Electric Circus (album)

Electric Circus
Studio album by Common
Released	December 10, 2002
Recorded	2002[1]
Studio	Electric Lady (New York)
Genre	Hip hop, alternative hip hop
Length	73:26
Label	MCA
Producer	Questlove (also exec.) Common (exec.) Derek Dudley (exec.) James Poyser (also assoc.) J Dilla (also assoc.) Pino Palladino The Neptunes Karriem Riggins Jeff Lee Johnson
Common chronology
Like Water for Chocolate (2000) Electric Circus (2002) Be (2005)
Singles from Electric Circus
"Come Close" Released: November 5, 2002 "I Got a Right Ta" Released: December 13, 2002

Electric Circus is the fifth studio album by American rapper Common, released on December 10, 2002, on the now-defunct MCA Records. The album was highly anticipated and praised by many critics for its ambitious vision. However, it was not as commercially successful as his previous album, Like Water for Chocolate, selling under 300,000 copies. An eclectic album, Electric Circus features fusions of several genres such as hip hop, pop, rock, electronic, and neo soul. "I wasn't feeling hip hop," the rapper remarked. "So my motivation for that album were other genres of music, like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. It wasn't hip hop."^[2] This was Common's second and last album for MCA, as well as the final album released under the label, which would soon be merged into Geffen Records a year later.