recorded this song again in the same way they performed it at Chappelle Show, but at a better, studio quality than the tv rip. Still great song tho

[bostonredsoxs5]

One of Kanye's best productions!



[MisterThirsty311]

I cant believe how intelligent common is.. Its so sophisticated, i feel that anyone can listen to this and just improve their way of thought a little. I couldnt imagine what it would be like if this is how all rap was. How intellectual some of the hoodlums at my high school would be.. Oh well.

[623samurai]

@MisterThirsty311 Apparently nothing..

[KeemyKush]

i think my cd skips the same place aswell ... weird

[TheArcticWonder]

@KeemyKush It's the way it's DJ'd, it's on purpose.

[BroadWayJoeVideoShow]

FANTASTIC! TRY AN ORGASM OF A TREAT FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!! TRY IT

[cheng269]

THUMBS UP IF YOU TYPED IN FOOD AND U SAY THIS

[airborn101st]

damn, reupload this, the skipping at the end kills the song. fuck your views

[flykidkidkid]

@airborn101st You must be Kanye hahahahahaha

[yoandroid7]

@Bconnolly888 overrated? go listen to 2011 kanye if u want ima stay here and listen to real music even if this album WAS overrated atlest its real music

[spxeli]

@yoandroid7 That's extremely hypocritical and ignorant of you considering Kanye produced the majority of this album. Kanye West is a terrific artist.

[Bconnolly888]

@GSW389 I agree, Be is overrated as Hell.

[Caron3Butler]

Dave.Chappelle.Is.King.

[TrevorE9]

@Caron3Butler wtf lol.

[Caron3Butler]

@TrevorE9 I heard this on the Chappelle show

[AwEsOmEdEE13]

shit still smooth

[GSW389]

@zanlean no its not. compared to like water for chocolate its like, damn wtf?

[1200Beans]

song 4 song...CLASSIC album!!!!.....from a southsider to a westsider i felt every word!!

[trevor123698123]

"The Corner" (original version) may be the greatest song ever made

[takesmoneymakemoney]

just remembered, i heard it on Curren$y's Summer Reading List

[takesmoneymakemoney]

whats this piano instrumental from??

[jimmy8853]

this iss my shitt (:

[7mvproy]

how this shit skippin ????????

[TheRonnieGabriel]

just like always common, you did it good. swt joint.

[spectralofficial]

Is this premo?

[spidakid72]

@spectralofficial no. its kanye.

[GogghyTV]

@spectralofficial Not all good beats are by premo

[wrestling743]

@GogghyTV

but every premo beat is good

[spectralofficial]

@GogghyTV lol they way it was chopped sounded very premo

[h1ph0pjunk1e]

got love for common but if it wasnt for this beat this song would not even be close as good as it is

[chris45322345]

@h1ph0pjunk1e Oh for sure. That bass does it for me. But common gave the beat exactly what it needed. That's why J Cole's version of 'Be' is just not as god as it was with Common on it. He just fit the beats on this album perfect I think.

[SLA239]

where did this Common go? sigh..memories

[SleazyT32]

@SLA239 nowhere haha he still makes lines that make most fools like wayne think for years and never catch up

[SlaveToFate23]

@SLA239 He still does music, he's just not as popular as he use to be :/ A shame

[navesHH]

nice sound ♫♫♫♫♫♫

[TERMINATOR226]

what an awesome song.....Kanye, ur the man, common, ur a beast

[rslaser91]

Dave Chappelle brought me here, and for that i thank him.

[FLETCHthedubs]

@rslaser91 Crazy i been listening to yeezy for years and never came across this shit till I caught that chappelle episode. I like the live version better but its all good

[Bfixico]

Gotta let y'all know dave brought me here...but ya know this is fire yo...open up common

[MrLunitunz]

Anyone know where I can buy the studio version?

[orr971]

Good....

[PowShredder801]

When ye' first came out, i REALLY thought he'd be the next common. Now, with all the shit music he's been puttin out, i lost alot of respect for him. Common needs to talk some sense in him. Bring his SOUL back to his music.

In the meantime, i'll listen to common preach.

[soychivadecorazon1]

@PowShredder801 Really? Because Common's last album (UMC) was pretty garbage to me! Kanye still putting it down for Hip-Hop!!

