Life interests me. Hip-hop interests me. Love interests me. People who stand up for justice interest me. People who die for justice or the lack there of interest me.Making a difference in the Entertainment industry in my own way interests me. There is a lane for everyone, just find it and stay in that bitch!Music is my shit! Books make great sense to my life too...I FOCKS WITH JAZZ...The Crusaders is my latest dive into the music. This shit is way too fonky (whaddup DJ Quik?!!!).I get into a lot on a daily, so catch up with me and let's go!1,b.
My Grandpop on my Mama's side (I get it from you). Martin, Malcolm, Gordon Parks, Rosa Parks, Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong, James Weldon Johnson, Oprah (why do u dislike HIP-HOP?!), Quincy Jones, Pac, Big, JMJ...Joi Bryant :-P, Talented directors/writers, Russ (no need to detail it), Phil Knight, Bill G., Coltrane (I ride by his old Philly crib and can sense his energy no BS)...I could go on, but the truth is ONE DAY WE WILL ALL MEET UP.It comes down to this: I support REAL PEOPLE, doing REAL THINGS.
Right now I'm rocking the Jay Dilla's DONUTS and classic Slum V. Dwele. Floetry. Esthero. Platinum Pied Pipers. James Brown. Mayfield. Cal Tjader. Beats from ED MIDI. Honestly, the more rap I hear, the more I begin to cringe. The more solid hip-hop I hear, I'm glad to have grown up loving n' learning the muzik. MF Doom. Prince. Sade. Teena Marie. Kanye West (I ain't too mad at him). Ghostface. Jay-Dee. The Roots. Hendrix. Coltrane. Monk. Kenny "Tha Muhfukkin" G (yeah right. fukk outta here!). Sa-Ra. Rebirth. Talib Kweli. Mos Def. Black Star. Jean Grae. Little Brother. Miles. Rich Medina. Aaries. King Britt. U2 is that bizness.I just F with progressive mind music. I like the shit that moves the soul. U can tell when people put their hearts in it...Aaries. Pendergrass. Beanie Sigel. Hova. Green Day (no, seriously), AIR, Amel Larrieux, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Buckshot, De La, The Wu, John Mayer, blah blah blah...That's an idea of what I spin thru on a daily, weekly, monthly...If you get down with some of the above, we can talk. Indeed.
Krush Groove, Raising Victor Vargas, Love & Basketball, The Usual Suspects, JUICE, Se7en, Meet Joe Black, Boyz In the Hood, Napolean Dynamite, City of God, Coming to America, Trading Places, Love Jones, The Five Heartbeats, The Professional, Friday (all of 'em), The Negotiator, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Dumb and Dumber, The Bone Collector, Fallen, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cooley High, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Half Baked, The Basketball Diaries, Six Degrees of Separation (Will's best performance), The Star Wars catalog, Do The Right Thing, X, Devil In A Blue Dress, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Lean On Me, Ferris Buller's Day Off, Weird Science, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Deep Cover, Heat, Scarface, The Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas, and the list keeps going and going...
Entourage (you wanna hug it out bitch?), Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Jeopardy,Seinfeld, Live With Emeril, The Wire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Def Poetry...TV actually sucks right now. These are my select favorite joints...for now.
Miles: The Autobiography.That brotha had a dangerous mind with dangerous horn skillz...Respect due."Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell...I could list hundreds, but I won't...so keep on reading what YOU like. No love lost."Work In Progress" by Michael Eisner
My parents. Nuff said.