Dooinit - Music
Dooinit by Common
Common
Artist Biography For Common
Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. Born March 13 1972 In Chicago Illinois Better Known By His Stage Name Common Previously Common Sense Is A Grammy Award Winning Rapper Author And Actor Known For Lyrics That Focus On Love And Spirituality. Signed To Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music Many People Describe Him As Being A Conscious Hip Hop Artist Who Makes Songs That Send A Message. He Debuted In 1992 With The Album Can I Borrow A Dollar? And Maintained A Significant Underground Following Into The Late 90s After Which He Gained Notable Mainstream Success Through His Work With The Soulquarians. As Well As Music Common Has Worked As An Actor On Films Such As 'Smokin' Aces' As Sir Ivy 'American Gangster' As Turner Lucas 'Wanted' And 'John Wick Chapter 2'. He May Also Be Seen In Cameo Roles In Films Such As 'Brown Sugar'. His Debut Was The 1992 Album Can I Borrow A Dollar But He Achieved Little Critical Or Commercial Success Until 1994's Resurrection An Instant Classic. He Produced Several More Albums Notably Like Water For Chocolate And The Highly Experimental Electric Circus Before Releasing The Kanye West And J Dilla-Produced Be In 2005 Which Was His First Album To Receive Widespread Mainstream Appeal And Radio Playtime. Common Is Considered A "cred" Artist Which Has Lead Him To Collaborations With The Likes Of De La Soul Jadakiss T.I Talib Kweli The Roots Kanye West Lily Allen Erykah Badu And Fort Minor. The 2007 Album Finding Forever Was Produced Mainly By Long-Time Collaborator Kanye West. Common Released His Eighth Album Universal Mind Control In 2008 Which Was Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Rap Album But Lost To The Eminem Album Relapse. He Released His Ninth Album The Dreamer/The Believer In 2011. Nobody's Smiling His Tenth Album Was Released In 2014. The Concept Of The Album Was Inspired By His Troubled Hometown Of Chicago.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Dooinit
Common - Like Water For Chocolate
“Dooinit“ Is The Fourth Track From Common's Fourth Studio Album Like Water For Chocolate. The Track Contains A Sample Of “Give It To Me Baby” As Performed By Rick James And Contains Vocal Samples Of “Car Horn” A Non-Album Single Performed By Common Scratched Through The Chorus. Questlove Uses This Song As An Example Of J Dilla’s Incredible Ear. The Sample Of “Give It To Me Baby” Was Deemed Unsampleable By Quest Until J Dilla Was Able To Do It. He Told Red Bull Music Academy "I Thought The Song Was Too Fast For Him To Use. There Was No Drum Breaks In It. It Was Too Commercial-Sounding. The Beat Was Going To Sound Like Something MC Hammer Or Vanilla Ice Would’ve Used. He Took The Intro And Chopped Up The Bass So Precise And Slowed It Down. Common Instantly Said “I’m Making This The Second Song On My Record.” I Was Like “What?!”"
