Common, Kanye West - They Say

[@koyejoosho8866]

"Be" is seriously underrated. A PERFECT album

[@_unclecharles_]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 CLASSIC album for sure.

[@elninoheroe663]

Perfect album

[@AlfGam]

Facts..

[@parisshanel4238]

Very true

[@Mynameishassan0]

fr

[@chriscash782]

This was one of Kanye's hardest beats. The whole album was fire and a classic.

[@jkashdamoneyman5870]

This when dilla had super heavy influence on a lot of his beats, they were simple and nice

[@chriscash782]

@@jkashdamoneyman5870 I’m sure Dilla influenced him but doesn’t sound like anything Dilla would do. The only beat beside Kanye on the album was Dilla though. Pretty cool

[@thedarknightbegins]

​​@@jkashdamoneyman5870but the best beats on the album was made by Kanye though

[@jkashdamoneyman5870]

@@chriscash782 lol comprehensión deficiencies are at an all time high, never said it sound exactly like something dilla made, that Kanye is dead anyway, new Kanye is a clone and beat thief

[@fredericks3756]

F**k you expect? He's got a history

[@robertclark1141]

“ But god don’t ever give me nothing I can’t handle, So please don’t ever give me records I can’t sample” -Kanye 🔥

[@lawrencemills9196]

C'mon brother that verse was so cold

[@lawrencemills9196]

I know right

[@StephenMykal]

"They say because of the fame and stardum, he somewhere in between the church and the insane asylum" . Man dude spoke deeper than most realized at the time.

[@wayneshamba6961]

That Kanye verse is LEGENDARY!

[@Gorguruga]

I dunno man, to me Common completely destroyed him and made Kanye look like a rank amatuer with a wack verse. But it's all opinions at the end of the day.

[@Nwkcurly]

@@Gorguruga they both hit hard

[@ethos762]

@@Gorguruga you’re reaching hard asf, they both did extremely well

[@imsinatra9153]

@@Gorguruga you reached with this one dey both snapped hard asl

[@SossboyD]

@@Gorguruga is that you, skete?

[@Dondadah100]

"Writting for my life because I'M scared of a day job!" Damn i feel that line right there!!!!

[@andersongarrett5585]

Fa sho

[@reinhart482]

Now a stuck at home job...

[@nuggzfitness3274]

Listening to this while I tidy my crib, and that line hit me as I'm in the same position creatively. I gotta work harder.

[@LATOYABANK44]

💯💯💯

[@ceemor3404]

@@reinhart482 😂🤣😂😭

[@Trill104]

I said this before and I’ll say it again. Common’s “Be” is my generation’s “Illmatic”. Till this day the number 1 best hip hop album I’ve ever heard. Perfectly balanced; street edge with punchlines and vivid storytelling and some of the dopest production I’ve ever heard consolidated on an album. Just a straight up masterpiece. Not one song on this album is skippable... I can’t say that even my favorite rappers of all-time have been able to accomplish the feat that Ye’, Dilla, and Common did on this album.

[@Sean1877]

Finding forever is another one for the books.

[@2kdemiks816]

real talk

[@leenonelofi5460]

For sure

[@WhoseIAm7]

Low End Theory The Cold Vein Still Hear May The Lord Watch. Can't wait until 2027...

[@NUPE-1911]

Gottttt dayummm the realest of all comments I’ve ever read on KZbin. Thank you for posting this!

[@Uber---Octopus_100X]

Kanye should have kept sorrounding himself with this brilliant lyrical partner, Common. They had a good chemistry.

[@Alex-vd1no]

Kanye really went insane after his moms died and he married Kim Kardashian, such a shame 😢

[@georgelee3580]

Ye come back . This Common album was a classic.

[@AfoteyAnnum]

That live bass synth is EVERYTHING

[@Audimartini]

The fact that this my first time seeing an old school common & Kanye doing a hard live music video which is so raw and vibrant, and ive been a kanye Stan for 12 years. Is what I like about life

[@jeremiah13131331]

I misss thisss classic soul music served Chicago style !!

[@Bovain95]

Yeah... Now everyone's in "ChiRaq"

[@victoriaappiagei1482]

Chicago hip-hop raw lyrical era rap play word poet

[@Forthevline]

Get on Saba, Smino and Noname. These guys are changing the game. Chance would be up there but his last mixtape was way too pop rap

[@user-ry1yt1xt5o]

This is a Chicago slice NY aprooves of!!!

