I Used to Love H.E.R.
“I Used to Love H.E.R.” is a hip hop classic from rapper Common’s (then CommonSense) 1994 Resurrection album. Producer No I.D. looped very small samples from George Benson’s “The Changing […]
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Playlist: Sexual Intellectuals
In 2000 Common asked The Questions “If I’m an intellectual, I can’t be sexual?” While most people would consider so-called conscious rappers to be above professing their lustful thoughts on […]
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
In 1965 the British group The Animals had a top 40 hit in the US with “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus. According to […]
Love Has Fallen on Me
In 1966 Chicago native Marshall Chess set out to form a band different from the R&B, soul and gospel groups his father and uncle had on their Chess Record label. […]
Open Your Eyes
In the late 90s and early 2000s the musical collective Soulquarians made a big mark on hip-hop and neo-soul. In 2000 they created Common’s Like Water for Chocolate album which […]
Bilal’s accidental ménage à trois
If you know me you know I love Bilal. He is my leprechaun at the end of the rainbow. I have all of his albums including the unreleased one and […]