[MrJohndough420]

@soychivadecorazon1 Common made Universal Mind Control for himself., not for you.

[blackplaque617]

@MrJohndough420 No he didn't you fucking jackass, he made it so they would play it in European clubs and it was a complete failure. He said in a interview you dumb sack of shit.

[femiboy34]

Common- a poet who raps.

[Moviewxpert]

Does anyone know where to find video for piano tutorial for this?

[lewdiggz]

shit skips

[Baywoolbull]

@lewdiggz ...that's not a skip, son! That's how they mixed it. :) ..it's all in the mix. Dig it.

[YouthfulEquity]

Live Version is better

[Tmathh]

@YouthfulEquity no way

[YouthfulEquity]

@Tmathh I like it better it was more raw and had more energy

[sheepyfag]

REPEAT!



[Caron3Butler]

Love and miss Chappelle

[vidaa82]

dat boy common is too nice. too pleasant with the mic. flow is on point like magic johnson.

[TreCipher617]

i feel like common likes to talk about titties ecpecially dem real ones haahah

[PurpleHaze1824]

"Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense"

That's from a nigga that many consider to be the greatest, and he's stating how much doper Common is.

I love Common man, real shit, subject matter, technical skill, ill punchlines and rhyme schemes and all over dope beats. Nigga actually talk about shit.

I fucks with the joints hard body.

Search Eddie Pesos "Greatness" Puerto Rock kid from PA droppin' ill joints on the mic, I promise y'all won't be dissapointed.

[LWebb1000]

The live version is much better!

[cj766961]

Damn, I miss Dave Chappelle, like what the hell, man?

[TheKidReticence]

@cj766961 he went to Africa, some illuminati shit

[95civex]

common makes me prod to be from chi city

[PowShredder801]

This is the food i can eat till the death of me

[MusicIsLife628]

this song samples Sam Cooke's Nothing Can Change This Love though I can't really hear it

[datniggafckinyobitch]

does ANYBODY know where I can download this without the skips towards the end? I tried downloading the whole album again and the song separately but maybe somebody has the right link for me? I Love this song.

[ziggione]

REAL! hip hop at its finest. Man I miss it :(

[datniggafckinyobitch]

Keep grinding yall, Because Slow Motion Better than No Motion

[Rayyan36]

Another under rated legend who u can only find on youtube.....

[TrippleJJPlusH]

Chillest song ever! Love the hook at the end with Kanye

[MattEffect]

@TrippleJJPlusH

the whole beat is kanyes work!

[randomstough]

Kanye West blessed this beat

[96chriscole96]

thumbs up if your watching in 2011 :)

[BigMeeks512]

Love this Man, Soul and That Good Hip Hop FeeLing.

[DaltonLeeColeTV]

Ground Up Kills this beat. Greatest Hip Hop group ever in the world!

Food- Ground Up

[SuperBayboy925]

aye everyone ima 16 yr old rapper,plz gimme a chance and ilsten to my freestyle over the be instrumental.Trust me im far from amature! and if u like da vid plz like da vid or subscribe.Thanks

[sethinator8]

i met common

[HedNthaClouds]

honsetly this album changed my life. it made me think different. even if you dislike i dont care. Commons "BE" will make a bad day to a good day for me. Common is GREAT in concrect check him out. this is a True hip hop artist, hands down.

[PHMTHEDON]

@HedNthaClouds This album changed my life, for real too

[itszitbicz]

Poland loves Common

[Asynithstos]

@whitekillamang how can u say he ripped it off, everybody samples, true his first big label release was better than the new one but lupes dope

[tocsik2]

SLOW BETTER NOOO NOOO NOOO

[STARSICKK]

4 people are annerexic.....



[teknophelia]

add to the list of great ones - craig mack, both Mos and Talib, krs1, and Guru

[LINOxTHExDINO]

@teknophelia DAM RIGHT!!!

[jeuglon]

Good music

[Compton3clipsed]

Why do people forget Lupe in the hip hops finest? He is the closest thing to a hip-hop savior we got.

[whitekillamang]

@Compton3clipsed I can't take lupe serious after he ripped off that modest mouse mouse song 'float on' he fell off hard homie

[AirDeDios]

@Compton3clipsed ever heard of J.Cole?