Music:
Motown, rock steady, old school punk/hardcore, 60's/70's psychedelia, Hip Hop circa '86-'98, true (not nu) metal. Al Green, Gil Scott Heron, Desmond Dekker,Althea and Donna, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tina Turner, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Carlos Santana, Billy Cox, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook, James Jamerson's groove, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Millions of Dead Cops, Agent Orange, Saccharine Trust, Ludichri$t, Killing Time, Inside Out, Burn, Absolution, Rorshach, Dag Nasty, The Stooges, The Animals, Love, Los Dug Dug's, Pax, CAN, Hawkwind, Pentagram, Thin Lizzy, Angel Witch, Hallow's Eve, Celtic Frost, Diamond Head, Cryptic Slaughter, Cactus, Pagan Altar, Elf, EPMD, Eric B. and Rakim, Jungle Brothers, Poor Righteous Teachers, Gangstarr, Ultramagnetic M.C.'s, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, Kool G. Rap and Polo, De La Soul is Dead, Main Source, Freddy the Foxx, Three Times Dope, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Ghetto Boys, N.W.A. w/Cube, M.T.B.A.
Movies:
Blaxploitation, Sidney Poitier, Clint Eastwood, Kurosawa, Flash Gordon, Flesh Gordon, Black Mamma/White Mamma, Silent Running, Diary of a Mad House Wife, Rosemary's Baby, Breakin' I and II, Xanadu, A Boy and His Dog, Over the Edge, ... and let's not forget the greatest Greek Epic of all time: The Warriors.
Television:
I admit nothing.
Books:
James Baldwin, Philip K. Dick, Albert Camus, Gene Wolfe, Richard Wright, Bukowski, Malcolm X, Mr. T.(for real, read his biography), Shirley Jackson, H.P. Lovecraft, Clarke Ashton Smith, Mike Moorcock, Edgar Allen Poe, Alan Moore and more and more.
Heroes:
Rick James