’11 Best Albums: #3 Common The Dreamer/The Believer

Friday, January 13 2012 4:30 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Album Reviews, Blog

Common returned to the game like a prize-fighter after his second wind with his ninth LP, The Dreamer/ The Believer. Produced entirely by No I.D., he kicks off the opus with Maya Angelou and Nas on the ineffable “The Dreamer” and “Ghetto Dreams”, respectively.  After delivering 14 shots to the dome on “Sweet”, he deals with his own pain (“Lovin’ I Lost”). But it’s not all love and war. Backed by a milky hook, he toasts to the good life on “Celebrate”. This is the stuff Dreamers are made of.

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Comments (50)

  1. Gambino says:

    Safe to say Camp sadly won’t be on this list -_-

  2. shawn says:

    #1 WTT
    #2 Take Care

  3. Word says:

    So Take Care and WTT are numbers 1 and 2. It just comes down to whose dick yall love the most. Im thinking Jay and Ye got it.

  4. M.T says:

    im surprised this made the list since it seemed RR was undermining some good albums.

  5. raffi says:

    This *is the stuff Dreamers are made of.

  6. Nick Kaiser says:

    its obvious what 1.2 are. but i have to say cole world should be 2. then section .80 3

  7. M.T says:

    its obvious whats gunna be #1 and #2.

  8. Cole world says:

    Pass whatever you guys are smoking this list was crap

  9. MG says:

    Glad to see Common ranking high and not overlooked. This CD is dope.

  10. Mj says:

    Wtt was better if they were competing for best hiphop album. But take care was better overall

  11. Hip-Hop Fiend says:

    So your going to tell me those albums were better that Camp. Man fuck this site.

  12. Hip-Hop Fiend says:

    So your going to tell me those albums were better then Camp. Man fuck this site.

  13. d'andre says:

    This album was dope but wait 2 spots left and wtt take and red still not mentioned?! The red album was dope as fuck how can y’all leave it out

  14. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    I got have no problem with this. Chi- Town stand up !

  15. RNS says:

    Take Care wasn’t even a rap album. This list sucks.

  16. belize says:

    ya niggas listen to some ghey ass music son…that nigga big homie rollin in nah-grave right now

  17. Loaded says:

    I agree Camp was a better album than Common. Bambino is underrated

  18. Donn says:

    LOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS ALBUM

    AND GREAT LIST RR

  19. Mj says:

    It will maybe be red album and wtt

  20. Swiss163 says:

    Keep it coming ……B. Dot . Keep it coming….. You messed up the list already…….. dont try to fix the shit now…….

    You going to learn today -__- You going to learn today !!!!! (Planet of the Ape Voice !!!!!)

  21. Protest says:

    Be>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dreamer/Believer

    This album was eh… Yall suckin nuts again

  22. TheReal says:

    Where the fukk is Saigons joint at…the only reason this is up is to give your list a lil validation cuz if you had your choice you’d have pink Friday on here

  23. Swiss163 says:

    @Donn go take a long walk off a short cliff……. This list Sucks !!!……They going to learn today -_-

  24. Word says:

    Of course RED was left out. Its politics. Game doesnt fuck with a lot of the ppl that YN and the rest of this site fucks with like Jay, Kanye, and 50 Cent. Therefore, the guy gets zero mention. I feel like RED should have been on ONE of these list.

  25. The Truth says:

    Yea honestly WHERE THE FUCK IS CAMP? This shit is not even funny anymore. I mean you got Self Made, Ambition, and Blue Slide Park but no Camp. Hip Hop is dead.

  26. Kunta Kente says:

    Childish Gambino Camp was 10X better than Common’s overrated album.

  27. Shady_Site says:

    Common is fucking wack the nigga boring ass flow been the same for 30yrs and he only sound appealing cause he try to sound like he being deep but hes a fucking idiot

  28. Dashing says:

    So Undun doesn’t make the list? Really? Or R.E.D album?? Really?

  29. Bonobo says:

    Bonobo bought commons cd
    Bonobo likes that shit

  30. TheyKnow says:

    Drake +1

  31. loch121 says:

    @dashing yeah fam Undun is a classic.Love it

    I love this Common album.Classic too
    Loch Drake Headlines freestyle music video Featured on http://artists.viewhiphop.com/?p=2190 @ViewHipHopBlog

  32. OEasy says:

    Should be #1.

  33. plstop says:

    This album was dope and embodied raw hip hop. Drake had a dope album as well & Watch the throne was good. Gambinos shit was cool but overrated. Lets be honest lol. His project wasn’t all that.

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  38. SmokeYou says:

    RR’s Top 3 were my 3 favorite hip hop albums of last year. I always thought it was odd that my 3 favorite hip hop albums last year all had gold covers lol.

  39. Yung Silv says:

    kendrick and the roots were better than this

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  42. PHG says:

    camp should of been on this list

  43. haq says:

    Album Of The Year and future classic. Get off kanye’s and jay’s overrated dicks, u pricks.

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  45. KoldCase says:

    camp cole world and wtt top 3

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