Be

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hip hop album studio album

"Be" is the critically acclaimed 2005 hip-hop album by Chicago rapper Common, celebrated for its soulful production by Kanye West and J Dilla and its introspective, socially conscious lyrics.

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Be canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Common ⓘ
cityOfOrigin Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
executiveProducer Kanye West ⓘ
featuresArtist Bilal ⓘ
John Legend ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
PJ ⓘ
The Last Poets ⓘ
followedBy Finding Forever ⓘ
genre conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
soulful hip hop ⓘ
hasStyle sample-based production ⓘ
soul and jazz-influenced beats ⓘ
includesTrack Be (Intro) ⓘ
Chi-Town ⓘ
surface form: Chi-City

Faithful ⓘ
Go! ⓘ
It’s Your World (Part 1 & 2) ⓘ
Love Is... ⓘ
Real People ⓘ
Testify ⓘ
The Corner ⓘ
The Food ⓘ
They Say ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Best Rap Album ⓘ
notableFor introspective lyrics ⓘ
socially conscious themes ⓘ
soulful production ⓘ
numberOfTracks 11 ⓘ
performer Common ⓘ
precededBy Electric Circus ⓘ
producer J Dilla ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
recordLabel GOOD Music ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
Interscope Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2005-05-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 2005 ⓘ
theme love and relationships ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
urban life in Chicago ⓘ

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Common → notableWork → Be ⓘ
Finding Forever → previousWork → Be ⓘ
Electric Circus → followedBy → Be ⓘ
Be (Intro) → album → Be ⓘ
Be (Intro) → openingTrackOf → Be ⓘ
The Corner → album → Be ⓘ
Go! → appearsOnAlbum → Be ⓘ
Let Love Rule → hasPart → Be ⓘ
The Food → includedInAlbum → Be ⓘ