How 'The Light' by Common Was Made

Let's talk about why the song "The Light" was so significant for Common, J Dilla, and hip hop in general, recreate the beat myself, and mash it up with another Soulquarians song that sounds suspiciously similar.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:35 Common Before the Soulquarians
02:41 J Dilla
03:48 The Production
06:44 The Lyrics
08:44 Space Jam
10:19 The Light Mashup

TOPICS COVERED
Common
J Dilla
The Light
Like Water for Chocolate
Soulquarians
Beat Breakdown
Recreation
Hip Hop
Rapper
Producer
How To
#common
#jdilla #soulquarians
Space Jam
D'Angelo
Remix
Mashup

[Pat]

Even dilla found it hard to talk about what he was doing because he didn’t know how to talk in music terminology, he just worked and practiced hard with samples and his intuitiveness a talent allowed him to make it happen … word up

[familialgameaholics]

J Dilla's beats are just "alive".

Every time I hear his beats it gives me energy.

[tyler]

I've heard The Light and I Found My Smile Again a million times each, but I never saw that mashup coming. You're doing God's work

[Eeter]

That mashup is tight you weren’t lying

[HIPHOPSAVIOR]

HANDS DOWN BEST HIPHOP AND SOUL BREAKDOWNS ON YOUTUBE!!!! DIGGIN’ IN THE GREATS IS ALREADY LEGEND STATUS!! GODSPEED GOOD SIR!

[thgr]

That sample always makes me tear up a little bit. This is the best hip hop love song.

[jbeastro]

yo, that mashup, needs a full version. That is too good not to have an official track. Fire

[adamalexander]

Sometimes the YouTube algoriddim just simply provides 🙏 Wicked breakdown and production, thank you for putting this out into the world.

[altrogeruvah]

Man, I got goosebumps on the mashup... Long time Bobby Caldwell / D'Angelo / J Dilla fan, this was really magic.

[johnnytrash]

This is THE hip hop song I reach for when talking to anyone who says they don't like hip hop

[garthybrookens]

I didn't even know The Light was a J-Dilla beat and even in my younger years growing up, I fell in love with it.
J-Dilla was really a genius. His beats were so memorable, soulful and fresh that it immediately captures your soul upon hearing it.
R.I.P to the greatest producer of all time.

[imdrnickriviera]

The quality of your breakdown videos is astounding. Keep 'em coming!

[wadepaulsen]

Brooo this is amazing please keep this series up, love how you go in depth with the history of the artists as well as the sample flips. you earned yourself a subscriber 😭😭

[TheVibesnstuff]

From the Badu video, to this video, to the bop you stepped into at the end of this vid was all I needed to hit the Subscribe button. Salute. I'm invested.

[_beats]

The Record was basically a whole sample with hip hop drums and Common with the Good lyrics. Great Record.

[shaybar]

Listening to “The Light” never gets old to me. Thank you for this.

[GuidoQuinceMaat]

As a big fan of soulquarians, composer and musician (bassist!) myself, I've just been binging your videos for the past few hours and wanted to say, apart from the excellent knowledge (with due credit to Dilla Time), impeccable delivery, editing, animations, analogies and examples, not to mention all the hoops you probably needed to jump to prevent copyright infringements, I take my hat off. Grade A content. You've made my day!

[PierreYvesRoth]

the mashup I didn't know I needed. I played both songs hundreds of times and never knew they could mix so well.

[nextlevelsounds]

You gotta warn somebody when you’re about to get funky like that with that bass. I was over here jiggin’

[michaeltrenier]

Like Water for Chocolate…that’s my soul right there man…Great video bro had to click the sub button