[@lyrics2challenged]

@@user-ry1yt1xt5o NY is dope, but even without NY approval Common is approved. I do wonder though, was common already on the set the Year Outkast won? Just asking like if he was big/known then lol, no hate to NY but Common been approved since I discovered him 12 years ago in my eyes.

[@gapenewell609]

One of the best live hip hop performances I’ve ever seen! I wish rappers would rap more like they do on the studio versions like this. Usually they just yell the lyrics live.

[@user-zi5rs1by7b]

I love that freeform jazz style Common brings to the track. It's amazing how he brings the best effortlessly and brings out the best in all who's around him. Common and MosDef best combo

[@glennmcfarlane3223]

i wish i could like this comment more than once. well put @user-zi5rs1by7b

[@Lifeatacertainage]

Be is definitely a top ten hip hop album. I listen to it nonstop 😂 they should have done ten albums together.

[@dylanreed9201]

fax if they had stayed a duo they would have been the goats

[@frankstudent]

You speak the truth

[@MeloGenic]

This Ye verse one of thee HARDEST verses I’ve ever heard in my Life!!!

[@krysroc]

The chemistry between Common and Ye is so much better than when he is with Jay Z. Common brings out the best in Kanye because he spits real hip hop from the heart....not just bragging about money and trivial ish.

[@gramztoker842]

+SremmStoopid

[@eddieperez2596]

Fuck you sremm

[@hlminds609]

Why even compare. Hip hop songs at totally different angles. Kanye can maneuver between the two and make magic. I love this and Blueprint 3 and WTT. Jay wanted to rhyme like Common Sense.

[@krysroc]

***** Jay Z Always brags about being rich. Not hating, but that is what he mostly talks about.

[@krysroc]

H&L Minds True, but Kanye carried Jay Z on the whole WTT album, in my opinion. It seems like when he raps with Common he meets his match.

[@TheHoodVillain]

Took this shit for granted. Never thought hip hop would get away from this

[@HomageBeats]

the stain on commons shirt is driving me nuts, but i love this joint.. one of my favorites of all time.

[@bartjuhh12]

Aw common man!

[@kenrivers9757]

Thats that first cologne spray🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sakhile6460]

sweat

[@lordrhys5237]

He keeping it real

[@marinamohidixon2879]

Same 😂

[@makavelli7211]

I miss the old Kanye, Common and John Legend vibe.

[@barrybondshomerunking6778]

We need a new album with these two

[@latoyacasely-hayford9570]

People saying “I miss the old Kanye” and “he should look back at this and get back to this” need to understand that this was before his mum passed. His music understandably became a little darker after Donda passed. Plus he’s an artist - artist evolve, grow and go through different things which they reflect and express in their art. Nonetheless Kanye was and always has been a great and energetic artist. He’s a unique and entertaining soul for sure! I appreciate the guy a lot man 💫

[@carrottoponcrak]

That's cool and imma let you finish but uh....bring back this Kanye at least for a concert or two

[@Justdave419]

@@carrottoponcrak you still wouldnt be satisfied even if he did people like you are the reason people want to grow cuz then you would expect them to stay the same forever

[@kenyajay2533]

When u lose your mother u never come back.

[@douglasoliveira9366]

Yeah. Sure. But we can miss the old Kaney, right? People gotta stop to bring argues to defend ye, man. And look, the comment it's full of true. But, man, the guy became a dumb asshole. His huge lost cannot be above everything.

[@loonaya]

Artists evolve or some dissolve 😅

[@DragonNomak]

yo props to the guy in the middle too the DJ he was hitting killing it too

[@ChezBolin]

The Energy between these two is wild - authentic - they really take you on a journey while traveling on this beat!!!!

[@aarondickson2416]

Ye snapped on this verse

[@knowgo411]

Damn the Energy these brothers spitting Is Electric!! U can tell they was in the zone!! Great live performances!!! 🙌🏽💥👐🏽💥💪🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@lawrencemills9196]

YES

[@LA-cy1zj]

fr fr

[@JuuliusV]

what's great about these guys is the way they show their passion to the music, that's what i call a live performance.

