Common - Be

[@nk-salinger]

One of the most amazing n timeless albums - BE (2005)

[@darkodasefx]

You know what's up bro!

[@carboy101]

Best Jordan commercial ever!

[@youngbrotheraustin4349]

Wow! I didn't know the Be album intro song had a video! It was very good! Real jazzy and inspiring!!

[@jarvasedundy1]

I'm just finding out myself too 🎉🎉

[@RaupeNimmersatt]

the last group shot in front of the house is an adaption/homage to the famous jazz group photography called "A Great Day In Harlem" from 58 by the photographer Art Kane for the Esquire magazine. This famous photography is consisting of many legendary jazz musicians like Count Basie, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mingus or Gene Krupa. ...for me Hip Hop is a consequent cultural development of Jazz music ❤ love u Common!

[@etthelost]

One of those albums that got you through the year. Classic through and thru.

[@ceetruth4709]

I've listened to this song a million times and never knew this video existed

[@roderickjohnson7269]

Fa real do this shit is EPIC.......just the song by itself the video is extra ‼ 🌬🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@devaughn850]

This was an actual Jordan commercial back in the day

[@jameslightsey1761]

I knew of this video because of T.O. Terrell Owen's holding his fist up ✊️

[@thalesfazan10]

Damn... i cant even tell how this song touch deep in my soul, tears drop every single time

[@upabittoolate]

The special songs are the songs you wish would never end. This is special.

[@jesusshuttlesworth23]

OK. this kanye is the best. period. look at that beat MAN

[@darkodasefx]

Whole album is masterpiece with production. Kanye was genius back in the days, I miss the old Kanye.

[@palestar55]

@@darkodasefx straight from the gold Kanye

[@bashirssemakula2339]

*straight from the go kanye... ( Referencing a song from this album... Go)

[@yeeyeekaree1107]

@@darkodasefx he still is a genius. Music just evolves and so does people. If people stay the same than there is no growth and that's a problem.

[@saqib7965]

Always a genius Mr west

[@_unclecharles_]

Flawless album top to bottom.

[@jmike1122]

Had to come back to this classic song/video after watching Common as a guest on Melo and Mero's "7pm in Brooklyn" podcast recently.

[@Saklas296]

I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yussef Through death through conception New breath and resurrection For moms, new steps in her direction In the right way Told inside is where the fight lay And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind But I write many lives and lay on these lines Wave the signs of the times Many say the grind's on the mind Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wonderin' where I'm Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized We got arms but won't reach for the skies Waiting for the Lord to rise I look into my daughter's eyes And realize that I'ma learn through her The Messiah, might even return through her If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin 'em Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones Walk like warriors, we were never told to run Explored the world to return to where my soul begun Never looking back or too far in front of me The present is a gift And I just wanna BE.

[@clutchcity25]

Knuckleheads with Common brought me here and this is a gem.

[@bigboi57]

Happy 19 years to this masterpiece of an album 🎈

[@sin-gmc1199]

歴代最高のイントロやね

[@gking1879]

All praise to the Most High🙏🏾❤️Love Its coming back ♨️

[@d4rius267]

Oh man, I love this. Reminds me of my youth days, the older the better. Where'd you got this quality? Chapeau bas!

[@darkodasefx]

This was found about 6-7 years ago, when megaupload was online... And this is the only quality on the internet, that's bad... BE is probably one of the top 5 intros in Hip Hop history...

[@adaptsight]

love this album, so underrated

[@baselineleaner1064]

Legendary.

[@saqib7965]

Ye a genius & it's common sense the truth

[@sakurasou167]

beすごい好き

[@elleluxe]

WOW!!! Just saw this video was in BROOKLYN, NYC, NY

[@upziez9329]

production is beautiful

[@kevinbrown5319]

This song too slept on

[@juanitolsx1133]

Brooklyn till the day i die

[@artate92]

Awesome quality man

[@wesswood1]

The homie. Got the vinyls too

[@043テック]

この曲にめちゃくちゃやられた当時のB-BOYほんま多数やと思う from japan(*^^*)

[@narschannel]

墓まで持ってくと決めたアルバムです🎉

[@bamboo5809]

イントロから最高だよ

[@hdng1984]

I've been fixated on trying to find that Bedford Ave/Hancock Street sign on streetview - I've found the intersection but there's no overground subway line anywhere near it

[@anarchonobody]

It bothers me that this features New York and not Chicago

[@mr.b3168]

Agreed.

