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He talked about readin' the Quran and the Bible Common (Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard) – Little Chicago Boy

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Pops influenced his son to learn about different branches of belief, including Islam and Christianity.

Common discusses his views on religion on his song, “G.O.D. (Gaining One’s Definition)”.

My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons
Qur'an and the Bible, to me they all vital
And got truth within ‘em, gotta read them boys
You just can’t skim 'em, different branches of belief
But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em
And use religion as an emblem
When it should be a natural way of life
Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain’t right?

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When I was a shawty, he bought me "The Message" Common (Ft. Tasha Cobbs Leonard) – Little Chicago Boy

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“The Message” by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five is one of the most iconic and influential hip-hop tracks of all-time.

Common listened to it when it first came out in 1982, when he was 10 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYMkEMCHtJ4

Common alludes to “The Message” when he talks about Hip-Hop on one of his most influential tracks: “I Used to Love H.E.R.”:

I met this girl when I was 10 years old
And what he loved most she had so much soul
She was old school, when I was just a shawty
Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me

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7 years

Or could be referring to ‘The Message’ to the Black Man by The Honorable Elijah Muhammad

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October 5, 2016 Home Runs of the Day – October 5, 2016

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Home Runs of October 5, 2016

On this day, the Giants faced the Mets for the 2016 Wild Card spot.

It was a pitcher’s duel all night, as Madison Bumgarner brought his stuff from 2014 and Noah Syndergaard took a no-hitter into the 6th inning.

It all came down to the 9th inning. With Mets closer Jeurys Familia took the mound, Conor Gillaspie drilled the only runs of the ballgame: a three-run homer.

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[Sample: James Brown]
You know, one way of solving a lot of problems that we've got is lettin' a person feel that they're important. And a man can't get himself together until he knows who he is, and be proud of what and who he is and where he come from, and where he come from… Common (Ft. Stevie Wonder) – Black America Again

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This is sample from a live Dallas concert at which James Brown performed on August 26, 1968.

According to R.J. Smith’s biography, The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, Brown introduced his notable record, “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud” to the Dallas crowd about four months after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

The interludes were cut from the record version.

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October 4, 2016 Home Runs of the Day – October 4, 2016

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Home Runs of October 4, 2016

On this day:

Jose Bautista hit the first home run of the postseason in the bottom of the second inning to put the Blue Jays on early.
Baseball’s 2016 home run leader Mark Trumbo gave the Orioles the lead with a two-run jack in the 4th inning.
Third, and finally, Edwin Encarnacion won it for the Blue Jays with a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th!

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October 2, 2016 Home Runs of the Day – October 2, 2016

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Home Runs of October 2, 2016

On this day:

Byron Buxton hit the first pitch of the game for an inside-the-park home run; the only player to do that this season was his former teammate Eduardo Nunez (June 2).

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Dream Too Much Dream Too Much

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Amy Lee’s 2016 solo album Dream Too Much is an album originally made for kids and families.

Her inspirations of this project come from her son Jack and her father.

Doing this kids album was just like this totally natural thing that started happening. There wasn’t a big plan for it. I get really inspired by Jack. He’s my first kid; he’s two years old and he’s awesome. It’s just really cool and inspiring to watch a brain develop and see what fascinates him and it makes you remember things that we kind of take for granted as adults […] I grew up in a super musical home. So I definitely wanted to get in and record with my dad just to kind of have it and document it. And that turned into this full-blown project writing songs […] using [Jack] as my test audience to see what he liked.

The album was originally going to feature four or five tracks as a sixtieth birthday present for Amy’s father, John Lee. But then Amy’s manager approached her about an opportunity from Amazon to make a children’s album, and Amy accepted as they had already begun the project.

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[Amy Lee](/artists/Amy-lee)'s 2016 solo album *Dream Too Much* is an album originally made for kids and families.

Her [inspirations](https://youtu.be/uwilFvLU1Dg?t=91) of this project come from her son Jack and her father.
>Doing this kids album was just like this totally natural thing that started happening. There wasn't a big plan for it. I get really inspired by Jack. He's my first kid; he's two years old and he's awesome. It's just really cool and inspiring to watch a brain develop and see what fascinates him and it makes you remember things that we kind of take for granted as adults [...] I grew up in a super musical home. So I definitely wanted to get in and record with my dad just to kind of have it and document it. And that turned into this full-blown project writing songs [...] using [Jack] as my test audience to see what he liked.

The album was originally going to feature four or five tracks as a sixtieth birthday present for Amy's father, John Lee. But then Amy's manager approached her about an opportunity from Amazon to make a children's album, and Amy accepted as they had already begun the project.

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