Common is almost always listening to music.
“Morning, daytime and night, I’m listening to music,” the actor and rapper tells The Hollywood Reporter in the first episode of The Playlist.
The Grammy Award-winning musician uses a different type of music for his different moods. When he’s heading into a meeting, he plays music that will give him the confidence he needs. But, mostly, Common uses music to bring light into his day.
“A lot of the music [I listen to], especially starting at the beginning of my day, is music that will lift me up and make me feel like everything is going to be all right, the immortal words of Bob Marley,” he says. “I love the type of music that just gives me that brightness.”
Common crafted a five-track playlist for THR, which he’s dubbed “The Light Will Last Forever.” His music taste is varied, and this playlist is evidence. “I thank God so much for music because it has given me a way to understand and express myself more and connect with human beings,” he says.
