Finding Forever
by Common

Finding Forever by Common
Year: 2007
Release date: 2007-07-31
Overall rank: 19,344th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 35 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2007 (388th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (3,541st)
Award Best albums of all time (19,344th)

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Common bestography

Finding Forever is ranked 6th best out of 14 albums by Common on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Common is Be which is ranked number 1251 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,388.

Common album bestography « Higher ranked (19,344th)
Finding Forever
This album (19,344th)
Finding Forever
Lower ranked (24,053rd) »
Black America Again

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 19,344th | 2000s rank: 3,541st | 2007 rank: 388th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 35 votes)
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05/12/2026 16:34 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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11/30/2025 23:52 ExTeaSea  Ratings distribution  5,21083/100
 
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11/08/2025 02:59 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,45179/100
 
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04/19/2025 14:52 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
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01/31/2025 19:38 jnmayles  Ratings distribution  2,24673/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.8.

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80/100
From 03/20/2022 18:33 | #283133
Some decent tracks. Others had potential but suffer from weak moments. Not a fan of Kanye's part... Let's say after "Be" this is disappointing, but not terrible. It's got soul, and maybe even more pop appeal than any of his other records before this.

B: an admirable effort that aficionados of the style or artist will probably find quite listenable.

"The People", "So Far to Go", "U, Black Maybe"
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From 09/27/2012 18:14 | #51329
Common is starting to benefit from Kanye's production. While it's funkier and catchier, his rhymes are losing their weight. It's mixed - in one way better, in another not so much.
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