real music of any genre in any tongue. But if you want particulars...dead prez, Outkast, Roberta Flack, Jodeci, The Noisettes, Thandiswa, Nina Simone, MCD (back, back, back in the day), Notorious B.I.G, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Moorish Delta, Ty, Champions of Nature/Lewis Parker, Ras Kass, Skin/Skunk Anansie, Honey Williams, TLC, Talib, Mos Def, Floetry, Queen, Radiohead, Lizz Wright, New Kids on the Block, Cee-lo, Goodie Mob, Mary J Blige, Lauryn Hill, Luciano, Buju, Omar, Nas, Kaprintiya
Imitation of Life, Menace II Society, Crooklyn, The Machinist, Raging Bull, Jem - The Movie, Animal Olympics, Girlfight, The Colour Purple, A Price Above Rubies, Labriynth, A Bronx Tale, Antwone Fisher, Dead Presidents, In The Name of the Father, Hyenes, Amores Perros, City of God, any Nollywood flick under 3 hours.
Don't own a television but if I did I'd be watching The Contender, America's Next Top Model, Family Guy, Channel 4 News and a whole heap of programmes that are no longer aired: The Cosby Show, Desmonds, Sons and Daughters, The Real McCoy, OZ, Yo! MTV Raps, Teen Summit, Checkmate and Generations.
Soledad Brother, Frankenstein, The Bluest Eye, The Bride Stripped Bare, Purple Hibiscus, Sand Devil, When Rain Clouds Gather, anything by Edwidge Danticat or Fred D'aiguar, Black Girl Lost, Trick Baby, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The War Poetry of Wilfred Owen, Nutricide, The Alchemist, Drown, Kane and Abel and a bag a others.
The brave, righteous and warrior-hearted. My folks. And my nephew Patrick.