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I have way too many favorites and could go on for days. I don’t like listing favorite genres cuz that’s too broad but it’d be impossible to list all my favorite artists and I’m already missing a bunch. But here’s a small sample:West Coast: 2Pac, Ice Cube, E-40, The Delinquents, Keak Da Sneak, 3XKrazy, Yukmouth, Too $hort, Bad N-Fluenz, Seagram, Ant Banks, Spice 1, Mac Dre, Mac Mall, Digital Underground, Team, Messy Marv, San Quinn, Cold World Hustlers, U.D.I., 11/5, I.M.P., Ya Boy, Turf Talk, Mistah F.A.B., Jacka, Zion-i, Hiero, Lyrics Born, Ise Lyfe, The Attik, Isa, Native Guns, Los Rakas, The Coup, Saafir, New Bay, Old Bay, The Whole Damn Bay, Eazy-E, NWA, DJ Quik, Boo-Yaa Tribe, Crooked I, The Game, Xzibit, Ras Kass, Tha Alkaholiks, Murs, Blue Scholars, AceyaloneEast Coast: Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, Nas, Redman, Clipse, Black Moon, Smif N Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, EPMD, Eric B. and Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Gang Starr, Freddie Foxxx, Beanie Sigel, Saigon, Black Star, De La Soul, Organized Konfusion, Saigon, dead prez, Immortal Technique, Jean Grae, Public EnemyDirty South: Scarface, Geto Boys, Devin the Dude, Z-Ro, Trae, UGK, Outkast, Goodie Mob, TI, David Banner, Killer Mike, Little Brother, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Three 6 Mafia, JuvenileMidwest: Tech N9ne, Common, Brother Ali, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Kanye WestRock: Rage Against The Machine, Jimi Hendrix, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Deftones, Sepultura, SoulflyBlues: John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, North Mississippi AllstarsJazz: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Cannonball Adderly Quinet, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill EvansSoul/Funk: Sly & the Family Stone, Prince, Curtis Mayfield (both his solo work and when he was with The Impressions), James Brown, Sam Cooke, Booker T. & The MGs, Sam & Dave, William Bell, The Dramatics, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, Al Green, Isley Brothers, Teddy Pendergrass, Bobby Womack, The Delfonics, Raphael Saadiq, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Mary J Blige, D'Angelo, Goapele, Keyshia Cole, Teedra Moses, Sade, Amel Larrieux, Janet JacksonReggae/Dancehall: The Wailers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Steel Pulse, Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, Capleton, Spragga Benz, Beenie Man
Drama: Rocky, The Pursuit of Happyness, Wong Kar-Wai flicks, Akira Kurosawa flicks, The Battle of Algiers, In The Time Of The Butterflies, The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Cinderella Man, Braveheart, Gladiator, Fight Club, Hustle & FlowComedy: Friday, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Dodgeball, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Office Space, Delirious, Raw, Kings of Comedy, Zoolander, High Fidelity, Old SchoolKung-Fu Flicks: The Big Boss, Fists of Fury, The Way of the Dragon, Enter the Dragon, Master of the Fatal Flying Guillotine, Fist of Legend, Tai-Chi Master, Once Upon A Time In China, Fearless, Drunken Master 2, Ong-Bak, Tom Yum Goong, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, King Boxer, The One Armed Swordsman, Iron Monkey, Sha Po Lang, Shaolin Soccer, Kung Fu Hustle, Born To Fight, Kill Bill, When the Last Sword is Drawn, Shogun's Samurai, Swords of Vengeance, Shogun's Ninja, Shogun's ShadowCrime: Young and Dangerous, Infernal Affairs 1-3, Election, Triad Election, The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, City of God, Shottas, King of New York, New Jack City, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Dead Presidents, Set It Off, True Romance, Paid In Full, HeatAction: The Killer, Hardboiled, A Better Tomorrow, Die Hard, Man on Fire, Breaking News, Fulltime Killer, Bad Boys, Smokin Aces, 16 Blocks, The Bourne Identity, Deja VuSci-Fi/Comic Book: Star Wars, The Matrix, X-Men, Spiderman, Hellboy, Blade, Constantine, Sin City, Old Boy, Batman BeginsDocumentaries: All Power to the People, Fall of the I-Hotel, Gaza Strip, Eyes on the Prize, The Murder of Fred Hampton, When We Were Kings, When the Levees Broke, Hoop Dreams, Cocaine Cowboys
SportsCenter, Chappelle's Show, The Boondocks, The Wire, The Sopranos, The Office, Heroes, NBA, NFL, MLB, MMA and Boxing Fights, and for the best comedy on television I turn to Fox News Network.
Legacy to Liberation, Revolutionary Suicide, Seize the Time, To Die for the People, The Black Panthers Speak, The Wretched of the Earth, Black Skin White Masks, Live From Death Row, Death Blossoms, All Things Censored, We Want Freedom, Assata, Our Word Is Our Weapon, Sweatshop Warriors, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Soledad Brother, Blood In My Eye, Will You Die With Me?, Up Against The Wall, Malcolm X Speaks, Quotations From Chairman Mao Tsetung, Red Star Over China, Ho Chi Minh: A Life, The Art of War, Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke, Tao Te Ching, Zen and the Martial Arts, Heartbeat of Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, Lyrical Swords Vol. 1: Hip Hop and Politics in the Mix, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation, Moneyball, this list could go on and on as well.
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