![]() As a rap name, Common Sense may be best fulfilled in “Resurrection,” the classic follow-up to this here debut. Still, let’s not forget that he began as Common Sense, a highly symbolic name in its own right. Musically, he may not represent the ‘common’ procedure in hip-hop, but thematically, Lonnie Rashid Lynn has a knack for topics the common man and woman can relate to, giving his name an ironic and a true ring at the same time. ![]() Call it poetic justice that these days Common fares quite well with his abridged alias. Apparently, ‘common sense’ can be turned into a trademark, a fact which all too clearly reveals the lawmaker’s lack thereof. The former changed his name voluntarily, the latter had to for legal reasons. Back then, both rappers carried slightly different (and arguably more telling) monikers: Twista was Tung Twista and Common was Common Sense. It is a remarkable coincidence that in 1992 two rappers out of Chicago made their national debut who are still around today, well over a decade later.
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