[@villainousmask]

G.O.O.D. Music was really one of the best labels in the rap game at one point in time

[@RealKennethChoi]

they have a brotherly chemistry yet they arent even related

[@diegodelagarza4206]

I always come back to this video, it's such an amazing song, this is my favorite song on BE

[@Sune]

this video popped up in my head the other day and I had to go looking for it. the sound is classic 😭👍

[@evanchas3]

Goosebumps from watching this. We need more hip hop like this!!!

[@SMUS16475]

Evan Chase I don't know what happened. They all changed their styles, except Common.

[@evanchas3]

SMUS16475 I know right!? It's pretty sad.

[@victoriaappiagei1482]

hip-hop yes cool Awesome skills beautiful music poet powerful dope man

[@HoodPsychoP3dia]

Madlib

[@mrfake675]

It's mimicry. Very few originals in the world. Most are mimics with gimmicks

[@jourdancoombs574]

Common is HIP HOP MUSIC 101. He is one of the greatest artist in music history. Common, Black Thought, Guru-R.I.P., Kanye West, Wise Intelligent, Ras Kaas, Xzibit, Aundre 3000, Rakim, and Tupac Shakur are the 10 best lyricists of all time. There are many more great lyrics, too many to name but these 10 are among my favorites.

[@Shieldgz]

This beat is so simple yet so fresh

[@ghvxgaming]

Pay attention to the minimized bling and the abundance of talent. That's the look of REAL music! "When u hear too much vanity or see too much skin...that's a good sign that the music is thin. Without true experience and a genuine smile, the beat sound good but only for a while" ~Gerrard Harvey

[@nrf2377]

Please bring all this back😢❤

[@andresaxmanbrown]

No one gonna mention John Legend casually dropping the chorus on this. Jheeze!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@PrinceQwiiff]

Bro Ye's verse like it was recorded today! 😂

[@FamilyGuyKanyeWest]

This is arguably Kanyes best rapping performance

[@sgtchewy]

Kanye, come back to this shit. This is hip hop.

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

Common and old skool Kanye, eargasm!

[@lbx97]

I think this is my favourite ye verse. He goes absolutely crazy here

[@paakaberkhamemzazan5439]

Common, Kanye, John Legend. 3 names written on the Pyramid walls. The holy trinity right there!

[@StefveoX]

nah John Legend doesn't quite belong up there... but Common and Kanye fo sho fo sho

[@paakaberkhamemzazan5439]

The HELL he doesn't! John Legend is highly talented.

[@MulliComMedia]

Paa Kaber Khamem Zazan John Legend isn’t even close to these two. I wouldn’t even mention him in the same breath to be honest.

[@lyrics2challenged]

It's foolish to discredit him.

[@bonnievannor2208]

@@StefveoX thank you! Not John Legend😒

[@biggbusta]

I love Kanye's manic energy. Classic...CHI-TOWN stand up!

[@netgam0s]

One of the best songs ever change my mind

[@sonictheflexhog6075]

I know you saying “Damn, ‘Ye snapped on this beat!” 🤧

[@BigBaoung]

Love how Kanye is in his zone, when he Start to rap.

[@kruklown20]

been watching this for years now...never gets old, classic south chi duo

[@2forrty]

holy shit this was around the time that yahoo and aol were rivaling for music streaming. i'd give anything to be back in 2005

[@Chris-iq5pr]

wota botle The good days man.

[@tyronenewsom3047]

I'll keep our current technology though. Definitely the music from back then!

[@beantowne617]

Your comment bugged me out(.i.e Aol and yahoo)....lol. 2005 doesn't seem that long ago, yet from a technology standpoint, it may as well be a million years removed. With that being said, I've been mighty nostalgic over the early-mid 2000's lately (2005 specifically).

[@wizagab2]

Chill, it still sucked back then.

[@atoeight]

We still need a collab tape from these two.

[@jordandonahue97]

One of my favorite Ye verse of all-time.

[@LeslieMoniqueTV]

I love when they used to dress like this. especially common :) So Chicago. lol.

[@brianrobinson1552]

LeslieMoniqueTV People don't understand that style. Truth be told, they still do dress that way. I guess only people from the Chi understand what they're both getting at.

[@LeslieMoniqueTV]

Brian Robinson I'm from the Chi also, but still don't know "what they're getting at." I guess you can say casually they still that on their off time, but publically I don't see it.

