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SpinThe storytelling here isn't as sharp as on Common's previous albums. [Feb 2003, p.100]
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BlenderIts attempts at a more ethereal sound crash up against Common's cumbersome intellectualizing. [#13, p.91]
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Beautifully engineered, Circus sounds chocolaty and recombinant even when it doth protest the Enlightened Guy angle too much.
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One problem: Common is an MC, not a musician. Which makes it difficult for him to achieve his lofty goals. Mostly he fails.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 25
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Mixed: 2 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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Aug 18, 2014
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ScottySAug 1, 2006
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TylerHJan 22, 2006