{"product_id":"common-can-i-borrow-a-dollar-holland-import","title":"Common - Can I Borrow a Dollar? [Holland Import]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommon's Can I Borrow a Dollar? arrives here as a 180-gram black vinyl import from Holland, bringing the Chicago rapper's 1992 debut back into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he became one of hip-hop's most respected poets, he was a hungry South Side kid recording as Common Sense, full of punchlines, playful wordplay and nervous energy. This first album introduced that voice to the world on Relativity, and it also marked an early showcase for No I.D., the Chicago producer who would go on to shape some of the biggest records of the next three decades. Few debuts capture a future great so clearly in the act of becoming himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sound is pure early-1990s boom bap, built on jazzy loops, dusty breaks and basslines that bounce rather than pound. Take It EZ rides a laid-back groove that lets Common's rapid-fire flow skip across the beat, while Breaker 1\/9 plays with CB radio slang in a way only a young MC with something to prove would attempt. Soul by the Pound leans harder into the funk, and A Penny for My Thoughts sets the tone with sharp, conversational rhymes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who came to Common through his later classics, this is the origin story, raw, funny and full of promise. It deserves a place next to the records that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439074418993,"sku":"8719262046375","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Common-Can_I_Borrow_a_Dollar_Holland_Import.jpg?v=1794152174","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/common-can-i-borrow-a-dollar-holland-import","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}