beat junkie.
hip hop photographer.
photojournalist.
artist.
activist.
city slicker.
beach bum.
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Hot callaloo, some rice and some hot sauce, a hot cup of tea, Stone’s ginger wine, Maryland crabs, fish tacos, lime iceys, fresh fruit, Vitamin d, the ocean and warm sand, floating on my back in the ocean, jumping off cliffs, a sky so clear you see shooting stars and satellites -and taking the time to see them, beautiful sunsets, the tranquility of sunrise, a great book you get so lost in you miss your subway stop, art that moves you, old friends who really know you, my dad’s Buddhist mentality, my type A jack of all trades mother who runs shit, my blood, my other half, my bro who made me who I am. my uncle Tim - soul brother and idol since day one- best record collection of anyone I know but that ain't even the half. Listening to loud music, getting my boogie on, a song that tells it exactly how it is, takes you right there, makes a difference, that you cant help but move your ass to. Laughing so hard it hurts, getting wiser, people with big hearts, instant connections, creative inspiration and satisfaction, contributing in a positive way, dreaming of a better world, equality and justice.
People who make me want to do it better
i'll hit you with some songs mixtape style.... lyrics born -balcony beach, pharcyde -runnin', aceyalone -makeba, moonlit skies feat. goapele, The Roots -what they do (but the whole tipping point album is sick too so cop it if you're sleeping), Nappy Roots -Awnaw, everlast -blinded by the sun, beanie sigel -feel it in the air, ludacris -growing pains, spud, torch, and akim of cipher 7 (good brothers collective) -locked in, souls of mischief -never no more, blackaliscious -make you feel that way, kanye -school spirit, cody chestnut -serve this royalty, heiro feat. goapele -soweto, lloyd banks -warrior, dmx -slippin', gza -shadowboxin, dilated peoples -worst comes to worst, john legend -do what i gotta do (but could be any song of his), anthony hamilton -mama knew love.......BACK IN THE DAY WAY......... Sam Cooke – A change is gonna come, Stevie wonder – Living for the city, Bill withers – Grandma’s hands, Esther Phillips - Use me, Bobby ‘blue’ bland - Aint no love in the heart of the city, Al green - The letter , Marvin gaye -Inner city blues, Smokey robinson - Groovin’, Aretha - Baby I love you, Sam Cooke – Lonely island............DANCEHALL VIBES…..... Ken Boothe – Silver words , Fade Away – Junior Byles , Dennis Brown – Should I, Delroy Wilson – I trust you, Johnny Osbourne – Ghettoology, Gregory Isaacs – Cool down the pace, Peter Tosh – Downpressor Man, Jacob Miller – Have some mercy, Yellow Man – Mi Believe, Half Pint – Level the vibes, Supercat –cry fi de youth, Charlie Chaplin – Entertainer, Tenor saw – Lots of sign, Cutty Ranks – Rude Boy Number, Yami Bolo – When a man’s in love, Beanie Man – Kette Drum, Bounty Killer - Look, Tanya Stephens – It’s a Pity, Sizzla – You’ve got to be strong, Richie Spice – Crying for love, Chuck Fender and Richie Spice – Cyaan control, Jah Cure – What am I longing for, Bascom X – Eyes on the prize
The harder they come, Hotel Rwanda, Tsotsi, Crooklyn, Do the right thing, Malcolm x, Ray, Ali, City of god, Orfeu, City of lost children, I robot, The fifth element, Slingblade, Pretty in Pink. anything Tim Burton = SICK. new fave... pan's labyrinth
don't watch much of it
Roots, Malcolm X -aaaaahhhh Alex Haley, Savage inequalities -Jonathan Kozol, A lesson before dying -Ernest Gaines, A People's History of the United States -Howard Zinn (the real history!), Born Fi' Dead -Laurie Gunst (an amazing book about jamaica's posses), Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons -William Upski Wimsatt (classic material), The Rough Guide to Reggae (for the real reggae lovers), Bullet Proof Diva -Lisa Jones, Blood Brothers -Richard Price, Honky -Dalton Conley, The White Boy Shuffle -Paul Beatty, Down These Mean Streats -Piri Thomas, Rule of the Bone -Russell Banks, Their Eyes were Watching God -Zora Neale Hurston, My Year of Meats -Ruth Ozeki (insane and hilariously told fiction novel with tons of facts about the meat industry in the u.s. -dont plan on eating meat conscious free ever again), Nickle and Dimed -Barbara Ehrenreich (she goes into the trenches to see for herself how hard it is to get by on working wages in america -and fails every time! so poignant and so hilarious). new fave... The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. amazing.
Malcolm X, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Walker Evans, Alex Haley, Spike Lee, Chuck D, my fam and my friends. everybody out there making a difference in their own little ways.