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Dezzy RuxSpin

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About Me

Let's see...I'm a bit of a square to those who don't know me. But that's cool, there are experiences and qualities to my personality, that tend to not fit most casual impressions of me. I'm actually sort of proud of that. I'm a hip hop head. I'm very proud to be a part of my generation's contributions to the black music tradition. I appreciate music in general, from jazz, to bossa nova, to r&b, and have a love for hip hop. With that said though, i probably should've been born in the late 60's, just so i could be old enough to truly enjoy the music of the seventies, and be around for the birth of hip hop. I've got a love for fly suits, ties and cufflinks. i'll rock a blazer and tie to the club, and a throwback jersey to work. And feel fly either way. Graduated from Cal Berkeley in May 2003, did some real interesting things there (ask me bout that for more info) before graduating with a major in African-American Pop Culture Studies. Very satisfying four years there. That's some basics...

My Interests

I'm a pop culture junkie. Music, film, literature, and art. I love it all. And chess. And Madden. I love to learn, and i love to write. I'm a pretty open-minded guy, so this "interests" area is pretty hard to fill up. But...tons of stuff...

I'd like to meet:

Myself in ten years to see if i'm f***in up right now!

Music:

HipHop...HipHop...and lil bit mo HipHop...Anita Baker! If you do not like Anita Baker, I will fight you.Sade! If you do not like Sade, I will fight you.Donald Byrd! If you do not like Donald Byrd, I will fight you.Love Unlimited Orchestra! If you do not like L.U.O., I might seriously hurt you.Other essentials that aren't as obvious as MJ, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, etc. include:Incredible Bongo Band, Minnie Ripperton, Norman Conners, Shuggie Otis, The New Birth, Fonda Rae (what you know about "Over Like A Fat Rat"!!), Teddy P, ..Man, lemme stop...i could go on forever...

Movies:

Le Haine ; The Watermelon Man ; Bamboozled ; Hollywood Shuffle ; Coming To America ; Boomerang ; (more to be announced)

Television:

Chappelle's Show ; Def Poetry Jam ; The Daily Show ; Simpsons ; A&E Biography ; Sealab 2021 ; Aqua Team Hunger Force ; Family Guy ; VH1Soul ; MTVJams ; Curb Your Enthusiasm ; Sienfeld ; Making The Band (guilty pleasure, i know) ;

Books:

Art of War / Art of Peace ; The Langston Hughes Collection ; Malcolm X Autobigraphy ; any Cornell West, Michael Eric Dyson ; Invisible Man ; my mother's poetry...(Still waiting on the first great hip hop novel...its gotta be coming up soon right?)

Heroes:

My moms ; my brother ; grandmother ; myself ; and MR FANTASTIC!