Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 free energy of our live

free energy of our live shows while integrating elements from the traditionally gridded palette of electronic music

The vulnerable lyrics and earnest delivery of Bernard Sumner are in top form

QOTSA founder Joshua Homme’s lyrics are as witty and withering than ever

the EP introduces the spooky

The second post-Roger Waters Pink Floyd album is less forced and more of a group effort than A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- keyboard player Richard Wright is back to full bandmember status and has co-writing credits on five of the 11 songs

Common Be [Explicit Content] (2 Lp's) 09/07/2010 free energy of our liveAfter fusing hip hop, rock, and soul on 2002's THE ELECTRIC CIRCUS, Chicago rapper Common returned three years later with BE. Like its two letter title, BE is much leaner, consisting of 11 pure hip hop tracks marked by Common's enlightened, contemplative, easy flowing lyrics. Although the album is more streamlined, it's not predictable or unoriginal, as the beats unfold with the same combination of rawness and melodic energy that made Kanye West's