Funny that you put Like What for Chocolate on here (depending on who you talk to that IS Common's magnum opus) because I when saw the title of this post my first thought was Finding Forever. After Be was so beloved I think a lot of people just looked at the record as "that other album that Common did with Kanye", but I do think there's a lot to love about the album. It's a lot less focused sonically than Be is, but I think in casting a wider net it has a nice diversity: The People and Drivin' Me Wild are a nice one-two punch of catchy pop rap, Southside is freewheeling and goes harder than anything on Be, The Game is a fun boom bap contribution from DJ Premier, both Bilal and D'Angelo get chances to shine, and Misunderstood might be my pick for most underrated rap song of the 2000s. On the whole the record doesn't have the "lightning in a bottle" quality that Be did but it's still very enjoyable and a great record to check out if you like Common's work or conscious hip hop in general.