I have always enjoyed rocking a good show, recording and producing good cuts, expanding business knowledge and success, working with young people in the fields of mentoring, anger management, music projects and academic support, traveling (so far, Trinidad: which has the most unique and plentiful beautiful women in the world, Hawaii, Canada, Europe, Korea and all over the US), good freestyle jams / cyphers, chillin' with my sister and brothers from other mothers, seeing some quality music / entertainment, studying different faiths to gain insight, spending quality time with a woman who: has love and respect for God, family and herself, who's willing to ask for what she needs and call out what she doesn't appreciate; who has worldly features / interests, who has comfort in her curves (gotta be able to hold onto somethin'), massage marathons with good women, making that right BBQ sauce that keeps em comin' again and again, organizing concerts, community events, BBQs and celebrations of life.
Heroes:
ALL THE BLESSED PIONEERS THAT BROUGHT US HERE: Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Charles Mingus, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Airto, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, George Duke, Sly and The Family Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Burning Spear, Jaco Pastorious, Al Green, Isley Brothers, Santana, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Peter Tosh, Sly and Robbie, Prince Fari and The Arabs, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, James Carr, Wayne Mghee, Wilson Picket, Ray Charles, Earth Wind and Fire, Sonny Rollins, The Jackson 5, Esther Phillips, The Temptations, Mahalia Jackson, Michael Jackson, P-Funk / Funkadelic, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Bootsy Collins, John Coltrane, Elvin Jones, Eric Dolhpy, McCoy Tyner, Paul Jackson, Benny Maupin, Joe Henderson, Reggie Workman, Rashied Ali, Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Harvey Mason, Billy Cobham, Milt Jackson, Mary-Lou Williams, Alice Coltrane, Sarah Vaughn, Tony Williams, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Kenny Clark, Bird, Dizzy, The Meters, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Bessie Smith, Chaka Khan and Rufus, Cachao, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Bill Withers, The Beatles, The Ohio Players, Miles Davis, Donny Hathaway, Cameo, Funk Inc., Quincy Jones, Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchel, Buddy Guy, War, Miriam Makeeba, Taj Mahal, Led Zepplin, Bob Dylan, The East Harlem Choir, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks, MLK Jr., John Brown, Nat Turner, Tyree Scott, The Last Poets, Angela Davis, Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Richord Prior, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Muhamed Ali, Pam Grier, Marvin Van Peebles, The Black Panthers, and more ------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------- OUR GENERATION'S FOUNDATION AND TORCH HOLDERS: Kool Herc, Africa Bambaadaa and the Zulu Nation, The Rock Steady Crew, Whodini, Grand Master Flash and The Furious Five, Krush Groove, Wild Style, Style Wars, Breakin', Beat Street, Electric Boogaloo, Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boyz, Ready-Rock C, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Fab-Five Freddy, Dr. Dre and Ed Lover, Public Enemy, The Bomb Squad, Roger and Zapp, Rick Rueben, Russell Simmons, Big Daddy Kane, Beastie Boys, LL Cool Jay, Salt-N-Pepa, Heavy D, Eric. B and Rakim, Biz Marky, Kool DJ Red Alert, De La Soul, J Dilla, Monie Love, EPMD, Prince, Sheila E., Morris Day and The Time, Brand Nubian, Tribe Called Quest, Leaders of the New School, Busta Rhymes, Digital Underground, Boogie Down Productions, D-Nice, KRS-1, MC Lyte, H.E.A.L., Ice Cube, N.W.A., Ice T, GangStarr, Cypress Hill, Mary J. Blige, S.W.V., En Vouge, Tony, Tone, Toni, , R. Sadiq, Luther Vandros, OutKast, Organized