About this episode
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. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9T Become a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvc Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnG Make a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops 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 Support The Show: https://www.patreon.com/soundopinions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .