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User Review :4.5 points (36 reviews) ★★★★★

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Genre : Dance & Soul Catalogue Number : B000938201
Number of Discs : 1 Label : Geffen
Release Country : USA
Format : LP

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In The People, Common rhymes My daughter found Nemo/I found the new Primo, yet it is the late J Dilla -- not DJ Premier -- who is emulated by Kanye West throughout Finding Forever. Dilla's 2006 death has had Common and Kanye not just grieving but further contemplating the making of music that outlasts their time on the planet. This lends a kind of heaviness, a level of seriousness, and a sometimes overbearing sense of What we are doing here is intended to be important, not present on 2005's Be -- a taut and steady album with an unforced and seemingly less conceptualized liquid flow. This time out, Kanye adopts a What would Dilla do? approach to his productions. (As on Be, most of the tracks feature his handiwork, with some duties farmed out to others.) Though the intentions are good, it's an audacious move: idiosyncratic and often brilliant producer attempts to channel the creativity of a master who constantly switched up his game. It doesn't help Kanye's cause that the album's sweetest track is the Dilla-produced So Far to Go (heard in original form on Dilla's The Shining), sandwiched between two Kanye beats that can be tuned out with no effort. There are some subtle references to Dilla, and while it's perfectly acceptable that no outright mimicry is going on, the majority of the beats are slightly substandard, at least by Kanye standards. Common delivers plenty of lyrical potency, whether he's mixing the sad with the silly (Doin' all she can for her man and her baby, drivin' herself crazy like the astronaut lady) or dishing out some serious Nas-worthy disdain (With 12 monkeys on-stage, it's hard to see who's a gorilla -- you was better as a drug dealer). Sometimes, though, he's only providing more ammo for those who still maintain that his best album is his less than didactic debut, like the Cosby-in-training He had a fetish for shoes that's athletic/Pathetic on his MySpace page half-naked. The album includes a handful of well-placed and effectual guest contributors, including Bilal, Dwele, Lily Allen, Common's dad, and the one and only Primo. Still, it's a shade less satisfying than Be. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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Edith Dawn Yorkley(Violin),  James Payser(Keyboards),  James Poyser(Keyboards),  Karriem Riggins(Drums),  Karriem Riggins(Percussion),  Laura Rajanen(Violin),  Lonnie Lynn(Vocals),  Margherita Biederbick(Violin),  Monique Spencer(Violin),  Omar Edwards(Flute),  Omar Edwards(Keyboards),  Omar Edwards(Synthesizer),  Alana E. Bennett(Cello),  Brandee Younger(Harp),  Chillz(Voices),  Dawntanya Smith(Viola),  Derrick Hodge(Bass (Electric)),  Hannah Kelin(Viola),  Will I Am(Choir, Chorus),  Zoe Cartier(Cello),  DJ PREMIER(Scratching),  Andrew Dawson(Engineer),  Anthony Kilhoffer(Engineer),  Brian "B. Kyle" Atkins(Engineer),  Derrick Hodge(Producer),  Dilla(Producer),  James Poyser(Producer),  Kanye West(Producer),  Karriem Riggins(Producer),  Neil Baldock(Engineer),  Phil Strong(Engineer),  Will I Am(Engineer),  Will I Am(Producer),  Alan Bergman(Composer),  Andrew Dawson(Mixing),  Charles Stepney(Composer),  Chris Jasper(Composer),  Cliff Feiman(Production Coordination),  COMMON(Executive Producer),  Derek Dudley(Executive Producer),  Derrick Hodge(Composer),  Derrick Hodge(Conductor),  Derrick Hodge(String Arrangements),  DeVon "Devo" Harris(Composer),  Don Covay(Composer),  Dylan Dresdow(Mixing),  Ernie Isley(Composer),  Gene Mcdaniels(Composer),  George Duke(Composer),  Gil Scott Heron(Composer),  Gloria Caldwell(Composer),  James "Jay Dee" Yancey(Composer),  Jimmy Douglas(Mixing),  Kanye West(Composer),  Kanye West(Executive Producer),  Lloyd Webber(Composer),  Marilyn Bergman(Composer),  Michael Archer(Composer),  Michel Legrand(Composer),  Mike Dean(Mixing),  Nabil Elderkin(Photography),  Nigel Evan Dennis(Illustrations),  Paul Simon(Composer),  Sol Marcus(Composer),  Stevie Wonder(Composer),  Tom Coyne(Mastering),  Will Adams(Composer),  Dave Paul(Assistant),  COMMON(Author),  Don-C(A&R),  Teldex(String Quartet),  Tim Reid(Marketing)

Track List

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    People, The
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    U, Black Maybe
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    03.
    I Want You
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    Southside
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    05.
    Driving Me Wild
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    06.
    So Far to Go
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    Break My Heart
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    Game, The
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    09.
    Start the Show
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    10.
    Misunderstood
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    11.
    Forever Begins

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  • ★★★★★ 

    kaeru  |  兵庫  |  不明  |  29/August/2008

    the people is good song!

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    セレブ  |  六本木ヒルズ  |  不明  |  08/June/2008

    カニエの色が濃すぎて期待してたのと違ったけど、普通によかった。Dilla & D’angeloのは期待以上。

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  • ★★★★★ 

    よっしー  |  福岡  |  不明  |  19/May/2008

    Kanyeだからという色眼鏡で見るにはもったいない作品ですよ! おれは大好きです。 まぁ、他の人は気にしないで自分の評価をしましょう!

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