Member Since: 1/13/2006
Band Website: If U Build it...I will have it...Ha-Haaaa!
Band Members: Me, my MP, my VS, my 'tables, and a Secret Weapon named Bridge.
Influences: Life, love,family, freedom, frustration, and the Sickness that is America. The Ancestors, The Struggle, The Coming Change. The 120, The Q'uran, The Bible. The Refusal to say "Uncle!" The Mountains of the Moon, The Pyramids, Timbuktu, Harlem, USA. The Righteous and the Walking Dead. The Divine Knowledge, The Supreme Wisdom, The Proper Understanding.Goree Island, COINTELPRO, Crack, HIV, the Prison Industrial Complex, Gang Warfare, Katrina. Being that solitary sperm that made it out of Triple Stage Darkness. Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Hannibal Barca, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Stephen Biko, Kwame Nkrumah, The Master, The Messenger, The Father, The Minister. The Sun, Moon, and Stars.......Oh, you meant musically!!!.....In no particular order(nor complete, for that matter):
Bohannon, Parliament/Funkadelic(homegrown, ya heard?), Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, James Brown, Peter Tosh, The Delfonics, The Temptations, Barry White, Arthur Prysock, Ronnie Laws, Donald Byrd, The Main Ingredient, The Temprees, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Hampton, The Ohio Players, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Donna Summer, MFSB, Johnnie "Guitar" Watson, Nancy Wilson, Pattie Labelle, Isaac Hayes, Ramsey Lewis, Minnie Ripperton, Phoebe Snow, The New Birth, The 5th Dimension, Donnie Hathaway, Eddie Kendricks, Isley Brothers, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Carmen McCrae, Andre Crouch, Cannonball Adderly, Mary J. Blige, Prince, Quincy Jones, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Mandre, Mandrill, War........Marley Marl, Howie T, Pete Rock, Premier, Biz, Tony Dofat, Dr. Dre, RZA, Chyskillz, Erick Sermon, Ski, NoI.D., Organized Noize, DJ Quik, The Bomb Squad, Beatminers, Timbaland, Kanye West, Just Blaze, Diamond D, Buckwild, Rocwilder, E-Swift, 45 King, Beatnuts, Large Professor, Swizz Beatz, The Ummah, L.E.S., The Hitmen, Salaam Remi, Wyclef, Hi-Tek, Prince Paul.....
MCs(remember, these are influences-not inspirations, or necessarily favorites of all time [but mostly these are those who I feel will shit on the majority of all who have ever done it, and those who made me grab my pen]:
Spoonie G, Kool Moe Dee, LuvBug Starski, Schooly D, Newcleus, Just-Ice, Run-DMC, Fat Boys, Bad Boys, Busy Bee, Whodini, Doug Fresh, Slick Rick, 2 Live Crew, KRS One, Ice T, King T, The Juice Crew, Fresh Prince, EPMD, Cube, Del, Freshco, Lord Finesse, King Sun, Wise Intelligent, Redman, K-Solo, Sticky Fingaz, C.L. Smooth, Kool Keith, Lord Tariq, Chief Comanche, MC Lyte, Wu-Tang, Boot Camp Click, Nas, AZ, Freddie Foxxx, Common, Nice n' Smooth, SuperNatural, Kurtis Blow, DMX, Busta Rhymez, Snoop Dogg, Latifah, B.I.G., J-ro and Tash, Twista, Treach, MC Ren, Brother J, Grand Daddy I.U., Chuck D, Scarface, Kwame, Brand Nubian, Prodigy, Poetic, Jaz, Super Lover Cee, Izzy Ice, Heavy D, Dinco D, MC Eiht, Keith Murray, Rakim, Kurrupt, Mal Green, Divine Styler, Positive K, Melle Mel, Pharoah Monch, Percee P, Common, Cool J, Black Thought, Ras Kass, Godfather Don, Punisher.....
*newer inspirations-Faboloso, Eminem, D-Block, Planet Asia, T.I., Ludicris, Pitbull, Papoose, Saigon, Young Buck, Game, Hell Rell, Beanie, Cassidy, The 'Clipse, Juellz, Chamillionaire, J-Live, Icarus, Trick Daddy, Project Pat, Field Mob, The Floyds, The Kid Slim, E. Ness, Black Rob, Yukmouf, Mos Def....
Sounds Like: Hip-Hop
Record Label: N.J'Illz
Type of Label: Indie