We're deep into the creation of The Root's third stuudio album Illadelph Halflife. In this episode Questlove shares the story behind legendary underground single Clones plus how Chicago's Common became a fixture in the budding post-Native Tongues scene. Around this time The Fugees emerge as friendly rivals as the two groups share stages all over the country. Hear how one live hip-hop band pushed the other to excellence.

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