"The Food" is the first single by rapper Common released on his sixth album Be.

West interpolates "Nothing Can Change This Love" by Sam Cooke for the song's beat.

In addition, DJ Dummy scratches on the song and Dave Chappelle introduces the live version of it.

IGN.com writer Spence D. describes it as a "nice and mild burner that showcases the Chi-town duo's symmetry.

"[1] Nathan Brackett of Rolling Stone states that it is one of the "hardest-rocking tracks of Common's career.