Music:
|*| high rotation (051908):
01. TI "no matter what" (this has helped me get through some thangs over the past couple of weeks. stand strong.)
02. the virgins "rich girls"
03. alicia keys "teenage love affair"
04. erykah badu "solider"
05. kidz in the hall "drivin' down the block" (rmx) f bun-b, cool kids + the clipse
06. the roots "get busy" f dice raw x peedi peedi
07. black cotton "dance lessons" (rmx)
08. feist "one evening"
09. freeway "still got love"
10. company flow "collude/interlude" f j-treds
|.| new soul x RNB x female vocals: BILAL, j*davey, kudu, ryan leslie, stephanie mckay, j.rawls, tiombe lockhart, alice russell, adriana evans, aaliyah (RIP), platinum pied pipers, sa-ra crative partners, soulstice, the controls (waay ahead of their time), peven everett, dwele, e.badu, BBD, santessa, zero7, sade, estelle, maxwell, groove thoery, soulstice, bjrok, raphael saddiq (dude is no joke live), kelis, mary j. blige, kells, ursher, spacek, darrien brockington, attica blues, portishead, nightmares on wax, lily allen, daniel merriwether, sia, alicia keys, carlita durrand, corrine bailey rae
|.| west coast underground: pacific division, erule, planet asia, visionaries fam, sound providers, above the law, OHNO/med/lootpack/madlib, english league, quannum crew: blackalicious/lyrics born/maroons/lateef, log cabin/aceyalone/fellowship/project blowed/CVE/spoon iodine/ngga fish (one of the best, ever), del/extra prolific/souls of mischief/casual, PUTS, mistah FAB
|.| jazzy hip-hop: blu+exile, the cool kids, nujabes/hydeout sound, lupe fiasco, big tone, masspyke, kev brown/kenn starr (next to blow)/oddisee camp, mass influence, sound providers, lone catalysts, foreign exchange/little brother, ohmega watts, strange fruit project, move.meant, dudley perkins
|.| beats: NOiD, mf doom, nujabes/hydeout sound, primo, beatminerz, pete rock, PPP, 9th wonder, khrysis, kanye west, heatmakerz, timbaland, dr.dre, blockhead, j-rawls, dj jazzy jeff, kev brown, j-dilla (RIP), ta'raach, RJD2, kanye west, fat jon, ryan leslie, stimulated dummies, sam sever, the bomb squad, paul C, DITC, q-tip, havoc, don cannon
|.| mixtapes: fourcolorzack, dj compose, dj klever, nick catchdubs, dj benzi, clinton sparks, aphiliates: don cannon + jaycee + dj drama, mick boogie, dj vinroc, dj j.period, dj a-trak, dj jazzy jeff, the rub djs: cosmo baker + dj eleven + dj ayres, j-rocc/melo-d/babu,shortkutt/rhett, negroclash, rapid ric, dj kashi da handsome, paul nice, dj muro, green lantern, diplo/low-bee/hollertronix crew, neil armstrong
|.| ignorant thug rap (the more ignorant + hood + gutta + over the top-the better)
|.| 90's hip-hop: KMD, darc mind, rough house soul survivors, artifacts, boogiemonsters, bush babies, black sheep, brand nubian, onyx, pete rock and cl smooth (although grand puba wrote most of dudes lyrics), heltah skeltah/BCC/black moon, the DOC, large professor/main source, 3xdope, kwame, de la soul, public enemy, y'all so stupid, big daddy kane, nice and smooth, low profile, slick rick, gangstarr/group home, LOTUG, LONS, EPMD (OG slow flow champs), PRT, (this also includes super obscure groups from the '90s...don't test me!!)
|.| west coast gangster knock: CMW (the greatest!), low profile, king tee, ice-t, NWA, e-40/the click/turf talk/frontline, san quinn, mistah FAB, honor roll music: mike baker + josie stingray + trakademicks + spank pops
|.| east coast rap: clipse, clipse, more clipse, tuff crew, mobb deep, jay-z (what do you know about "the originators"?!), big-L/DITC, ghostface/theodore unit/wu-tang, NaS, d-block: jadakiss + sheek louch + styles P, biggie, MOP, diplomats/cam'ron/jim jones/hell rell/juelz santana, beanie sigel, freeway, peedi crakk cocaine
|.| the durrty: weezy f. baby (please say the baby), bun-b/UGK (ridin' durty!), T.I., slim thug + boss hawg outlaws, young jeezy/USDA, rick ross, OG ca$h money roster, trick daddy, big boi + andre 3000 (when they rap)
|.| plant life (I can't explain it, but shit is dumb sick!)& plant life + cee-lo green as heart attack (forget what you heard on the gnarls barkley project)
|.| indie: bloc party, diamond nights, arcade fire, the unicorns, the stills, yeah yeah yeahs. Q and not U, the fucking champs, animal collective, fiery furnaces, le coupe, TV on the radio, smashing pumpkins, phantom planet, at the drive in, lightning bolt, hot hot heat, that local girl band vax, the fucking champs, ratatat, the cars
|.| dj vadim, early dj krush, mo'wax/jazz fudge, dj cam
|.| funk/soul: luther, alexander o'neil, donny hathaway, janet jackson, gregory abbott, al b.sure, mille jackson, dionne warwick, chaka khan, isaac hayes, love unlimited, lenny williams, charles wright, willie hutch, grant green, freda payne, tom brock, patrice rushen, tyrone davis, stylistics, bill withers, smokey robinson, TP, norman connors, delfonics, james brown, bobby womack, al green (all day), OG michael jackson (when dude was black), barry white, prince, morris day and the time, bob james, grover washington jr., faze-o, michael wycoff, kool & the gang, the delegation, the meters
|.| now school native tongue types: the roots, mos def, slum village, reflection eternal, consequence, kanye west, common, jean grae
|.| that dance $hit: ed banger: dj mehdi + justice + etc., steed lord, dj klever, mark ronson, whatever flosstradamus spins, ghostland observatory
|.| debbie deb, nocera, stevie b, late night hype, afrorican, shannon, 2 live crew, dj magic mike, the bass that ate miami, gucci crew, mc shy-d, jj fadd, jaya, cover girls, expose
|.| dancehall riddims/lovers rock/roots/one drop
|.| east coast underground: tame one, el-p/can-ox/perceptionists/mr.lif def jukies, nuclear family, mf doom (and his many incarnations), weathermen, copywrite
|.| local fam: O6, topic, jun-dax/mez, hidden habitats, creed
