Music (Real hip-hop, old school hip-hop, soul, 80's and some of today's rock - not a radiohead), poetry, live performances, intelligent and outside-the-box people.
Me & My Babies
TONY JAA of
"Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior" and "Tom Yum Goong"
~(((HIP-HOP)))~ The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Black Star, Medina Green, MF Doom, Little Brother, all the old school ish, etc.
~(((SOUL)))~ Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Van Hunt, Floetry, Amiel Larrieux, Kem, John Legend, Eric Roberson, Glenn Lewis, Leela James, etc.
~(((ROCK)))~ Stain'd, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Green Day, Chicago, Journey
AND I GOTTA GIVE LOVE 2 ALL THE ARTISTS IN
THE DC AREA WHO ARE DOIN' THE DAMN THANG:
Priest da Nomad, Roddy Rod, Kev Brown, Asheru & The Els, Storm the Unpredictable, Kokayi, W. Ellington Felton, Deborah Bond, K'alyn, Raheem DeVaughn, Afi, Soular Evolution, Emoni Fela, Princess of Controversy, etc.
The Color Purple, The Warriors, The Untouchables, Usual Suspects, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Old School, Super Troopers, Half-Baked, Seven, Glory, Something About Mary, Better Off Dead, A Christmas Story, Ôdishon (English translation is Audition), The Chinese Connection, Scarface, Stir of Echoes, Casino, The Goonies, Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom Yum Goong (released in the U.S. as "The Protector")