[@brianrobinson1552]

I guess it's hard to explain. But, I have noticed a subtle difference in style and personality per se

[@LeslieMoniqueTV]

IDk. Looking at them from 2000s to today is a little less Chicago. Kanye seems more global than Chicago based when he first came out. He just has a different audience now. Common... I guess. I think for his concerts he goes back to b-boy, but for the mainstream he's suit and tie.

[@eddieperez2596]

Nah I feel you, not everyone gets it but I'm from LA and I get it, that comfortable casual feel in your style, I do it all the time, comfort means everything,

[@sweecheeks101]

Pay attention children, this is what real hip hop sounds like!!!!!

[@DNICE4000]

Jaime Suzanne preach

[@SpeedHomeAttack]

Back in my day ass

[@Super4la]

"sounded"

[@dainodawg3160]

Music should stay the same from when i liked it the most. Music should never change. *dumb statement*

[@Luuncho]

SpeedHomeAttack but homie this is my day

[@henrydorval6874]

Man I miss the old kanye chop up the beat kanye!!!!! 😎

[@NNAATTYY1974]

" I even got a pink polo" the lyric of his song of " I used to love Kanye" was inspired by your comment ?

[@Hamdoulebfisc]

Comment came out after the album lmao

[@iamclippa678]

true😐😑

[@sigerg82nwtbs71]

Me too...I liked him for his lyrics and different sound.

[@AsianNIGMA]

G egis can make charmy and chipmunk beats all your life

[@SimonAlander]

Been listening to Kanye for 15 years how could I’ve missed hos Commonye duo?? Man I lovee this. I wanna do it like him

[@SimonAlander]

Damn 15 yrs has passed . I gotta go now now

[@Alex-vd1no]

They made music in 2005, they didn't have much collaborations beyond that yeat

[@JamaicanBlackCastorOil]

DAMN i miss this energy, this soul, this real Hip Hop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@belak1551]

And they say Kanye never was a lyricist. That line “but god won’t give me anything that I can’t handle.” Has been my mantra for years .

[@shandajohnson8825]

I Miss music like this.

[@shemrahboof4477]

you sayin you dont like "I got molly, I got white, I got molly, I got white"? Or "Bow! bow! bow! bow! bow! bow! bow! bow! bow! bow!" "I got bakin' soda, I got I got bakin' soda"? in the words of Mos Def, "hip hop went from sellin crack to smokin it"

[@skatinwhenican]

Common Has Always Been The Spearhead Of Good Music.

[@viicentral1419]

I’m back and again remember this is why Kanye is the best

[@brittneyasha8438]

Yo tell me that wasn’t just pure greatness right there!!! That’s a straight classic! Bring the love of hip hop back!!! Everybody just wants the material things from it!!

[@ianlim6328]

"My best friends worry bout me Cause they know when you famous And you had made cash The media aims at us And you be up so high If you ever fall off, it feel like a plane crash" - Kanye West

[@belak1551]

Ian Lim send that to Kanye so he wakes up. But then again who am I to judge?

[@DjMPR]

Forever Kanye Fan. He can do some dumb sh!t but the music speaks for its self.

[@michaelcaballero391]

ART!!!! That was art, that was beautiful! If a picture is worth 1k words, that was a Herri met de Bles!

[@1compaqedr8]

Whoever was on the keyboard with the bass and high notes really made this great.

[@anadbeau]

Seems like that is the only time Chi-town was truly represented to the fullest in hip hop.

[@BASEDG4MER1]

what about twista

[@anadbeau]

good question...

[@dynamicjaethought7788]

What about Lupe Fiasco? What about Crucial Conflict? Hell, Chance The Rapper is new, but you can't say he isn't dope.

[@sprb4725]

AnadBeau we did it again, smino, chance, Saba, noname, monte etc

[@stewart950]

Chief keef

[@nancyyarbrough1445]

What has happened to rap? Hearing John Legend's voice is like melting love all through your soul.

[@uchennakpaduwa9592]

Kanye is prophetic. Predicted his own downfall by the hands of the media

[@FredET]

boy i know the studio session felt good as hell when they made this lmao, they knew they had a classic on their hands!

