Loving life, family, friends, writing, travel, west coastin, cruisin, working out, talking, editing.
Bradley Nowell, Brother Ali, NAS, Dave Chappelle, Maynard James Keenan, Danney Carey, Serj Tankian.
Masta Ace, Brother Ali, TOOL, Cee-Lo, Coltrane, NAS, Silence, Dead Prez, System of a Down, Mos Def, Mars Volta, Pepper, Robert Johnson, Blind Boys of Alabama, Ben Harper to match, Slick Rick, Outkast, Goodie Mob, The Marley Family, Peter Tosh, A Perfect Circle, Immortal Technique, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Talib Kweli, Steel Pulse, Rage Against the Machine, Downpoint, Sublime, De La Sol, Athletic Mic League, Little Brother, MF Doom, Common, Eryka Badu, Jill Scott, The Roots, Hieroglyphics, Souls of Mischief, Mark Favria, Blockhead, O C, Pharoah Monch, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Makiaveli, Kanye West, Slightly Stoopid, DJ Sammy, Robert Johnson, Paul Oakenfold, Wu-Tang Clan and all its vital components (RZA, GZA, ODB (RIP), Inspecta Deck, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, Masta Killa, and U-God), Living Legends, Panic at the Disco, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Desert Sessions, Sexual Tofu, Primus, Colonel Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Sausage, Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mathews Band, Slipknot, Pantera, Slayer, Danzig, Misfits, Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse, Bone Thugs , the Fugees (Translator Crew and on and on and on), Tribe Called Quest, Peanut Butter Wolf, Dr. Doom, Kool Keith, Dr. Octogon, Notorious B.I.G, Public Enemy, Run DMC, The Abyssinians, Seu Jorge, Danny Elfman, Jazzy Pha, Muddy Mississippi Waters, Buddy Guy, Coley Cole, Sugar Hill Gang, Incubus, Gangstarr, Jurassic 5, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, DJ Silly Kid, The Doors, Metallica, Robert Johnson, Tenacious D, Barrington Levy, Ludacris, Alicia Keys, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa, The Comodores, Parliament Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind n' Fire, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam Cooke, Missy Elliot, Tweet, D'Angelo, John Legend, Bjork, At the Drive In, AFI, Grayskul, Cypress Hill, Redman, Opeth, Rise Against, Karate, Reggie and the Full Effect, Goldfinger, Nine Inch Nails, Puya, Mike Patton in various forms, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Dilinger Escape Plan, King Crimson, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bob Dylan, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum, Credence, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Lightning Hopkins, The Meters, Nonphyxion, Freestyle Fellowship, Artifax, Albert King, Neil Young, Weezer, Leela James, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Jefferson Airplane....
More every day. So far: Four Brothers, Forty Year Old Virgin, City of God, Anger Management, Casino, Goodfellas, Scarface, Outlaw Josey Whales, Million Dollar Baby (Study this shit all you boxers out there), Bird, Happy Gilmore (Brings me back), The Boxer, Boondock Saints, Coffee, Foxy Cleopatra (Pam Greare is FINE), Desperado, Frida, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hero, Bruce Lee: Enter the Dragon, Kung Fu Hustle, Belly, How to Catch a Thief, Drunken Master, King Kong (EPIC), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Good the Bad and the Ugly...
Family Guy, Simpsons, Sports Center...Not really into television, unless there's a good game on, because it usually bores the hell out of me.
STORY, Heart of Darkness, The Wu-Tang Manual, The Alchemist, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Damian, Timequake, Speak, Siddartha, The Prophet, Crime and Punishment, Doors of Perception, Chrome Yellow, Jitterbug Perfume, Drown, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Lord Jim...
My Father, My Mother, Hunter S. Thompson, Tim Robbins, John Cardiel, Brother Ali, The GZA, Joseph Conrad, Muddy Waters, freedom fighters