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Black John Jay

bring back arsenio....

About Me

i'm just a dude from the ghetto of kingsville...... an ill dude from the projects ...i can tell you what the 80's was like.... i'm an old school cat... i'm a musician... i rap.. sing... i do all types of music, reggae, jazz, rock, funk,hip hop, soul, dub, whatever, whenever..... i'm also an actor...... i'm a writer. i party hard like it's 1999...i puff trees...and i also drink alot of lemonade.

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My Interests

music, movies, theater, photography, video games, reading, going to art galleries, painting, dancing on top of cars, daydreaming, making long distance calls on your phone

I'd like to meet:

jean michel basquiat.. jack johnson... dante smith beze... bernie worrell... will calhoun... doug winbush... vernon reid... dr. know, bonz malone.. shuggie otis.. jimi hendrix.. nas... jamel shabazz.. spike lee and woody allen

Music:

J-dilla aka jay dee aka james yancey(rest in peace..we love you and miss you)The Lost Boyz, mr cheeks, the roots, common, mos def, a tribe called quest, 2pac, the notorious BIG, AZ, nas, Q-tip, busta rhymes, M.o.p. mobb deep, cody chesnutt, jeru the damaja, the strokes, floetry, al green, stevie wonder, michael jackson, the jackson 5, black jack johnson,erykah badu, donny hathaway, d'angelo, prince, redman, the wu tang clan, the mars volta, nirvana, the hives, bad brains, weezer, fishbone, jimi hendrix, red hot chilli peppers, radiohead, miles davis, the streets, john coltrane, jaylib, blackstar, the beatles, bilal, the who, bob marley, the rolling stones, digable planets, the ramones, the sex pistols, pete rock, c.l. smooth, bloc party, beck, snoop dogg, mac dre, yukmouth, outkast, dogg pound, dr. dre, the doors, gregory isaacs, beres hammond, barrington levy, bounty killer, the wailers, queens of the stone age, kanye west, buckshot, cocoa brovaz, boot camp click, black moon, little brother, jay-z, gil scott heron, james brown, the temptations, earth wind and fire, marvin gaye, isley brothers, fela kuti, roy ayers, kool and the gang, loose ends,hot hot heat, luther vandross, the libertines, guy, jodeci, tony toni tone, rapheal saadiq, slum village, elzhi, madlib, quasimoto, cee lo, johnny rebel,ghetto nation, dude williams, the postal service, dead prez, the clash, aretha frankiln, stephanie mills, groove theory, the fugees, lauryn hill, mary J. blige, minnie ripperton, mary jane girls, rick james, smokey robinson, new edition, kings of leon, the stylistics, krs-one, BDP, fat joe, chaka demus& the pilers, res, lenny kravitz, oasis, bobby brown M.i.A. Eels, luciano, camp lo, jimmy fallon( yeah, i bought his album, so what!)slick rick,, the get fresh crew, the beastie boys, method man, NERD, autolux,yellowman, de la soul, carl thomas, heatwave, spymob, lil jon & the eastside boyz, hi-tek, christion, buju banton, the alchemist, aaron hill, zhane, guns n roses, alicia keys, aerosmith, anita baker, the pharcyde, tre hardson, fatlip, talib kweli, barry white, the white stripes, big daddy kane, kool g rap, rakim and eric b, run dmc, ice T, big L, foo fighters, charlie parker, led zeppelin, brand new heavies, O.D.B( rest in peace god) raekwon, ghostface killah, masta killa, gza, inspectah deck, sublime, faithless, soul 2 soul, cameo, the carpenters, charlie hunter, curtis mayfield, martin luther, DJ jazzy jeff, dj premier,jay dee aka j-dilla( the god, the greatest) easy mo bee, 9th wonder, large professor, donnie, dwele, Dmx, epmd, eric benet, eveyln champagne king, pharrell williams, faith evans, eric clapton, gangstarr, guru, george benson, gerald levert, keith sweat, johnny gill, ice cube, incubus, green day, oh no, living colour, john mayer, LL cool J, das efx, big pun, jaheim, jamie foxx, eddie murphy( yo, party all the time is a gem!) the firm, janet jackson, janis joplin, ella fitzgerald, jazzanova. jean knight, jeffery osborne, jermaine stewart, jermaine jackson, billie holliday, brothers johnson, steely dan, junior mafia, kelis, k-os, lisa lisa and cult jam, lucy pearl, main source, teddy pendergrass, otis redding, alexander o'neal, public enemy, peter tosh, horsemouth, pharoahe monch, sade, war, whitney houston, zapp and roger, mary j. blige, funkadelic, kevie kev(waterbed kev), chubb rock, van hunt, al green, betty wright, bright eyes, crown city rockers, shalamar, tevin campbell( yeah..i said tevin! what!!), frank zappa, bright eyes, 50 cent, tito jackson, gladys knight, vitamin D, ray charles, grover washington jr, shuggie otis, victor vaughn, dr. know, vernon reid, bill wither, carole king, talking heads, john lennon, gray, iggy pop, i-wayne, mr. x and mr x, musicial youth, shuggie otis, murs, living legends, monkey gone mad, perfect thyroid, the english beat, catch 22, slap stick, reel big fish, mad caddies, VHS or Beta..and so much more