[@bigboi57]

New York the concrete jungle, more fitting to me. Common do be from chi tho, u right

[@mr.b3168]

@@bigboi57 chicago is a concrete jungle too

[@elleluxe]

Why you think he did that?!?!

[@russelladams7134]

Well you know Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York but I agree this should have been filmed in Chicago since Common is from Chicago and Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls.

[@jackadam01]

The audio sounds messed up.

[@russelladams7134]

This video has several superstar athletes like Terrell Owens and Carmelo Anthony but I don't know the other guy sitting in the back seat of the taxi cab. Can someone please tell me who he is??

[@darkodasefx]

Quentin Richardson :)

[@russelladams7134]

@@darkodasefx Thank you very much. Now I know. Worddddddd!!!🤟

[@WhoseIAm7]

And Guru's son at the end...

[@thidderreal]

this is coming up on its 20th anniversary

[@spr1nttt]

Thanks Common for invite Carmelo for this music video

[@pochantis3478]

This song Is hard. 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@reinacha8417]

痺れる

[@たみろう未知の]

いい曲だ

[@Vector-ml1hp]

Common is my teacher !

[@upabittoolate]

I'd like to think that he gets it.

[@papzcoolz]

ART.

[@theblackcyde2506]

How you OPEN the album with this??

[@TimPeterson1996]

That Carmelo at 1:49?

[@darkodasefx]

YesSIR!

[@クリスマスボーヤ]

かっけえ

[@エンポリオ少年-g8w]

これの和訳ってありますか？

[@tokyofuckingcity]

0:56 Is he young Bron?

[@TheTriangleOffense47]

Melo!

[@中根美香-u9i]

Beドクター

[@K.V._561]

Culture 🔥 kids don’t know about it

[@アイアンマン-w1f]

What’s happening to sound quality

[@darkodasefx]

Sorry, but this was the only video I could find of the song on the internet.

[@アイアンマン-w1f]

@@darkodasefx no offense

[@nk-salinger]

IF MY SOUL WAS A RAP VIDEO:

[@kingfeeq]

Thanks to my homie & IG…I literally just found out Common had a video for this banger

[@slaggo1]

Song always puts me in a good mood

[@RichHomieFort]

This was my shit!

[@WhoseIAm7]

This beats Ye did on this album might just be his Living Proof. Just saying...

heat

[@Muffinman1907]

Is that Quentin Richardson?

[@darkodasefx]

Yes brother!

[@ToiSoldier]

Here is a piano version → kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZjMhIWvp8qdg8U

[@michaelmcclendon9036]

The game was great and the boys were

[@marianotorrez179]

Is this a Jordan Brand advertisement?

[@joelx3612]

Is this a basketball commercial?

[@kappuporisi]

やっぱ「かつて」に似てんだよなあ

[@elleluxe]

Thank You for showing the globality of "HipHop"

[@やみじ-g2t]

最初のとこですよね この曲をサンプリングしてますよ！やっぱり、松永は童貞です

[@俄洒脱]

pから

[@lesegomolefe3191]

Chief Keef and his Drill scoundrels ruined Chicago rap

[@spr1nttt]

But tf dog, Common wasn't from Chicago

[@lesegomolefe3191]

What? Wasn't he born in South Side?

[@spr1nttt]

@@lesegomolefe3191 i always think he's from New York, and in "Now You See Me" movie the film was set in New York, Common was in that movie. Also he was in Kanye's music video "Homecoming" when Kanye living in New York.

[@lesegomolefe3191]

@spr1nttt Nah,fam.he from Chiraq,yeah I peeped him on the Homecoming vid

[@spr1nttt]

@@lesegomolefe3191 yeah alright i check it in Wikipedia. Good luck bro

[@Soloryo]

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[@adaptsight]

ur high aren't u

[@mrwilliams1]

Be progressive. Nah, but a good song overall!

[@MaybeDHitHim]

Lay off the drugs