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Common

Rap music
Old school hip hop
East Coast rap
The son of a former basketball player, the young Lonnie Lynn (aka Common) worked for Chicago Bulls for a spell during his teens before emerging as one of America's most popular rappers on the back of his 1992 debut single Take It EZ. It reached Number 5 in the US rap charts, laying the groundwork for his first album Can I Borrow A Dollar? His second album Resurrection (1994) - including the single I Used To L.O.V.E. Her - is now widely regarded as a classic, and features raps about growing up on Chicago's South Side and includes some of his father's poetry. Common's raps were mor...
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GloryJohn Legend and Common
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Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) 

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Erykah Badu and Common
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The LightCommon
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Come CloseMary J. Blige and Common
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Pretty Bird (Freestyle)Jhené Aiko and Common (Jhene Aiko)
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Get 'Em HighKanye West, Common and Talib Kweli
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GloryJohn Legend and Common

Selma [B.O.F]

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Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) 

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Erykah Badu and Common

Brown Sugar [B.O.F]

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The LightCommon

Like Water For Chocolate

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Come CloseMary J. Blige and Common

Electric Circus

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Pretty Bird (Freestyle)Jhené Aiko and Common (Jhene Aiko)

Souled Out

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Get 'Em HighKanye West, Common and Talib Kweli

The College Dropout

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