MUSIC, film, having dance parties, driving, sushi, being underwater, sleeping on my friend's furniture, checkin out P.Y.T.'s, k-i-s-s-i-n-g, listening, laughing, drive-in movie theaters, mix tapes, house parties and I like when the beat drops. "I KNOW A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET AWAY IT'S CALLED A DANCE FLOOR AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S FOR!"
Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, James Brown, Al Green, Lou Rawls, Sly & the Family Stone, Otis Redding, Astrud Gilberto, Joao Gilberto, Tom Jobim, Elis Regina, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey, Dinah Washington, Etta James, Ike & Tina, Big Mama Thorton, Screamin' Jay Hawkings, Shirley Ellis, Mary Wells, The Staple Singers, Smokey Robinson, Isley Bros., Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Poets of Rhythm, Rufus Thomas, The Meters, War, Rick James, Grace Jones, Michael Jackson, Willie BoBo, Esquivel, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington + John Coltrane (great album), Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Erroll Garner, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Dizzie Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Led Zep, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Tommy James & the Shondells, Beatles, DJ Shadow, Tricky, Massive Attack, J*DAVEY,Dizzee Rascal, Lady Sovereign, RJD2, Dr. Octagon(Kool Keith), Q-Bert, Cut Chemist, X-Ecutioners, Stereolab, Archive, Cannibal Ox, Outkast, Camp Lo, Mr. Lif, Tha Alkaholics, Eazy E, Luniz, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Parliament Funkadelic, Marley, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Rebirth Brass Band, Gnarls Barkley, KRS-ONE, B.I.G., Ice Cube, Wu Tang, Nas, Redman (Muddy Waters), Method Man (Tical), The Roots (Do You Want More especially), Quasimoto, Mobb Deep, Main Source, Bahamadia, J-Zone, Demigodz, D'Angelo, MC Lyte, Salt-n-Pepa, BBD, L. Boogie, Pharcyde, Digital Underground, Digable Planets, Band of Gypsys (Hendrix), Bad Brains, Ramones, Police, Cure, Smiths, Clash, Sonics, Charlie Brown Jr., Gregory Issacs, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Bowie, Black Uhuru, Jah Lloyd + King Tubby, Doors, Rage Against The Machine, G-N-R, Ice-T, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Aphrodite, Roni Size, Sade, Smash TV, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, M.I.A., Sizzla, Mad Lion, B-Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Beck, Mathieu Boogaerts, Blondie, Tina Turner (What's Love Got 2 Do With It album werd up!), Pointer Sisters (Break Out album, HEY!) Diana Ross, Donna Summer, ESG, Eurythmics, Scissor Sisters, Jem & the Holograms, Joan Jett, Heart (Dreamboat Annie, only) Ladytron, Peaches, Mary J Blige, Janet Jackson (Rhythm Nation, Velvet Rope, Control), Prince, Madonna (in the 80's/early 90's) Leslie & the LY's + Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes, just to name a few. . .
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, High Fidelity, Run Lola Run, City of God, Death @ a Funeral, SLC Punk!, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Tank Girl, The Warriors, True Romance, Batman, Wild Style, Rad, Heathers, Party Girl, Pump Up The Volume, Friday, Office Space, Coming to America, Dirty River Dancing, Princess Bride, Bound, Showgirls(shout out to Jessie Spano), Ghost World, Christopher Guest films, Fried Green Tomatoes, 9 to 5, Big Business, Spaceballs, Tron,Team America:World Police, Ong-Bak, Child's Play, The Leprechaun, Donnie Darko, Subway, Scratch, FX, 007, High+Low, The Rules of the Game, Dziga Vertov
THE WIRE, IN LIVING COLOR
A Separate Reality, Paulo Friere, Rule By Secrecy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I Remember, The Great Escape or the Sewer Story oh and of course, Scar Tissue: The Autobiography of Anthony Kiedis
MY GRANDMOTHER JO JO