Album Summary
Electric Circus is the fifth studio album by American rapper Common, released on December 10, 2002, on the now-defunct MCA Records. The album was highly anticipated and praised by many critics for its ambitious vision. However, it was not as commercially successful as his previous album, Like Water for Chocolate, selling under 300,000 copies. An eclectic album, Electric Circus features fusions of several genres such as hip hop, pop, rock, electronic, and neo soul. "I wasn't feeling hip hop," the rapper remarked. "So my motivation for that album were other genres of music, like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. It wasn't hip hop." This was Common's second and last album for MCA, as well as the final album released under the label, which would soon be merged into Geffen Records a year later.
Tracklist
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A1 Ferris Wheel
2:48
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A2 Soul Power 4:38
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A3 Aquarius 4:54
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A4 Electric Wire Hustler Flower 5:54
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B1 The Hustle 4:20
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B2 Come Close 4:35
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B3 New Wave 5:08
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B4 Star *69 (PS With Love) 5:30
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C1 I Got A Right Ta 4:54
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C2 Between Me, You & Liberation 6:23
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C3 I Am Music 5:21
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D1 Jimi Was A Rock Star 8:24
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D2 Heaven Somewhere 10:24
