{"title":"Common","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Common\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonnie Rashid Lynn was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 13, 1972. He began recording as Common Sense in 1991, shortening his stage name to Common in 1995 following a trademark dispute. His career spans more than three decades across multiple labels, with Like Water for Chocolate (2000, produced largely by Soulquarian collaborators including J Dilla, Questlove, and James Poyser) and Be (2005, produced by Kanye West) as defining critical and commercial peaks. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Glory (with John Legend) from Selma in 2015, and won three Grammy Awards across his career. He has also built a parallel acting career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon's sound combines hip hop, conscious hip hop, jazz rap, neo-soul, and Chicago hip hop with literate, often spiritually engaged lyrical content. His work has been a defining contribution to conscious hip hop and has consistently bridged underground and mainstream audiences across multiple eras of hip hop history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan I Borrow a Dollar? (1992, Relativity, as Common Sense)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResurrection (1994, Relativity)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Day It'll All Make Sense (1997, Relativity)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLike Water for Chocolate (2000, MCA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectric Circus (2002, MCA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBe (2005, GOOD Music\/Geffen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinding Forever (2007, GOOD Music\/Geffen)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack America Again (2016, ARTium\/Def Jam)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAugust Greene (2018) - with Robert Glasper and Karriem Riggins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Auditorium Vol. 1 (2024, Loma Vista) - with Pete Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal Relativity and MCA pressings of Resurrection and Like Water for Chocolate are widely collected. Multiple anniversary reissues, including 25th anniversary editions of Be, have been released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Common typically start with Be (2005) or Like Water for Chocolate (2000). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hip-hop-vinyl-records\"\u003eHip-Hop\/Rap\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"common-be-vinyl","title":"Be 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon’s sixth album ‘Be’ remains a favourite with fans and critics alike, released in 2005 and serving as a potent return to form for the rapper in the wake of panned previous album ‘Electric Circus’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540951052471,"sku":"210000032021","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/51v8dtwzvyl-sy355.jpg?v=1781154836"},{"product_id":"common-resurrection-30th-anniv-deluxe-color-vinyl","title":"Resurrection 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon - Resurrection 2LP. 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