Common

When I was compiling my top 10 rappers list of the last decade or so, I managed to forget Common's name.

As much as I've been disinterested in hip hop for about 20 years, Common is still one of the few I respect to this day.

As a matter of fact, the Resurrection reissue got me open when I saw it in a Montreal record store. I already have the CD but to have the album in vinyl form is enough to resurrect my interest in him and his music.

I would learn much later that Common released a new album called Nobody Smiling. I don`t visit the websites enough that would inform me of hip hop album release dates to have known about that news.

I got to a point where I wished I was listening to Resurrection while listening to that 2014 album.
I started listening to it and stopped after 2-3 songs. I listened to it from beginning to end later on. 

Common's still very lyrical but the album is practically pointless. It made me realize that the classic they wanted him to make with Be very well could have been released under the name Resurrection. I don't care if I never hear that 2014 album again. After listening to that album of his, I was more than ready to get that Resurrection reissue....and I'm happy for it.