Common - Resurrection

Hello people, today we got a track from a Chicago mc who has been putting’ out quality music since the early 90’s. I’m talking about Common of course and his song from one of his first albums Resurrection.

This song definitely has that 90’s feel to it that makes it timeless. I don’t know what it is about music from the 90’s but it seems that no matter how many years pass hip-hop from the 90’s still blows everything else out of the water.

The 90’s was a time when hip-hop was still attempting to make a major breakthrough to the mainstream music. The determined and hungry feeling that came from rappers in that time hasn’t been duplicated since. Possibly making it into the mainstream made hip-hop lose some of it most appealing characteristics.

You can tell that the music especially in this song is from the heart and sincere. The song isn’t focused on topics that are prevalent in today’s music but rather music like Common’s song shed light on what was going on in the inner cities and in this case what was going on in Chicago.

Even the lower budget music videos from this time seem more appealing and make more of an intellectual impact on the viewer than today's over the top videos that have absolutely nothing to do with the song itself.

In the 90’s it was all about being real and staying true to hip-hop in your music. Now it is more about how much money and record sales you have accumulated. I am amazed at how far hip-hop has come but I still wish it was still and underground scene left untouched by commercial influences.

We don’t have a time machine to warn rappers about what hip-hop will turn into but, never the less this is a great song from Common. So listen and enjoy and stayed tuned for the next entry in my blog.