As promised in an earlier post, here's the rundown:
"The Light" was added on 52 urban radio stations in its first week of official radio adds. Common was tied with Eve Feat Jadakiss for 3rd most added. Sisqo was #1 most added with 71 adds.
Key stations adding "The Light" in the first week are:
WUSL & WPHI/Philly
KKBT/LA
V-103/Atlanta
WEDR/Miami
WQUE/New Orleans
WENZ/Cleveland
WDTJ/Detroit
WQOK/Raleigh
WOWI/Norfolk VA (my hometown...what!)
On the other hand, WGCI/Chicago fronted this week but will probably be in next week and Hot 97/NYC & WPGC/DC are just plain frontin' right now.
On the crossover radio side:
Power 106/LA is playing it 31 week ranked #19
KMEL/SF - 39 spins ranked #11
Z90/San Diego & KUBE/Seattle added "The Light" this week.

If y'all are really feeling like you want to look out for your boy Cornbread, call any one of the stations above if you're in the market and tell'em to play the damn record. If you don't feel like doing that, respond to my earlier "Dice Raw's Greatest Verses" post.

That is all for now....Common is supposed to be in De La's video shoot tomorrow in LA & he is shooting MTV's Lyricist Lounge on Friday.

That's it....its 8:25pm and I am going home.
LG

it's about damn time 99 JAMZ played something good.

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They added it yesterday too and have been playing it for a few weeks now....Hot 97/NYC is still frontin'....I guess Com is not rocking enough ice for them.
LG

i'll call a bunch tonight...and label guy...you from norfolk? dope...i'm at the BEACH...peasss

"Webster's don't know jack" me
"CARROTS" me
"The system is screwed" me

thank you label guy. :-)

I THINK THAT THE CITY THAT I AM FROM IS FINALLY SEEING "THE LIGHT" one day as i'm walking in my house from class i hear..." there are times, when you need someone..." and as i was just about to curse out my roomie for listening to my cd w/o my permission, i hear someone yelling through the speakers QQQQQQQQQQQQQ-93!!!!! AS im yelling what the fuck i smile and realize that the radio station that only plays, Carl Thomas, Toni Braxton,Big Tymers, 504 Boys, and the Hot Boys actually has on some common. wtf!!! yes all you okayplayers who are planning to be in new orleans during the essence festival i think you may be alright. just don't expect to hear anything but "the light", "untitled", or "you got me". if you try to request anything else they will laugh at you. i know from personal experience!!!!!!!!

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i want my people to be free (mos def-"umi says")

MAAAN..in detroit and ann arbor when dj's pump "the light" and "funky for you"..heads go nuts..now to get some action on the station..i'm callin'


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Kyle

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WPGC/DC are just plain frontin' right now.

Maaan please forgive our shaky radio stations. I'm ashamed to say that they used the track for THE LIGHT to make they're own "Positive, Stop tha Violence" song and won't even play COM during tha day.

Us D.C. peoples gotta form a Man or Woman hunt for the program director!!!!

"and your Weed got more seeds than ODB" REDMAN

I was so mad that I was hearing both "The Light" and "Assata" instrumentals behind these WPGC commercials/promos. They even did THEIR OWN stop the violence song over "Assata."

I was wondering why the heck these DC stations are not supporting Com's music. I heard "The Light" in WKYS yesterday (I think it was yesterday) but it was during a mix show. I havent heard it yet during regular rotation.

... I did, however, hear D's "Chicken Grease" on Russ Parr yesterday.



"I'm permanent like tatoos and birthmarks, third degree burn marks ..." - Mos Def

i know WPEG in CHARLOTTE is fronting.THEY STAY FRONTIN except during mix shows.


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"my rhymebook will be the next bible"-RAKIM ALLAH

"A community that shares a COMMON set of human experiences over a peroid of time constitutes a "TRIBE"- Na'im Akbar

yeah...WPEG won't play it?
we won't even talk about 102 Jamz in Greensboro....

sorry excuse for radio.



"Here's another speech you wish I'd swallow. Another cue for you to hold your ears. Another train of thought too hard to follow." - Fiona Apple

"I'm going to save R&B" - Sisqo

"Questioning why you should listen to my words, the way I say them, my flow.
Ignoring the fact that my spoken word will make your mind glow." - jose3030

Them muphuckaz is funny as hell. Busta, Africa, and Amos keep me rolling in the morning. But they do keep fronting on good music, though. I'm suprised WQOK even got down b/c they front a lot, too. Peace.

yea, Boogie D and the mix squad peeps hold it down.....hopefully, i can get a part time gig there late at nite...until then peep WSOE 89.3fm Friday nites in Burlington!!!

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"On a Quest for Love like the Proceed drummer" -Common

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>On the other hand, WGCI/Chicago fronted
>this week but will probably
>be in next week

That's why I say Fuck WGCI (sorry Mike, I got love for you tho) Shady ass mufuckas can't even support someone from Chicago. Fuck WGCI with an AIDS infested dildo (c) Ras Kass.
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"We over here getting CRIGGETY-CRUNK-CRUNK!!!!!" - evolution_23

"J-Sun - the other, other white meat" - Pharr

"he sent me off..damn lapmonkey ass fucknugget." - krylonwifey

"A vote for George Bush Jr./ Is a vote to destroy your future/ I'll be Democratic/ when Al Gore becomes De-La-cratic/" - Visionaries

"A thug is a lost man in disguise" - Common

Exactly J_Sun... then they always are trying to claim that they play Common a lot and are the first to play some ish when there are all of these stations around the country that have added the Light first... before Com can even get play in his hometown.


