Music:
Leela James - The best hair in music!
things that you might class as urban so hip hop, r&b, bashment, jazz, soul, neo soul, broken beat, breaks, beats - (not sure whether that would just be breakbeat b/c not sure what you would class breakbeat as :S) And also any gospel and as of recently afro brazilian music. From that list though i'm guessing you can get an idea of the music that drives me :-)
thought i would list a few artists that are inspiring to me: John coltrane, Miles Davis, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan, The Four Tops, The Pointer Sisters, Earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, Mahalia Jackson, billie holiday, Minnie Ripperton, Al Green, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Rick James, The Isleys, Aretha Frankin, The Supremes, Marvin
, Luther (R.I.P), Bob Marley, Maxi Preist, Run DMC, Afrikka Bambata, The invisible bongo band lol. more modern artists: Lauryn hill, Erykah Badu, Rapheal saadiq along with the rest of Lucy Pearl, Jill Scott, Jazzy Jeff, Viktor Duplaix, Musiq, bilal, Jaguar Wright, The Jazzyfatnastees, Eric Roberson(Erro), Corinne Bailey Rae, Mpho Skeef, Conya Doss, Jean Grae, Common, Lizz Fields, The Roots, Mos Def, Guru, Talib Kweli, Madlib, Nas, Pharoahe Monch (the most underated MC imo), A Tribe Called Quest, Dead Prez, Black Eyed Peas - pre fergie, Slum Village, Black Sheep, John Legend, D'angelo, Leela James, Beenie Man, Damein Marley, Aaliyah (my girl) :). The producers: Hi tek, Jay Dee(R.I.P), Rodney Jerkins, Rich Harrison, Scott Storch, Dre, Kanye, Neptunes (ah can't think of anymore but there u are for now ;) Oh and my very talented friend Kala she's got skills - you have to listen ;)
I needed to put some of my favourite and most influential reggae and dancehall artists/producers for a while so here goes :)
Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Elephant Man, Sizzla, T.O.K, Ward 21, Don Corlean, Vybz Kartel, voicemail, Mad Anju, I Wayne, Jah Cure, Mad Cobra, Lexxus, Buju Banton, Mr Vegas, Frisco Kid, Wayne Marshall, Bling Dawg, 3:57, Macka Diamond, Lady Saw, Tanya Stephens, Assasin, Anthony B, Junior Kelly, Gyptian, SHABBA!, Richie Spice and lots more :) plus notably Machel montano of Soca fame! heheOh and my fav artists at the moment are:
Macka Diamond
Buena Vista Social Club
Eric Roberson
CeCe Winans
Mary J - On the comeback!!
Brownstone - Back to the old Skool :D
Leela James
Angela Johnson - She got some very unique soul
Jay Dee (dilla) R.I.P
A female MC/Rapper by the name of T.Love - i have two tracks by her as produced by dilla but as far as that i know nothing about her! anyone any ideas?
Movies:
Cidade De Deus, Cinema Paridiso, Irreversible, Oldboy, Three Colurs Red, Three Colour Blue, Three Colours White, Amores Perres, Solaris (the orginal one), Reqieum For A Dream, Boogie Nights, Pulp Fiction, Secertary, All the Audrey Movies :P they were the bomb!! Sex and lucia (lucia y el sexo), Malcolm X, Ali, Shaft, "Samuel L" Shaft :p, Amistad
To be continued.....
