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词条 Can I Borrow a Dollar?
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  1. Overview

      Background    Content  

  2. Track listing

  3. Chart positions

      Album chart positions    Singles chart positions  

  4. References

{{Infobox album|
| name = Can I Borrow a Dollar?
| type = Studio album
| artist = Common Sense
| cover = Can I Borrow a Dollar.png
| alt =
| released = October 6, 1992
| recorded = 1991–92
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|Midwest hip hop}}
| length = 49:34
| label = Relativity
| producer = {{hlist|Peter Kang (exec.)|Immenslope|The Beatnuts|The Twilite Tone}}
| chronology = Common
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Resurrection
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Can I Borrow a Dollar?
| type = studio
| single1 = Take It EZ
| single1date = September 4, 1992
| single2 = Breaker 1/9
| single2date = January 12, 1993
| single3 = Soul by the Pound
| single3date = July 13, 1993
}}
}}{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[1]
|rev2 = RapReviews
|rev2score = (7/10)[2]
|rev3 = Rhapsody
|rev3score = (favorable)[1]
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[2]
|rev5 = The Source
|rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[3]
|rev6 = WordPress
|rev6score = (favorable)[4]

}}

Can I Borrow a Dollar? is the debut studio album by American rapper Common Sense, released on October 6, 1992 by Relativity Records. The album was entirely produced by No I.D. (then called Immenslope) and The Twilite Tone, with additional production by The Beatnuts, and includes guest vocals from Immenslope, Miss Jones and Common's then-girlfriend Rayshel. Entertainment Weeklys Neil Drumming described it as "a clever but little-noticed first album".[5]

Overview

Background

In 1991, a feature was written about Common in the Unsigned Hype section of The Source. Relativity Records soon signed Common, and prepared to release three singles for his debut album. The first and best-charting single was 1992's "Take It EZ". It reached #5 on the Hot Rap Singles chart while his next two singles, "Breaker 1/9" and "Soul by the Pound," reached #10 and #7 respectively. All of these singles combined to give Common a strong underground reputation prior to the album's release.[6]

Content

Can I Borrow A Dollar? shows Common's early style of rapping; namely a sing-songy and inflection-heavy vocal delivery, as well as lyrics packed with word play and popular culture allusions.[7][8]

The album's production, utilizing samples, keyboards, and drum breaks prominently, tends to be minimalistic, jazzy and laid back.[7] The Source called the production top notch.[3]

Although receiving a lukewarm reception, Stanton Swihart of Allmusic considers it to have put Chicago hip hop on the map and to be an underrated debut album.

[7]

Track listing

  • All tracks produced by Immenslope & The Twilite Tone, except track 4 produced by The Beatnuts
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1 = A Penny for My Thoughts
| extra1 = Common (rap vocals), Lenny Underwood (keyboards), Kenny Aaronson (bass guitar)
| length1 = 4:23
| title2 = Charms Alarm
| extra2 = Common
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = Take It EZ
| extra3 = Common (rap vocals), Lenny Underwood (keyboards), Tony Orbach (saxophone)
| length3 = 4:08
| title4 = Heidi Hoe
| extra4 = Common
| length4 = 4:29
| title5 = Breaker 1/9
| extra5 = Common
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Two Scoops of Raisins
| extra6 = Common, Immenslope (rap vocals), Kenny Aaronson (bass guitar)
| length6 = 5:28
| title7 = No Defense
| extra7 = Common
| length7 = 1:14
| title8 = Blows to the Temple
| extra8 = Common
| length8 = 4:39
| title9 = Just in the Nick of Rhyme
| extra9 = Common
| length9 = 2:30
| title10 = Tricks Up My Sleeve
| extra10 = Common, Rayshel (rap vocals), Lenny Underwood (keyboards), Kenny Aaronson (bass guitar)
| length10 = 3:21
| title11 = Puppy Chow
| extra11 = Common (rap vocals), Tarsha Jones (background vocals)
| length11 = 4:01
| title12 = Soul by the Pound
| extra12 = Common
| length12 = 4:20
| title13 = Pitchin' Pennies
| extra13 = Common
| length13 = 1:58
}}

Chart positions

Album chart positions

YearAlbumChart positions
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1993 Can I Borrow a Dollar?70

Singles chart positions

YearSongChart positions
Hot Rap Singles
1992 "Take It EZ"5
1993 "Breaker 1/9"10
1993 "Soul by the Pound"7

References

1. ^Rhapsody review {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715181202/http://mp3.rhapsody.com/common/can-i-borrow-a-dollar |date=2011-07-15 }}
2. ^{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 187 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=rolling+stone+common+album+guide&source=bl&ots=BiMorm7NU5&sig=75s3wCDhZS2rezDQyC9lQupdRac&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CR_6UIKiNeu30gHy4IG4BA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20common%20album%20guide&f=false}}
3. ^Album reviews at CD Universe
4. ^WordPress review
5. ^{{cite news | last = Drumming | first = Neil | url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1066214,00.html | title = Confidence Man at EW.com | work = Entertainment Weekly| publisher = | accessdate = May 13, 2007 | date=May 30, 2005}}
6. ^{{cite web | last = Huey | first = Steve| url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p276488/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = Common Biography at Allmusic | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = March 24, 2007}}
7. ^{{cite web | last = Swihart | first = Stanton | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r53985|pure_url=yes}} | title = Can I Borrow a Dollar? - Common Sense | format = | work = | publisher = | accessdate = March 24, 2007}}
8. ^{{cite web | last = Jost | first = Matt | url = http://rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_borrowadollar.html | title = Can I Borrow a Dollar? Review at RapReviews.com | work = | publisher = | accessdate = March 24, 2007}}
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