Common is currently on a press run for his 10th studio album, "Nobody's Smiling" and hit up the Combat Jack Show to talk about everything from his days as a Chicago Bulls ball-boy, beefing with his idol Ice Cube in the '90s, and how he hopes his new album will change things for his city.

One of the most interesting parts of the interview, however, is Common confirming what Hip-Hop knew all along: Erykah Badu's lovin' is something else. He talks about the soul singer's "Badu Box" and how it can take you to another place.

"Yeah, the 'Badu Box' is real," said Common. "It can take you to another universe. But seriously that's when you meet somebody that's real special and you're like, 'Man, this woman got... she got something else man.' It ain't just the sex. It ain't just the looks. It's like something that's kind of like spirit-wise where you're like, 'This woman got something else."

He also references his style change that happened around the time he started dating Badu -- another noticeable habit of some of Badu's ex's.

"She definitely was not like, 'wear this,'" said Common. "Moving to New York I had the aspirations to do something new, to change, to grow, just try new things. She definitely was an influence... She introduced me to certain people that were creative artists, but as far as my choice – it was my choice to say, 'I want to do this. I want to do that.'"

Check out the interview here.

Source: xxlmag.com