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"I live and die for a just cause, not just cause" - J-Live

"Spare minerals on some bare bitch project" - Common (Heat)

"I don't give a fuck if it's snowin', I want you out there ho'in" - Cornbread

What y'all don't know about radio (well some of you) is that some of the stations (like WGCI) ARE playing the record but did'nt ADD it. All 'label guy's' around the country care about is the 'add' even though a record may get the same amount of spins without the add.

Don't blame us cuz you hate the radio, believe me 'The Light' in rotation aint gonna change the fact that you outgrew listening to the radio. But it's okay, player.


Class dismissed.



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You might remember when the OG rhymesayers used to only get played on WRAP-AM and WOWI was straight R&B. HJ Ellison's Rap Attack was the hot sh*t.
LG
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Tidewater Tides.....what !!!

I didn't know you were from Hampton Roads labelguy. But wow you're bringing up some old memories. I used to record the 4 o'clock rap attack everyday with HJ Ellison on WRAP...those were the days.

And good looking to WOWI (103 Jamz) for adding the light the first week and getting a nightly show that showcases more underground ish, but it's still loaded with DMX & Cash Money. Oh well...

yup yup!!
ive heard it along with "Funky for you" in the radio rotation.....hell i'll be callin and faxin my request.
thanks LG:-)




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" E El Isum Shil El Eloh El Rahmun, Alazi Izu El Rahummul!"

Even though Hot 97 may front on a regular basis with adding good music to their rotation, there are a couple of DJs that will break out the regular list and play some dope stuff.

Just this morning (on Satr & Buc Wild's show), DJ Enuff played "The Light" on his morning Rush Hour show. And afterwards they were all giving it props. Miss Jones was like "That's my JAAAAM!" Unfortunately, the only DJs you'll probably catch playing that on Hot 97 every now and then are Enuff, Red Alert and Mister Cee.

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No doubt that Enuff, & a few other DJs have been hitting it. Have some folks hit up the station request line to help us break down the door of the programming dept.
LG

yo, i heard it this morning too! certainly woke ME up. and okfiend that i am, i was already thinking "man, i gotta find that radio post later!"

*sigh* point me to OKrehab...

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you sure that ain't a typo????

its gettin on 92.3 and power 106!! mr chalk spins it at lunchtime and julio g will play it also!!
keep requesting it los angeles!
lets get the carl thomas rotation!

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he's always playing dope shit on the bomb. but he also plays alot of wackshit on the bomb but the bomb is my favorite show cuz it aint on too late where i be falling asleep like friday night flavas.

"Cash rules everything around you, MOVE!"-Mos Def

"I fucked your mother so I'm the motherfuckin man"-Xzibit

Why people in Florida gotta be so stupid!? Can't you guys slap a Cash Money or Trick Daddy label on Common's joint and get these fools down here to play some real music (even if it is by accident)?

It's worth a try...

Please...

Peace,
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an angel with wings, but they're not lettin' you fly"(hip hop) - me

"my tree can fall in the forrest hard as shit.....but if no one hears it then i'm in trouble" - ?uest

"If this is a House of Pancakes.....how come I can't eat the walls?" - Homer Simpson

Any word on the status of the record at WAMO/Pittsburgh?

---I'm here---

"Why did Doctor J shave his beard and mustache?"---Mos Def

"Son, how many times have I told you? You're not Jesus..."---Jimmy Kimmel

I heard it on Power 106 (l.a.). I just happend to catch it while fast forwarding my Voodoo tape. I was like "Heeeeyyy!!" That's the first time I've listened to the radio since Voodoo came out.

The other day I was pulling into the parking lot at work and one of my co-workers pulled in bumpin Funky For You. Here's the convo:

Me: Heeeeyyy! What cho' know 'bout Common?
(like I know a lot right--i'm a newbie)
Her: (laughs)
Me: That shit is tight, huh?
Her: Hell yeah.

was bumping it over the weekend. This song has real potential to put a jolt in album sales. Congrats, Com!

OkayFam!!!

I just wanted to let ya'll know that Common is doing well in Miami. His current single, The Light, is gaining more and more in popularity at WEDR/99JAMZ here in South Florida. Also, D'Angelo's current single, "Send It On," is gettin' a lot of airplay as well!!!

One Love,
2Bad

LabelGuy:

I wanna get some thoughts off my chest, concerning, Common getting airplay on radio-stations around the country. As Okayplayer members and fans of conscious-style hip-hop, we need to stop hatin' or spittin' on other folks musical taste, just because they haven't opened up their minds to other forms of music that somebody else may like. The "If you don't like this kind of music, you ain't s**t" attitude gotta stop. Yeah, I grew up listening to Luke, 2 Live Crew, NWA, MC Eiht, and what not, but, I also grew up listening to Rakim, EPMD, Freddie Foxxx, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G. Rap, etc. Just because I grew up in Florida, don't mean I don't know a damn thing about "New York Style Hip-Hop," because, I do. So, next time someone comes out the mouth dissin' a particular state or region, get your muthaf'n facts straight, otherwise, don't say anything at all!!!

One Love,
2Bad
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