Be
by Common
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Be is ranked as the best album by Common.
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Be track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Be ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/04/2026 07:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,150 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 10:11 | Liks_on_music | 655 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:14 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2026 12:38 | benfloris | 8 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2026 19:06 |  DommeDamian | 7,486 | 49/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.8/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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Definitely a no-skip album. There are no super hits on here, but, instead, excellent tracks from beginning to end. Top level production. Great rapping, great samples. Worth at least two listens back-to-back. 9/10!
Can’t believe I just listened to this for the first time. This album is super underrated, the production is great, gives me Late Registration vibes (which makes sense considering it’s produced by Ye in 2005). It’s nice to listen to rap and not hear about money drugs and violence
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Jboy56 02/04/2022 21:01 | #280752
Listen to it ¨, "Life is fast some choose to be quicker"
100/100
what an excellent recod, the best from common and the best kanye wesy production work (apart from his albums)
one of hip hops best
The best produced hip hop album ever. Common's voice is also incredible. Kanye does is again.
Larcx13 11/12/2020 22:31 | #260722
Followed the blueprint set by Illmatic. The only album with Kanye's touch that I can stand listening from front to back. One of the finest hip hop albums ever released in my opinion.
Graeme2 03/27/2020 22:50 | #249157 | TOP COMMENT
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Shakes head. Why do I now appreciate Kanye productions? Why have I "slept on" Common for all these years, knowing full well how great his voice and style is? No idea but I do know that (apart from the odd dodgy lyric, it's rap music after all) this is a fine record. Possibly better than resurrection.
Favorite Tracks:Be (Intro)
JulianR 05/16/2018 22:14 | #214945 | TOP COMMENT
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Really cool and fun album. It seems like the best way to describe it is that its got a lot of life to it.
85/100 (Very Good)
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