Common Market’s RA Scion sits in this week’s Hot Seat, and answers our questions about touring, influences, and where to get the best fried chicken.
Q: Tell us about your craziest touring experience.
Common Market: …and risk never being invited back to the great state of Montana, no way, homie!
Q: What type of college class would you’d most want to take and why?
Common Market: Math 095 - I do honestly believe I could pass it the third time through.
Q: What city in America is the most fun to visit and why?
Common Market: Shelbyville, KY - if you ever had my granny’s fried chicken you’d know why.
Q: What’s some of the best advice you were ever given?
Common Market: The best way to be a father to your child is to love their mother.
Q: What’s in heavy rotation in your MP3/CD player right now?
Common Market: The Best of Sam Cooke.
Q: The last good book you read or TV show you’re addicted to.
Common Market: The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
Q: What’s the first concert you ever saw - how was it?
Common Market: I think it was called RAPMANIA 2, or some s***, at Louisville Gardens in ‘88. Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, 2 Live Crew, 3rd Bass and others. How was it?!?!?! pssssshhhhhhhh…..
Q: What are three items you can’t live without on tour?
Common Market: My glasses, a pen and a lighter.
Q: Who are your major musical influences?
Common Market: The Wu, The Native Tongues and The Isley Brothers.
Q: Any random messages or tips you’d like to give to mtvU watchers?
Common Market: Vote your hopes, not your fears.
