Dec
29
2006

Video: Common - A Dream

Not his most sophisticated work but sometimes less is more.

“Freedom Writers Movie” Trailer: Windows | Real | Quicktime


19 Responses

1. Jaunt Says:

i’m feeling it

2. Damien Says:

i cant stand corny ass hilarry swanke

3. Pajiba Says:

Freedom writers seem like its going to be a good movie.

4. Rizoh Says:

Looks like Crash 2 to me but I might be wrong.

5. Kaplan Says:

dope video by Common

6. Magno Says:

common is a sellout, wasnt he in that Gap ad?

7. frankster04 Says:

i’m pretty over common. he sure can sell some khakis though.

8. Illmatic620 Says:

come on guys. Resurrection, Like Water for Chocolate, Be…

man has given us unbelievable stuff, one of the greatest MCs of all time

9. Ivan Says:

A. Why is Damien hating on Hillary Swank?
B. Doing an ad for Gap (that ironically sounds better than 99% of current hip-hop) is not selling out.
C. Big ups to Illmatic620…speaking the truth.

This is one of my favorite songs of ‘06 and the video is great too….quit hating…

10. bxconnect Says:

nice video.BE will never,ever go out of rotation in the disc changer.”waiting for the lord to rise,i look into my daughters eyes,and realise im a learn through her

serious cd.

11. Say Says:

I like how MLK is saying, “I HAVE a dream,” yet Will.I.Am is saying, “I GOT a dream.” He hears MLK saying it properly, yet he can’t even step up his intelligence and speak proper English? Pathetic.

And since we’re on the subject of Common selling out, don’t forget BEP’s record label wanted them to get a female singer so they’d have more commercial appeal and they went right along with it.

12. Say Says:

BTW, Commom isn’t a sellout. Show me where he compromised his intengrity as an artist. Being in a Gap ad does not automatically make on a sellout.

13. Darkpoet Says:

common is a sellout, wasnt he in that Gap ad?….

What is your point, you should be praising him for expanding the culture into other endeavors. Common has always seperated his style and music from everyone else.

I remember first hearing this song, Common still has it.

14. On Top Says:

fuck whoever called common sense a sellout. he’s one of the greatest ever.

15. befree1619 Says:

Well I am a Black teacher and if I have to see one more dumb movie about a white teacher “saving” these poor black Negroes I am going to scream!! Common was not very “conscious” on this one. I swear over 80% of white teachers live in the white suburbs and work in the city. Their tax dollars support their schools systems. How many damn Dangerous Minds can they make?

16. Nana Says:

wel that’s deep

17. Say Says:

^^Coach Carter. Not a teacher exactly, but close enough.

Don’t like movies about white teachers “saving” black kids? Vote with your dollars. Oh but then, you probably passed on Coach Carter, so there goes that idea.

18. Illmatic620 Says:

plus its based on a true story, ppl from the suburbs who arent as jaded brought some needed change.

19. DP Says:

To befree1619 - it’s unfair that you are writing the movie off without seeing it. I read the book and it is not another Dangerous Minds. I love the song and the video.



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