Common says he’s got a Mount Rushmore of rappers and one for producers in an interview with XXL.
DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, J Dilla and No I.D. are on his Mount Rushmore of producers. Dilla and No I.D. are muses for Common on “Rewind That,” a cut off Nobody’s Smiling. On the track, Common details the deterioration and rejuvenation of his relationship with No I.D. as well as the affection he feels for J Dilla, who passed away in 2006 after a long battle with lupus and other health complications.
The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Tupac and Rakim make up the Chicago, Illinois’ rapper’s Mount Rushmore of emcees. Recently, Common spoke highly of one of the emcees on the list, Tupac. “I think the artist that is maybe able to relate to the gutter shit, and speak about the gutter shit, but understands the other shit and maybe understands the other shit too, is actually to me not only the most celebrated, but most valued artist,” he said. “Think about Tupac. He was an actor; and a real dude. He had been through some stuff. He was a revolutionary but he also was a dude that was like, ‘Yo, I’ll beat your ass too.’ There’s something very powerful about being able to relate to the street, but still be able to do some high art.”
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Jay-z lost
Jay been losing since 2001.
Raekwon said Jayz was the greatest so I gusee that means nas lost and nas been losing since 2001 when he got called a lame!!! and realized hov nutted is his baby mother you delusional bitch. Fuck Common and his Derek fisher looking opinion he just mad cuz Hov dissed him on moment for clarity
How can an opinion look like Derek Fisher? What the hell does “gusee” mean? You mean “hov nutted IN his baby mother”? Looks like starting an argument and sounding like a groupie don’t mix.
Eminem>Rakim and Nas
lol You wish.. You 14 year old, white pussy.
Big Smo is better than Enimen, but he’s about even with Nas and Rakim
HAHAHA! Yeah, most definitely white.
Reads like common has been reading the comments on Ahh about Jay Electronica because…well that’s neither here nor there…Now if we could just push the Adult Contemporary Hip Hop format and get that going for those who may have moved past $, freaky twat, cars, smoking the finest herbals and drinking the most premium-est liquor. Make it so!!!!
i like his list
I like his list but I would personally put Big Smo somewhere but I’m not sure who I would take off of Common’s list. He has legends and Smo is a legend in the making
faggot ass common, how you gonna make a mount rushmore without e-40 on it. fuck common, you’ve never made a good song in you’re career besides universal mind control ass nigga.
e-40 is the realest.
Why direct your comments at him? Do you expect him to read your HipHopDX comment and then reply in some form? This isn’t a direct comment board to the artist’s phone sir…
“you’ve never made a good song in you’re career besides universal mind control ”
???????
Universal MC, lmao!!
That’s what happens when you listen to too much E-40. You go dumb.
yo @gnigga, fo real,u sum stupid ass listener.. to even say that universal mind control is whack.. I bet u’ve never even heard of common’s like water like chocolate joint.. that control mind is what you call an experimental art shit to say the least.. that’s him testing if people would buy into that techno dumb ass whack sound.. and come on man e-40?? on a mount rushmore?? nigga please
drake and 40 the greatest artist and producer of ll time everyone else is irrelevent that only matters to a couple of hipster nerds.
You’re wrong. Big Smo and his band are the best
Only white guys belong on Mount Rushmore
Eminem, Vanilla Ice, Riff Raff, Action Bronson.
Replace one of them with Big Smo to make it legit
His whole list full of gay niggas and cornballs except for Pac and thats only because he shot two white racist in the ass. Common a homo
Seems like this is a “limited” Mt. Rushmore in terms of era. I’ll go with Jay-Z, Nas, Pac, and Scarface. Production is more personal than objective. Jay-Z and Nas are arguably the most talented out of New York, Pac out of the west, and Face out of the south.
cube has more talent then pac.
cube is a square squared. pac is a nigga trying to say “pop” but then choking midway cuz he shot hisself.
Common I been down with you since can I borrow a dollar ….
How u not mentoring the men that put u on the beat nuts also rza ain’t there an Peterock dilla would not exist if it wasn’t for him
KRS-One
Jay-Z
2Pac
Black Thought
Dr. Dre
The RZA
Madlib
Q-Tip
Why Tupac he hasnt a flow, techieq, lyrics etc like the big, nas, rakim. Pac is overrated and a contradicting rapper. His only classic is MATW the rest is mediocre. Pac was good but nothing special. No hate.
He’s more impactful and less contradicting than Eminem but Stans’ say he’s the GOAT all the time. So your point exactly?
In other news Common said:
Gucci Mane is the realest rapper ever and the top 5 of studiogangstas:
* nas only thing nas ever sold was records
* mobb deep 2 former art students and ballerina’s with a lot of tattoos but no streetcredibility
* jay-z rapping since he was 14 years old in the group High Potent. Nigga didnt sell shit in the streets
* dr dre only thing this nigga sold is overpriced headphones
* ice cube tho Hollywood nigga. He is as gangstas as his movies. NOT
My Mt Rushmore
1)Ja Rule
2)Biggie
3)Tupac
4)Jay-Z
End Of Story
@ anon
ja-rule lol
putting down Tupac in that list is basically like saying Ja Rule twice.
Pac, Nas, KRS, Rakim. This is NOT a list of the 4 “greatest” rather the 4 faces that represent HIP HOP at its greatest!
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Em, Nas, Pun, AZ
Jay has to be on the Mt. Rushmore and there is no way around it. Rakim, Jay, Pac, and Kane or Nas.
drake (GOAT)
snoop
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