Member Since: 5/1/2008
Band Website: myspace.com/milehighrydas
Band Members: ME.
Influences: JUST TO NAME A FEW (for there are many more)... DANTE, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, MACHIAVELLI, EDGAR ALLEN POE AND THE MULTITUDE OF POETS OVER THE LAST FEW CENTURIES... MUDDY WATERS, ROBERT JOHNSON, HOWLIN WOLF, JOHN LEE HOOKER, B.B. KING, AND THE INNUMERABLE THRONGS OF POETIC AND COURAGEOUS BLUES INVENTORS WHO SURVIVED LONG ENOUGH TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION, UPON WHICH ROCK AND RAP BOTH HAVE BEEN BUILT... T.D.K. AND M.K. PRO (my boys)...and DAS EFX, 3RD BASS, DANA DANE, JIMI HENDRIX, KID ’N PLAY, GRANDMASTER FLASH, JUICE CREW, BLACK MOON, FUNKMASTER FLEX, NAS, MACK 10, WC, DR. DRE, some of THE NO LIMIT SOLDIERS, CAPITOL E, DOO WOP, E-40, ICE-T AND BODY COUNT, DJ JAZZY JEFF, NATE DOGG, FABOLOUS, KRS ONE, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, AFRIKA BAMBATA, RUN DMC, DE LA SOUL, EAZY-E, TOO $HORT, FATHER MC, K-SOLO, MC BREED, (TONGUE) TWISTA, LOST BOYZ, SPICE 1, ICE CUBE, KURUPT, MACK 10, REDMAN, NIRVANA, SUBLIME, MC5, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, BIG L, BUSTA RHYMES, WARREN G, BIG DADDY KANE, KURTIS BLOW, MOS DEF, METHOD MAN, COMMON SENSE, BIZ MARKIE, SUGARHILL GANG, BOB DYLAN, LL COOL J, NINE INCH NAILS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, HED P.E., BRAND NUBIAN, DOUG E. FRESH, SPECIAL ED, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, THE 2 LIVE CREW, FAT BOYS, D-NICE, CRAIG MACK, COMPTONS MOST WANTED, MAIN SOURCE, CANIBUS, DEAD PREZ, COOLIO, PSYCHO C A.K.A. BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, GANGSTARR, RAKIM (& Eric B or not), BIZZY BONE, HOUSE OF KRAZEES & TWIZTID, AKROBATIK, GANGSTA PAT, SONDOOBIE, MURS, FIVE FINGER DIZCOUNT, BROTHER ALI, SNOOP DOGG, KOTTONMOUTH KINGS AND THE SUBNOIZE FAM, DJ RED ALERT, NATAS, PHUNK JUNKEEZ, DO OR DIE, OPM, TECH N9NE AND THAT STRANGE FAM (ALL THE WAY BACK TO THAT MIDWESTSIDE SHIT), N.W.A., KRAZY KLAN (A.B.K. AND LAVEL), 2PAC, DAYTON FAMILY, JURASSIC 5, HATEBREED, NOTORIOUS B.I.G., X-CLAN, GRAND VANACULAR, BROTHA LYNCH HUNG, NAS, 3-6 MAFIA AND THE HYPNOTIZE CAMP POSSE, HUMBLE GODS, CORPORATE AVENGER, PROZAK, BEDLAM & PROJECT DEADMAN (PROZAK), WU-TANG CLAN AND THE GRAVEDIGGAZ, NECRO & ILL BILL AND THE CIRCLE OF TYRANTS, WESTSIDE CONNECTION, ACEYALONE, MIKE E. CLARK, GETO BOYS, PUBLIC ENEMY, MYZERY, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, METALLICA, WHITE ZOMBIE (& ROB ZOMBIE), BEASTIE BOYS, PHARCYDE, TRIBE CALLED QUEST, JUMPSTEADY, RAHZEL AND THE ROOTS, AESOP ROCK, CYPRESS HILL AND PSYCHO REALM, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, FELT, KOOL MOE DEE, EPMD, HALFBREED (R.O.C. AND SKRAPZ), SLICK RICK, KOOL G RAP, PETER TOSH, BOB MARLEY AND HIS SONS, CELLY CEL, RAPPIN 4-TAY, THOMAS MAPFUMO, ONYX, POTLUCK, MOBB DEEP, TOOL, ABOVE THE LAW, DIVINE SOUNDS, E.AST S.IDE H.OES A.ND M.ONEY (ESHAM), PROJECT BORN, KANYE WEST, THA DOGG POUND, EASTSIDAZ, FEAR FACTORY, IZZY CHILL, BLUE OYSTER CULT, MASTAMIND, DIRTBALL, LINKIN PARK, DIGABLE PLANETS, THE FUGEES (& Lauryn Hill), COMMON, SOCIAL DISTORTION, MELLE MEL, SAGE FRANCIS, MJG, BUCK 65, SHYNE, I.C.P., EM, JOHNNY CASH, ATMOSPHERE, PANTERA, DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, SEPULTURA & SOULFLY, BLACK THOUGHT, WEST STREET MOB, HIEROGLYPHICS, OUTKAST, SLUG, LAID BACK, MC LYTE, DILATED PEOPLES, GRANDMASTER SLICE, BIG PUNISHER, SCARFACE, BUN B, BLACKSTAR, ESOTERIC, MR. LIF, UGK, FAT JOE, ABSTRAKT INTELLEKT, MC LYTE, SWOLLEN MEMBERS, MARILYN MANSON, DMX, JEDI MIND TRICKS, KORN, DEFTONES, THE FURIOUS 5, PINK FLOYD, THE DOORS, LED ZEPPELIN, JOHN LENNON, RAVI SHANKAR, KORN, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, NELSON MANDELA, DAVID BLAINE, ROBERT KAPPA, JACKIE CHAN, BRUCE LEE AND TONY JAA, GEORGE CARLIN, CHRIS ROCK, DANE COOK, DENIS LEARY, MICHAEL MOORE, VICTOR JARA, CHE GUEVARA, BARACK OBAMA, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., THOMAS JEFFERSON, MALCOLM X, MARCUS GARVY, MY PROFESSOR: DR. CHARLES HAARHUGHES AND FORMER GUITAR TEACHER: CHRIS DANIELS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO INFLUENCED THEM... AND MY FAMILY. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE INFLUENCED ME IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER AND DESERVE RESPECT FOR THIER TRIUMPHS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY, MUSIC, POETRY, IDEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND SO ON. I may have repeated some or missed some but put the emphasis on who ye shall. this is the list.As a final thought, I want to mention to all the so called emcees out there, the famous or unherad of ones, that give shouts to Biggie and Pac all day: they were both dope but what about Scott LaRoc and JMJ. What about MC Trouble and Eazy muthafuckin' E. What about Grym Reaper aka Too Poetic, what about ODB, what about Big Pun and probably the illest of all: Big L. If you haven't even heard of these giants then you should be fucking ashamed. Crack some books and get some new records. word