Summary from 46 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Common's catalog across 16 albums from 46 opinions, with an overall average of 7.8/10. The top-rated Common album is Be (2004) with a 9.1/10 average from 8 ratings, followed by Like Water For Chocolate and Black America Again. The discography on Wavelength spans 1994 to 2021. I Used to Love H.E.R. ranks as the highest-rated Common song on Wavelength with a 10.0/10 average.
Be
2004
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
Black America Again
2016
Resurrection
1994
One Day It'll All Make Sense
1997
Electric Circus
2001
Thisisme Then: The Best of Common
2008
Let Love
2019
Nobody's Smiling
2014
The Dreamer, The Believer
2011
A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1)
2021
Finding Forever
2006
Universal Mind Control
2007
Let Love
“Sonically, the album is a time capsule of the greatest moments in black music history. Lyrically, it's hard-hitting reality about the present day, the good, the bad and the horrific — but it's also a captivating tale about using love as a weapon to overcome, as well as the reality that sometimes love also fails, whether it be romantic, platonic or social.”
Black America Again
“Black America Again isn't an album meant for casual listening, but rather a socio-politically charged album meant to be absorbed so that everyone can truly recognize the "Bigger Picture Called Freedom."”
Resurrection
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the Chicago rapper’s second album, a powerful, multidimensional record that put the MC and his hometown on the map.”
Like Water For Chocolate
“Man, about five years ago I was so damn white. Not that my skin color actually deepened at some point in time, but I had a serious soul deficit. I thought Bach's "Tocatta and Fugue" had a thick bass line going on. Growing up in Oregon, not quite an ethnic mecca, my knowledge base of black culture was derived from reruns of Fat Albert ("You mean black people don't always say 'hey hey hey?'"). I cou”
Be
“Refreshed and refocused after a three-year absence, Chicago hip-hop icon Common rebounds from 2002's disasterous psych- hop odyssey Electric Circus: Easily ranking with Resurrection and Like Water for Chocolate, Be stands among his best work to date.”
A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 2)
“hope and progress from rap’s renaissance man”
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