Movies:

education of sonny carson, office space, training day, love jones, dead presidents, 2pac ressurection, brown sugar, juice, sunset park, fast times at ridgemont high, the woodsman, crooklyn, do the right thing, he got game, malcom x, hendrix, annie hall, slam, brooklyn babylon, clockers, city of god, willie dynamite, american pimp, menace to society, miles davis story, purple rain, belly, the wood, rockers, basquiat, all spike lee films, school daze, subway stories, carlito's way,where's marlowe, above the rim, any given sunday, half baked, garden state, boomerang, wedding crashers, revenge of the nerds, the police academy,above the rim, ray, men without jobs, melinda melinda, fight club, pinapple express, ganja queen,

Television:

the office, dave chappelle show, freaks and geeks, family guy, aqua teen, my wife and kids, married with children, girlfriends, that 70's show, that 80's show(remember that shit?)family matters, fresh prince, martin, the wayans bros, the cosby show, saved by the bell, meet the barkers, strange love, conon o'brien, pistons games, raiders games, good times, different strokes, saturday night live, the best damn sports show, 20/20, the tavis smiley show, def poetry jam, the real world,the news, divorce court, jimmy kimmel, quite frankly, around the horn, ESPN, sportscentury, being bobby brown, stella, entourage, cops, the boondocks,boxing, hardknocks, NFL, NBA....fuck it..all sports

Books:

catch a fire biography of bob marley by timothy white, assata autobiography of assata shakur, everything written by donald goines, everything written by aaron mcgruder, unbelievable by cheo hodari coker, souls of black folk by web dubois, the miseducation of the negro, the tipping point, holler if ya hear me by michael eric dyson, is bill cosby right by michael eric dyson, anybook by michael eric dyson

Heroes:

2pac, bob marley, miles davis, nas, mos def, mr cheeks, jimi hendrix, dave chappelle, tracy morgan, patrice o'neal, flava flav, O.D.B. rasheed wallace, dennis rodman, deion sanders, charles woodson, charles barkley, mike tyson, jack johnson, bernie worrell,jean michel basquiat, sonny carson, my mom, the comic book dude from the simpsons, aaron mc gruder, common, malcom X, jay-z, jack black, paul mooney, jamie foxx, assata shakur, walter payton, stevie wonder, spike lee, my sister chi chi, black jack johnson, bonz malone, allen iverson, the lost boyz, my brother mike. j-dilla, randy moss, michael eric dyson, samuel "nigerian nightmare" peters, ricky williams, Q-tip, p.diddy, wood harris, ron artest, joe "brown bomber" louis, kevin garnett, pistol pete, adam morrison, michael jordan

My Blog

J-dilla interview....

Finding your way in a world so lost can lead one to believe that the future is only lived for the here and now. When no clear-cut path to greatness, success and righteousness is available where do we ...
Posted by Black John Jay on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:58:00 PST

thanks kweli....

  http://www.talibkweliblog.com/  go there to see what else he wrote about the god J-Dilla...     ...
Posted by Black John Jay on Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:07:00 PST

my idol from the jump.....

yo, yo...before ya'll read this great piece i must say some words about it...i attended the funeral for my man jay dee and i saw who was there and who wasn't....they state in this piece that d'angelo ...
Posted by Black John Jay on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:39:00 PST