Hip hop artists Common (L) and Kanye West (R) perform on stage at BET’s Up Front 2005 April 12, 2005 in New York City. The list also includes iconic tracks like “I Wonder” and “I Heard Em ...

A fellow Chicagoan and longtime friend whom Kanye had met while still in high school, Common was now the beneficiary of the younger rapper's budding genius: The Kanye-produced album Be, released in ...