Common - Nobody's Smiling (Discussion Thread)

[Blood$]

smh at there being no thread for this... album is solid after giving it 2 spins 

[Jome]

smh at there being no thread for this... album is solid after giving it 2 spins 

Yeah, agreed.. seems dope after first listen.

However, I'm annoyed that Big Sean completely ruins "Diamonds", an otherwise dope track..
Dope cinematic beat/track, dope verses from Common, and then you got Big Sean's annoying ass voice and retarded lyrics.. must be applying for the award "Worst misplaced cameo ever".
I know they're both GOOD Music/Def Jam, but come the fuck oooon.. 

[BiggSadot]

This could have been way better. A couple tracks in the middle with repetitive hooks and simple beats. 7/10

[PLANT]

Have to admit, I was a bit disappointed in the album.  Speak my piece is my fav song on the album, but I thought some of the production could have been better

[Minkaveli]

This could have been way better. A couple tracks in the middle with repetitive hooks and simple beats. 7/10

Spot on.  I gave it a 7.5/10 though.  I thought it ended decently.  Common's flow was very on point.  He had some good subjects like 7 Deadly Sins and others.  I don't like how he uses the N word on hooks for songs.  Makes it non-listener friendly to the casual listener.  And I agree with the Big Sean comments.  Dude spoiled it and made that track almost unlistenable.  Keys To The Kingdom is the single and is a nice track but it lacks the fire power and stand out tracks that even Dreamer/Believer had with celebrate.  Decent and worth keeping but nothing stand out to me.

[Chamillitary Click]

I was hyped for this. Pretty average stuff.

Have to admit, I was a bit disappointed in the album.  Speak my piece is my fav song on the album, but I thought some of the production could have been better

On point.

[doggfather]

good album after 1st listen. not as good as the last one, but still a good one.

[soopa-man]

This album is very seriously dope, the only filler for me is that track with that fake nicki minaj, "rewind that" is probably one of the dopest tracks right now to me period, and one of the reasons common is a great mc! He pours a dope story about his producers and him and no
I.d. Dropped a dope ass album, consistent effort. 

[doggfather]

hiphopdx said this: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2312/title.common-nobody-s-smiling

[Blood$]

I'd put this right under Finding Forever and The Dreamer, The Believer which isn't bad at all

Big Sean was the only weak part of the album, Lil Herb killed his feature

[LAC/EASTSIDE]

Surprised he had Vince Staples on here. Need to listen to it more. It was cool, first spin.

[doggfather]

after few times bumpin i gonna buy this on cd. 

[Blood$]

shits all over Cormega and Onyx's new albums

the title track is one of the most powerful songs to drop this year

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

Need to check this. Common is usually good for some great tracks, one of the few mainstream artists I'll check for.