culture and struggle
warriors
rage against the machine, aloe blacc, luda, richard bona, devin the dude, red hot chili peppers, beyonce, dmx, tego calde, system of a down, real funk carioca (aka not the kind made by white boys), buju banton, ugk, amel larrieux, mobb deep, sizzla, mos def, kelis, kweli, madonna, prince, tool, too short beeeotch, chamillionaire, nine black alps, t.i., we are scientists, spacek, ghostface, smashing pumpkins, j*davey, dangerdoom, mike jones, franz ferdinand, bloc party, white stripes, bay slap - e-40/keak da sneak/federation/the pack/beeda weeda, blur, paul wall, sa-ra, coldplay, gilles peterson, quasimoto, the roots, dizzee rascal, bobby friction and nihal, bright eyes, aaliyah, donald glaude, pac, big, nas, jay, esthero, sade, lil wayne, nirvana, independent shit all day, stiffed, nina simone, m1, tim maia, racionais mcs, mv bill, too much to list really...old school shit, bhangra, jazz, 2-step, reggae/dancehall, brazilian rap, samba, bossa nova, mpb, cumbia, afrobeat, all freedom music, fusional variations of the above...
THE DEPARTED - scorsese all day, good shepherd, blood diamond, catch a fire, inside man, dave chappelle's block party, syriana, city of lost children, anything that fernando meirelles touches (domesticas, cidade de deus, etc.), crash, scarface, set it off, nagin, madhumati, old school dilip kumar movies, indie flicks...
paulo freire, bukowski, pramahansa yogananda, anything by octavia butler and frantz fanon, 48 laws of power, stuff on kashmir, aga shahid ali, edward said, arundhati roy, art of war, gibran, spook who sat by the door, alchemist, autobio of malcolm x, assata, fast food nation, tibetan book of the dead, che, milan kundera, thought provoking and revolutionary literature...
my parents (r.i.p.), yasin malik and all freedom fighters worldwide