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Member Since: 06/10/2006
Influences: Many Flavors, but never enough!...My Melting Pot Of Heroes: Glenn Pogue, Portishead, Massive Attack, Augustus Pablo, Bob, El Michels Affair and the entire Truth & Soul camp, Jazzanova, Sonar Kollectiv, Quantic, Mr. Scruff, Doc, Soil & Pimp, Tim "Love Lee", LCD Soundsystem, DFA, Riton, Gucci Soundsystem, Cinematic Orchestra, Roots Manuva, Dave Taylor (aka Solid Groove, Switch, and the Brucker), Sinden, Radioclit, Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe, Alice Russell, Roni Size, Playgroup, Carl Craig, Entire 'Fluid Ounce' Crew, Datarock, Zero DB, The Cure, The Pixies, Morgan Geist, Juan Atkins, Herbert, Larry Heard, Moodyman, The Meters, Can, A Certain Ratio, Candi Staton, RJD2, Kool Keith, Gilles Peterson, !!!, A Tribe Called Quest, B.D.P, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, DJ Yoda & Dan Greenpeace, Kings of Convenience, Miles Davis, Led Zepplin, The Rapture, T-Rex, Sonic Youth, Troubleman, Wu-Tang Clan, Guru, The Avalanches, Brett Johnson, The KBC, Bronx Dogs, Rob Mello, Liquid Liquid, Headman, Mos Def, The Rapture, Talking Heads, Mungolian Jet Set, Infrane, Cinerex, Jazztronik, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Maurice Fulton, Eddy & Dus, Sun Ra, Black Sheep, Special Ed, Frank De Jo Jo, Kraftwerk, Stereo Lab, Godlike & Electric, Unkle (Shadow & Lavelle), Kool G Rap, Nicola Conte, Dillinger, Madlib, PBW, Stones Throw, MF Doom, J Dilla, Rakim, TM Juke, Capitol A, Recloose, Two Banks of Four, Swell Session, Joyful Noise, Chungking, General Electrics, Oscar Sulley, Bukom Mashie, Victor Olaiya, Fela Kuti, Mulatu Astatke, Shaki Uniti, Charlie Rouse, The Black Neon, Boca 45, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Zongamin, Lopazz, Ty, Ego Wrappin', The Clash, Jung Collective, Boys of Scandinavia, Campag Velocet, Belleruche, The Tiki Two, New Young Pony Club, Lefties Soul Collection, Donald Byrd, Etta James, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, and my mother, Susan, the strongest woman I know.
Sounds Like: You are not judged on the height you have risen but from the depth which you have climbed. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass,1881
Record Label: Ballsdeep Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Mixtapes now on Facebook...

If you have a Facebook account or are down to open one, you can check out some of my mixtapes. I posted a couple of favs from my Broke & Beaten radio show. On the experimental tip, there is a tribut...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 02:14:00 GMT

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A MUST LISTEN: LITTLE DRAGON - PEACEFROG

..">LITTLE DRAGON/LITTLE DRAGON! This has to be one of the hottest albums out right now. A must buy. I've been a longtime fan of Swedish/Japanese singer YUKIMI NAGANO. Some of you may recognize he...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:40:00 GMT

Top Shelf...

Wow! This is where my heart lies at the moment. Enjoy...1. Pilooski "Can't There Be Love" Diamond Trax - - Double Dub Edit2. Findlay Brown "Losing The Will To Survive" Peacefrog - - Beyond The W...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:29:00 GMT