50 Similar Tracks:
Common - Heat Common - Time Travelin' Reprise Slum Village - Conant Gardens Slum Village - Untitled/Fantastic The Roots - The Next Movement Black Star - Little Brother De La Soul - Much More feat. Yummy J Dilla - E MC2 The Roots - Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New Little Brother - The Becoming Black Star - K.O.S. Determination The Pharcyde - Y? Be Like That - Jay Dee Remix Jaylib - Starz The Pharcyde - Somethin' That Means Somethin' De La Soul - The Bizness Reflection Eternal - This Means You Reflection Eternal - Big Nel From Da Natti Little Brother - Watch Me Jaylib - Raw Shit Jay Dee - Pause Ghostface Killah - Child's Play Jay Dee - Y'all Ain't Ready Jay-Z - Brooklyn's Finest Busta Rhymes - Turn Me Up Some Ghostface Killah - Whip You With A Strap Q-Tip - Breathe And Stop Mos Def - Oh No Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push II Blu & Exile - Dancing In The Rain GZA/Genius - Duel Of The Iron Mic J Dilla - Fuck The Police Blu & Exile - Blu Colla Workers Q-Tip - Gettin' Up Quasimoto - Astro Black Jay-Z - Imaginary Player Gang Starr - Next Time Gang Starr - The Militia Nas - Stillmatic The Intro Illa J - We Here GZA/Genius - Investigative Reports Lupe Fiasco - ON FAUX NEM Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - I Get Physical Busta Rhymes - Show Me What You Got A Tribe Called Quest - Like It Like That A Tribe Called Quest - Steppin' It Up feat. Busta Rhymes & Redman Black Thought - 9th Vs. Thought Blu - Dancing In The Rain The Notorious B.I.G. - The What Talib Kweli - Just Begun Feat. Jay Electronica, J. Cole And Mos Def Slick Rick - Street Talkin'
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
Music Tags for Common:
Biography - Common
Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr. Born March 13 1972 In Chicago Illinois Better Known By His Stage Name Common Previously Common Sense Is A Grammy Award Winning Rapper Author And Actor Known For Lyrics That Focus On Love And Spirituality. Signed To Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music Many People Describe Him As Being A Conscious Hip Hop Artist Who Makes Songs That Send A Message. He Debuted In 1992 With The Album Can I Borrow A Dollar? And Maintained A Significant Underground Following Into The Late 90s After Which He Gained Notable Mainstream Success Through His Work With The Soulquarians. As Well As Music Common Has Worked As An Actor On Films Such As 'Smokin' Aces' As Sir Ivy 'American Gangster' As Turner Lucas 'Wanted' And 'John Wick Chapter 2'. He May Also Be Seen In Cameo Roles In Films Such As 'Brown Sugar'. His Debut Was The 1992 Album Can I Borrow A Dollar But He Achieved Little Critical Or Commercial Success Until 1994's Resurrection An Instant Classic. He Produced Several More Albums Notably Like Water For Chocolate And The Highly Experimental Electric Circus Before Releasing The Kanye West And J Dilla-Produced Be In 2005 Which Was His First Album To Receive Widespread Mainstream Appeal And Radio Playtime. Common Is Considered A "cred" Artist Which Has Lead Him To Collaborations With The Likes Of De La Soul Jadakiss T.I Talib Kweli The Roots Kanye West Lily Allen Erykah Badu And Fort Minor. The 2007 Album Finding Forever Was Produced Mainly By Long-Time Collaborator Kanye West. Common Released His Eighth Album Universal Mind Control In 2008 Which Was Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Rap Album But Lost To The Eminem Album Relapse. He Released His Ninth Album The Dreamer/The Believer In 2011. Nobody's Smiling His Tenth Album Was Released In 2014. The Concept Of The Album Was Inspired By His Troubled Hometown Of Chicago.
read less
read more
16 Similar Artists To Common - Frogtoon Music
The Roots Black Star Mos Def Slum Village Talib Kweli Nas Jay-Z Q-Tip Reflection Eternal A Tribe Called Quest Little Brother J Dilla Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Lupe Fiasco Gang Starr Ghostface Killah.
“Dooinit“ is the fourth track from Common's fourth studio album, Like Water for Chocolate. The track contains a sample of “Give It To Me Baby” as performed by Rick James and contains vocal samples of “Car Horn”, a non-album single, performed by Common scratched through the chorus.
Questlove uses this song as an example of J Dilla’s incredible ear. The sample of “Give It To Me Baby” was deemed unsampleable by Quest, until J Dilla was able to do it.
He told Red Bull Music Academy:
"I thought the song was too fast for him to use. There was no drum breaks in it. It was too commercial-sounding. The beat was going to sound like something MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice would’ve used. He took the intro and chopped up the bass so precise and slowed it down. Common instantly said, “I’m making this the second song on my record.” I was like, “What?!”" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.