Finding Forever
by Common
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 69
  3. Negative: 2 out of 69

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  1. richardj.
    Aug 1, 2007
    2
    Just get The People and So far to go...but if people like Hip-Hop they would have the latter from J Dilla's Album "The Shinning" which has more oomph then this...so my advice is what? Just get "The People" track as the rest is tired, boring and uninteresting...this is souless hip-hop and is an insult...BE was disappointing but this is worse, Common stop being a sell-out and go back Just get The People and So far to go...but if people like Hip-Hop they would have the latter from J Dilla's Album "The Shinning" which has more oomph then this...so my advice is what? Just get "The People" track as the rest is tired, boring and uninteresting...this is souless hip-hop and is an insult...BE was disappointing but this is worse, Common stop being a sell-out and go back doing an album "Like Water For Chocalate"....that is what works for you...this stuff is sh*t… Expand
  2. johnj
    Jul 30, 2007
    2
    Nowhere near as good as Be, unfortunately.

Awards & Rankings

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#82 Most Discussed Album of 2007
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#95 Most Shared Album of 2007

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 28
  3. Negative: 1 out of 28
  1. Urb
    80
    Finding Forever, Common’s spectacular seventh full-length, isn’t 'The Bitch in Yoo,' but it is his hardest release since.
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  2. Blender
    60
    Kayne West once again saves his friend from the NAACP lecture circuit with soul-snapping beats that effectively turn the headliner into a guest star on his own album. [Aug 2007, p. 110]
  3. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    West produces the bulk again on Finding Forever, and it's his skill in embellishing a sample and his unerring eye for a soulful hook that is consistently bringing the best out of his mentor-turned-protege.
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