Noise, The Roots, Quest Love / SoulQuarians, The Ghetto Boys, Scarface, Tribe Called Quest, , MC Breed, Black Sheep, Arrested Development, DJ Quick, WU-Tang, Red-Man, Keith Murray, Too-Short, 2-Pac, Nas, Jay-Z, E-40, Biggie Smalls, Rahzel, DJ Q-Bert, Timbaland, Ludicrous, Devin The Dude, Giovanni Hidalgo, Horacia "El Negro" Hernandez, Mystikal, Snoop Dogg, People Under The Stairs, Mack Dre, Cut Chemist, Missy Elliot, Giant Panda, One Below, 8-Ball and MJG, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Floetry, Les Nubians, Cee-Lo, Sizzla, Jr. Reed, Yerba Buena, Ko Sira, Spike Lee, Twista, The Grouch, Zion I, The A-Team (Abstract Rude and AC Alone), 2-Mex, Myka-9, Femi Kuti, Damion Marley, The Fugees, Spear Head, The Dungeon Family, Zapp Mamma, Common, Immortal Technique, D'Angelo, Black Star, Refection Eternal, Dr. Dre, Saul Williams, Gorillaz, Blackalicious, Lyfe Jennings, Ben Harper, The Neptunes, Steel Pulse, Eddie Murphy, Midnite, Jack Black, Chris Farley, Jim Carrey, Dave Chapell, The Waynes Family, Jamie Foxx, Native Guns, Fantasia, Prince, Michael Moore, Chuck D.----------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------------------- ALL THE NORTHWEST PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOLDING IT DOWN!!!: Iguales, Anthem, Macklemore, Feet Under Ground, Massive Monkees, BYC, Threat of Beauty, Thione Diop and Yeke Yeke, Kasa and Los, Jumbalaya, Jasiri Media Group, God Speed, Picoso, MAD-K, Hip Hop 101, Zulu Radio, Zulu 206, Street Sounds, Clinton Fearon and The Boggie Brown Band, Massline Media, Dub Champions, Cool Out Television, DJ Dirty Dev, The Blue Team, Obese Productions, BYRDIE and N Flight Productions, Phat Phunk Phamily Band, The Young Lions, In Lake'ch, GoodyBagg, The Blue Scholars, Circle of Fire, Red Eye Flight, S.Y.P.P., NWXmusic.com, Fraggle Rock Crew, Blastoff Productions, The Service Board, Toni Hill, Blacque Butterfly, Sirens Echo, Common Market, Mass Media, Clockwork, SeaSpot.com, Hip-Hop Hope / Power of Hope, The Conciliation Project crew (Dr. T., SPYC-E, Alec Stephens III, Jacob Bernstien-Stern, Myla Flores, Castro, Camilo, Ebony and the WHOLE crew!), 4th World Occupants, Source of Labor, Beyond Reality, Kut Father, Women and Children, The Naj Squad, The Vixxens, Unexpected Arrival, The VERA Project, Beacon Skills, ForgottenSol, Stuck Under the Needle, Noc on Wood Records, Cancer Rising, Cyphalyance, Specs One, Altered States of Funk, Asense of Time, Abyssinian Creole, Aim for Peace, Amos Miller, Piece, Marklind Sampson, KC Evans, The Fearless Soldiers, Silent Lambs Project, Esai, Choklate, Darrius Wilrich, Urban Scribes Project, Dave C., The Poetry Experience, 1st Platoon, Sistah Hailstorm, Project Mayhem, B-Girl, Jabrille Williams, Otha Major, DVS Crew, Amelation, Spoken Souls, Elevated Elements, The Flood, DJ Bless-One, DJ Soul 1, CHINKYEYE, BeanOne, JakeOne, Crista Bell, ókà nomodé aka Soul Childe, Cristina Orbe, Mambo Cadillac, Soul Gorilla, Arturo Rodriguez, DJ Kutz, D-Black, Sport-n-Life Records, Soul Merchants, DJ DV-One, DJ High Life, DJ Chris "Paintmixer", DJ Allstar, DJ 4-Color Zack, DJ Duncan, Vitamin D, DJ Rockaphella, DJ Scene, DJ Top-Spin, DJ B-Mello, DJ Mr.Supreme, Marc. Sense, Sabzi, Geo, Clarence Acox, Robert Knatt, Brian Kirk, Scott Brown, Estrella, DJ Daps 1, DJ WD40, Felecia Loud and the Soul, Ms. Cavitt and The Leschi Choir, Ms. Shorter and all the good Leschi people, The Dixon Brothers, all the beautiful people at Hidmos, Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, The Purple Haze GHS Drumline, FairePlay, 90.3 fm KEXP, 91.3 fm KBCS, 104.5 fm, All the illest Seattle drummers that came out of the Washington, Garfield / Roosevelt factories (Sam Mathews, Chris Pattin, Jay Lepley, Phil Parisot, Kasa Overall, Royce Shorter, Devon Lewis, Correy Overall, A-Ton, Adam, Sean, Zack and all the up-andcoming all-stars - keep Seattle drumming on the map!), Chief Leschi and Chief Sealth... and more...
