GROWING!!! ALSO...POSITIVE, PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE...WRITING, READING, MUSIC. On a NETWORKING BASIS: AUTHORS, WRITERS, PUBLISHERS, SELF-PUBLISHERS, AND ENTREPRENEURS.
Jesus. I'm not trying to meet Him LIKE NOW though ... ;-)
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Old school, soul, gospel, jazz, funk, reggae, house (REAL HOUSE, as in Chicago, not that techno mess people are calling house music), hip-hop. Raymond Boyce, SHELIA MICHELLÉ, Maxwell, Sade, RAHBI, Jaguar Wright, Mika, Yolanda Johnson, Erykah Badu, Teena Marie, Phyllis Hyman, Najee, Dwele, Raheem DeVaughn, Faith Evans, N'Dambi, Mary J. Blige, India.Irie, Rahsaan Patterson, Rachelle Ferrell, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, ALL "dem" Marley boys!, Third World, Loose Ends, Soul II Soul, Candy Dulpher, Keiko Matsui, Jamiroquai, John Legend, Boney James, Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Lashun Pace, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Martha Munizzi, Karen Clark Sheard, Jazmine Sullivan, Conya Doss, Giovanca, George Clinton, Parliment, Bootsy Collins, Ohio Players, Four Play, Isley Brothers, Heatwave, Confunkshun, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitgerald, Louie Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn, Kirk Whalum, Carlos Santana, Patrice Rushen, Angela Bofill, Anthony Hamilton, Lalah Hathaway, Minnie Riperton, Maze, Hil St. Soul, Jill Scott, D'Angelo, Chico Debarge ... so, so many ...
The Color Purple, Imitation of Life (both versions), most recently Blood Diamond, Little Miss Sunshine, and Over the Hedge and Ant Bully - lol - too!
The Bible, Tryin' to Get Saved, Church Folk, Redeeming Love, The Power of the Subconscious Mind, Rich Dad Poor Dad, The Measure of A Man, Wild at Heart, A Purpose Driven Life, Think and Grow Rich, Your Best Life Now, Secrets of a Millionaire Mind, Soul on Ice, Invisible Man, The Bluest Eye, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color of Water, The Color Purple, Beloved, Art of War, Things Fall Apart, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ... this list could go on for DAYS! I READ ER' THANG!
Jesus, my mom, Oprah Winfrey, John Whitfield, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Michelle Obama, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Sidney Poitier, Huey P. Newton ... man, AGAIN, SO MANY!