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Common: Influences

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Common: Influences

Apple Music Hip-Hop

Tracks: 1560:21

The thoughtful MC's diet of conscious soul and righteous hip-hop.
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Updated Aug 10, 2017

Tracks 15

  1. 1
    The World Is Yours
    Nas
    The Wackness (Music from the Motion Picture)4:50
  2. 2
    Juicy
    The Notorious B.I.G.
    Get Turnt Rap5:01
  3. 3
    Warm It Up, Kane
    Big Daddy Kane
    Ain't No Half-Steppin'4:14
  4. 4
    Electric Relaxation
    A Tribe Called Quest
    The Anthology3:46
  5. 5
    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
    Gil Scott-Heron
    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised3:05
  6. 6
    Me Myself and I
    De La Soul
    Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes) - Single3:49
  7. 7
    Foxey Lady
    The Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Smash Hits3:18
  8. 8
    The MC
    KRS-One
    I Got Next3:15
  9. 9
    Slow Down
    Brand Nubian
    One for All (30th Anniversary) [Remastered]5:03
  10. 10
    I Ain't No Joke
    Eric B. & Rakim
    Hip Hop Vieja Escuela3:52
  11. 11
    Mass Appeal
    Gang Starr
    Old School Hip Hop Party3:39
  12. 12
    Wake Up, N*****s
    The Last Poets
    The Last Poets2:47
  13. 13
    Rock Dis Funky Joint
    Poor Righteous Teachers
    Holy Intellect (Expanded Edition)5:11
  14. 14
    Superstition
    Stevie Wonder
    At The Close Of A Century4:26
  15. 15
    Straight out the Jungle
    Jungle Brothers
    Straight out the Jungle - EP3:59

About this playlist

Common honed his thoughtful, philosophical style by taking cues from conscious soul legends and the greats of hip-hop's golden age. His meditative writing style nods to socially engaged '70s singers like his onetime collaborator Stevie Wonder and expressive, righteous MCs such as Nas. His affinity for funky, sample-heavy beats and Afrocentric themes, meanwhile, echoes the spirit of A Tribe Called Quest.