[@hotepmoor]

"..on my paper. Whether it's weed or Isis." As in The Isis Papers by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, one of my favorite books of all time. - Common

[@GoodChoiceGoodDay]

The energy of those 2 legend is contagious 🫡

[@TheStrugglemusik]

It probably wasn't even a crowd in front of them still mad energy 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@kenrivers9757]

Why on earth have i never heard this masterpiece 😢😢😢😍😍😍😍😍

[@jeanniehughes1761]

This is great

[@joelx3612]

The whole album is great

[@deadddddddddddddddd]

One of those moments where the live performance is better than the studio recording.

[@mdlamini3982]

Common + Kanye + John Legend = Underrated Combo

[@GreatMisterE]

the energy from this song and their performance is amazing!!

[@VIDAMIN-X]

Am I the only one who notices the Badass bassline that wasn't on the initial record?

[@obinnaea2]

Dope!

[@kanyewest184]

Yeah bruh that bassline was 🔥

[@jaimeterreforteII312]

Noticed. That bass line thumps just a bit more that the album cut.

[@ianlim6328]

Yeah that bassline is a mad touch. Any idea who's on the keys? Karriem Riggins definitely made his presence felt on the percussion.

[@celeeste4132]

Xzodia Unltd yeah when kanye says, "so please dont ever give me records that I cant sample." @3:01 shit was clean 👌

[@HighTrilogy]

Don’t cry about the old ye. Just be happy the old Ye happened

[@justinwines4722]

kayne said somewhere between a church and a saneisilum....spoke that into existence didnt he

[@hoodkid]

this comment is the truest comment o this post ..

[@justinwines4722]

bruh...I call it like I see it 💯

[@hoodkid]

@@justinwines4722 I got you

[@aleksandergorczyk1582]

Yo, I remember this one really good when one of my back in time friends played that to me, and .. my memory back. I have back to fath, i was last 10 years so spiritual and now i am 'be' as never before! Love you Christ, you are me, you are within me

[@Daniel_Montenegro]

Best Kanye + Common performance, bro! They both killed it! Dope shit.

[@thomasnelson5758]

Be is one of the most leanest, solid, all killer no filler hip hop albums of all time. 9 tracks, all essentials. All Kanye West and J Dilla production (7 Kanye, 2 Dilla) Absolute classic

[@MPGboro]

unbelievable how much good music came out in these years and it slipped right through our hands. speeking as a millenial we need some soul back in this generation

[@kuahmelallah]

We didn't think about it blinded by our irritation with Crunk club bangers.

[@Stantonthestandardstanding]

Classic record, love this album.

[@danielschmidt7153]

Absolutely the top tier of hip hop, common is an insanely talented rapper

[@mellowveli]

I love how they was playing Electric Relaxation. And I love their energy, god damn! And how after Ye said, "I do feel like that's right!!" Com was like, "What, uh..."

[@demetriharlan5887]

I miss real Hip-Hop .

[@travelright8150]

The best version of Kanye

[@marvinthomas6609]

TOO SICK, KNOWLEDGE, FACTS, AND SO MUCH MORE, THIS RECORD IS MORE THAN A BEAT,IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU WON'T UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE, LISTEN TO SOMETHING ELSE 🙏

[@agbordaniels]

Miss this kind of music man

[@TheOneAge]

I really miss this kanye man

[@mlmajortodaleague147]

Chi-Town Greatest 💯

[@wrodx5]

Why we let this music disappear? :(

[@franmaga28]

Cause ppl too lazy to search for real music beyond only what the industry feeds them.

[@harrisongarms2052]

There’s so much music like this around bro

[@DrunkPolish]

because they take the spaceship just to take it

[@Faith12Man]

Ye and Common need a new chicago anthem or album

[@vicenteromero-uv3cf]

god wont give me nothing i cant handle

[@lord7th63]

This is some seriously good stuff right here 🤯. I’m going to have to take a dive into this era of hip hop for a little while

[@udopiarecords]

"be" by Common is easily in the top 15 hip hop albums of all time, if not it is in the top 5 most soulful hip hop albums of all time. It is just perfection top to bottom

[@fabiorosolen6702]

This performance is amazing!!!

[@DjMPR]

Common is the reason I write to express how I feel. Thank you for the music

[@nocheapdopamine725]

Kanye w the acapella “doo doo doo” is perfect