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IN GENERAL: Calypso, Soca, AfroBeat, Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, R&B, Jazz, Samba, Bossa... ALWAYS AND FOREVER: Bob Marley, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Prince, Sade, Jodeci, Donny Hathaway, Wu Tang Clan, Madonna, Lauryn Hill, Nina Simone, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, MC Lyte, Lil' Kim, KRS-One, India.Arie, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Outkast, K'naan, John Mayer, Van Hunt, Esthero, Gnarls Barkley, TV On The Radio, Dead Prez, Nas, Kelis, Diddy, Amy Winehouse, Kanye, Parliment Funkadelic... **RIGHT NOW I'M BLAZING A LOT OF: Saul Williams
All SPIKE LEE joints... All Robert DeNiro... All Johnny Deep...All Vince Vaughn...The Jacksons: American Dream, Friday, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Afro-Punk, Desperado, The Lunatic, Beaches, School Daze, Scarface, Malcolm X, Purple Rain, Great Expectations, What's Love Got To Do With It, Boomerang, The Joy Luck Club, Coming to America, Bad Boys (both), Young Guns, Tsotsi, Ice Age, The Devil Wears Prada, ATL, Idlewild, The Boys of Baraka, Catch a Fire, Borat, How High, Dé Ja Vu, Blood Diamond, Dream Girls, Stomp the Yard, Rabbit Proof Fence, 300, I Think I Love my Wife, The Number 23, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Black Snake Moan, Transformers, American Gangster, This Christmas, I Am Legend, The Great Debaters
Everyone who's not on strike
All of my mother's books- Dr. Carole Boyce-Davies, "I Love Myself When I'm Laughing...Then Again When I'm Looking Mean and Impressive"- Zora Neale Hurston, "Sula"- Toni Morrison, "When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost...My Life as a Hip Hop Feminist"- Joan Morgan, "The Seventh Octave"- Saul Williams, "The Portable Paradise"- Toure, "The Boondocks: Because I Know You Don't Read the Newspaper"- Aaron McGruder, "The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth"- Jessica Care Moore, "Loving Myself"- my friend, Kevin Ahmaad, "The Accidental Diva"- Tia Williams, "Never Drank The Kool-Aid"- Toure, "Left of Karl Marx" - Carole Boyce Davies
My Grandmother and all of my Ancestors...