Common Market (album)
Common Market | ||||
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Studio album by Common Market | ||||
Released |
Pacific NW release in 2005 National release in 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop Northwest hip hop | |||
Length | 53:28 | |||
Label | Massline Media | |||
Producer | Sabzi | |||
Common Market chronology | ||||
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Alternate album covers | ||||
Original Cover |
Common Market is the self-titled debut from Seattle-based hip-hop duo Common Market. The album was produced by Sabzi, who is also a member of another prominent Seattle hip-hop group, Blue Scholars.
The album was originally released in the Seattle area in 2005. It was later released on a national scale in 2006, with revised cover art.
The final track of the re-released version of the album is a remixed version of a Blue Scholars song from their 2005 The Long March EP. The track features vocals by RA Scion, Geologic of Blue Scholars, and Gabriel Teodros of Abyssinian Creole.
Track listing
- Re-Fresh (3:43)
- Push (3:23)
- G'Dang Diggy (4:15)
- Connect For (3:17)
- Crossbow (3:29)
- Every Last One (2:41)
- Poison (4:13)
- Trinity (4:46)
- Kampo (1:57)
- Love One (3:24)
- Succor MC's (2:45)
- My Pathology (3:13)
- Keep Track (3:19)
- Doors (4:57)
- Every Last One (Cornerstone Remix) (4:06) [Appears only on the 2006 re-release]
Lyrical References/Influences
-The song G'Dang Diggy is a reference to a famous New York Rap Battle involving KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions.
-The song My Pathology could be a reference to the Boogie Down Productions song "My Philosophy".
-The song "Doors" samples train sounds, similar to those at the start of the Nas album Illmatic. It also contains a reference to "La Rock", referring to Scott La Rock, the producer of Boogie Down Productions. Doors also contains the line "‘My Philosophy’ was born in a ‘New York State of Mind’", referring to both a Boogie Down Productions song, and a Nas song off of Illmatic. The end of the song includes a reference to the Boogie Down Productions song "South Bronx".