Over 20 years later, Common’s album Like Water for Chocolate remains a socially conscious, hip hop masterpiece. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot revisit an interview they did with Common during this time, plus they talk about the music, production history and lasting impact.
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Featured Songs:
Common, "The Light," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela)," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "Take It EZ," Can I Borrow a Dollar?, Relativity, 1992
Common, "I Used to Love H.E.R.," Resurrection, Relativity, 1994
D'Angelo, "Brown Sugar," Brown Sugar, Virgin, 1995
Common, "Funky for You," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "A Song for Assata," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "Payback Is a Grandmother," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "The 6th Sense," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "Thelonius," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "Geto Heaven, Pt. 2 (Remix T.S.O.I.) [feat. Macy Gray]," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Common, "A Film Called (Pimp)," Like Water For Chocolate, MCA, 2000
Kanye West, "We Don't Care," The College Dropout, Roc-A-Fella, 2004
Kendrick Lamar, "Institutionalized (feat. Bilal, Anna Wise & Snoop Dogg)," To Pimp a Butterfly, Top Dawg Entertainment, 2015
Kacey Musgraves, "justified," Star-Crossed, MCA Nashville, 2021
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