Be
by Common
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Common bestography
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).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Be rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 18 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 26/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | People Magazine Best Albums 2005 | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 92 Music Albums of 2005 | 21/92 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 22 Music Albums of 2005 | 12/22 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Onater | Top 29 Music Albums of 2005 | 13/29 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 2005 | 14/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | AllMusic Guide Best Albums 2005 | 11/50 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2005 | 8/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2005 | 11/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 289 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,430 | |||
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Be ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/25/2026 09:46 | AledJames | 1,704 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/04/2026 07:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,904 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 10:11 | Liks_on_music | 667 | 81/100 |
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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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Be forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 8 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5455): By ThaCrookedSpoke
pedro1976 09/22/2026 09:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolderBe comments
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Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
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
JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 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)
A great and soulful hip hop album
souplipton 06/10/2016 04:49 | #168360 | TOP COMMENT
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Be is Common's best album and one of the best albums of its year. The title track has a more complex beat than you'll usually find, with a gradual development uncommon to hip-hop songs. No weak track, and very consistently good beats and verses make for a great album.
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