Acting, any and all physical and mental challenges
Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Bradley, Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Paul Robeson, Bill Withers, David Ruffin, Romare Bearden, Bill Cosby (for real, I just wanna talk to the man), Spike Lee, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Assata Shakur, Sidney Poitier, and the Angel that gives my mom her strength.
Ok, here's what I don't like, it's a much shorter list: any music having to do with eating live animals on stage is NOT sexy. Screaming, you'd better have a damn good reason or some hot lyrics to back it up, anything lacking feeling or soul behind it is an absolute no no!
Bamboozled, Bad Boys 1 and 2, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Killer, Hard-Boiled, Dirty Pretty Things, The Godfather Trilogy, Pulp Fiction, Love Jones, Brown Sugar, Menace to Society, Ray, Idlewild, Gladiator, Sankofa, El Mariachi, The Matrix 1 and 2, Heat, The Professional, Hoodlum, The Woodsman, Clockers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers (until the ending, that really sucked!) Sin City, Gangs of New York (SIKE!!!! just making sure you're paying attention),Malcolm X, Cinderella Man, ok for real, I'm tired now.
The Wire (the most raw show in the game right now!!!) 24 (one of the finest seasons on television in years), Grey's Anatomy, R.I.P to Arrested Development (one of the best inside jokes on a name: Bob Loblaw)The Boondocks (The MLK episode should be put in a time capsule, absolute history), The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Las Vegas (look, everyone has their guilty pleasures...), all three CSI's, Law and Order SVU, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Studio 60, Heroes, The Nine, Two and a Half Men, Tavis Smiley, The Sopranos...and whatever I'm about to be on!
Bad Boy Brawley Brown (Walter Mosley), Su-doku puzzles. Right now all my books are in storage scattered about the east and west coast.
Jackie Robinson, all the brothas and sistas that fought for us to be able to craft and hone our artistic endeavors, Jesus.