{"id":177893,"date":"2023-02-11T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=177893"},"modified":"2023-02-13T10:10:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T09:10:50","slug":"video-common-goes-behind-the-senes-of-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-common-goes-behind-the-senes-of-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Common &#8211; The Making Of &#8220;The Light&#8221; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DYNm6JVX20Y\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8217;The Light&#8217; was one of the greatest videos I have ever been a part of.\u201d &#8211; Common<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">In the episode, <strong>Common<\/strong> pays tribute to <strong>J Dilla,<\/strong> delves into how <strong>Erykah Badu<\/strong> influenced the song\u2019s message about the different dimensions of love and shares how, as a Southside Chicago dude, he initially felt uncomfortable about not wearing socks during the music video shoot. 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