Music:
all types and variations... Mostly Old School. Not just Tribe or Dela, although I love their music, but before my time old school.... Like Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Buddy Guy, Al Green, Percy Sledge, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles.....the list goes on. Basically when music had a pulse............. There isn't much new mainstream stuff out there that impresses me. Those who have impressed me are; The Legendary Roots Crew , Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Hi-Tek, Dead Prez, Erykah Badu, Cee-lo & Dangermouse , Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, K-os are a few that come to mind..... Oh yeah... Bring back the Digable Planets!!!!
Movies:
Viva Las Vegas, White Christmas, Almost Famous, Pulp Fiction, A Few Good Men, The Patriot, Gladiator, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Blow, Human Traffic, Snatch , Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Kill Bill 1&2, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Ground Hog Day, Full Metal Jacket, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Old School, Thomas Crown Affair, Italian Job, Crash, Braveheart,.....Ya know I can actually go for days on this subject, these are just a few that came to mind....
Television:
Entourage , The Chappelle Show, Def Poetry, Miami Ink, Overhaulin', anything on ESPN and an occasional Discovery Channel show like American Chopper or Monster Garage.
Books:
ALOUD Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe , Crichton, Patterson, Grisham and MySpace.com for Dummies....
Heroes:
My Dad