Common "Be" spoken word topped the US Alternative Songs

topped the US Alternative Songs and Rock Airplay charts for several weeks (still holding the current record)

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with another live album

on bass they produced one of the most angry records of 90's

Common "Be" spoken word topped the US Alternative SongsExecutive produced by proven hit maker Kanye West. In keeping with Common's unpretentious approach to 'BE', the album's guest appearances are kept to a refreshing minimum: Besides frequent collaborator Bilal and John Legend, the only other co stars are Consequence and, of course, Kanye West along with The Last Poets, whom enhance Common's lyrical portrait of inner city blues on the first single 'The Corner'.