Being a mommy, Art, graphics, painting music, music, and music...did I say music? :-) Dancing, basketball, politics, technology (to an extent..lol)
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Earth, Wind and Fire Roy Ayers and Malcolm X. Those profound men had a significant impact on my life in regards to music and Malcolm was just an amazing motivating speaker.
I would especially like to meet the person who decided that 5 highways would be enough for a city of 4 million people. I would like to ask what flavor of cocaine were they snorting on that one!
LA BANDY BANDY...ERYKAH AND ZAP MAMA...
Whew...here we go! Galen Abdur-Raazaq(flutejuice.com and my pop pops!)John Coltrane, Art Blakely, Ahmad Jamad, Idris Muhammed, Lee Morgan, Harold Land, Roy Ayers, Bobbi Humphrey, John Hammond, Leon Ware, EWF, Pleasure, The Meters, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lionel Hampton, Wes Montgomery, Cameo, Portishead, Eugene Daniels, Marvin Gaye, Minnie Ripperton, Patrice Rushen, Fertile Ground, Michael Jackson(before the deterioration), Quincy Jones, Bob James, MAW(Masters at Work)RUN DMC, RAMP, Horace Silver, Black Moon, ATCQ, Slum Village, Jaaaay DILLA DILLA FOREVER!; Pharcyde, Jay-Z, Arrested Developement, Grand Puba, Brand Nubian, Biggie, Methond Man, RZA, GZA, ODB..(hell Wu-Tang period), Gangstarr, Public Enemy, KRS-ONE, Bush Babies, NAS, Mobb Deep, Outkast, Steve Spacek, Mark de Clive Lowe, The Rurals, Phuturistic Lounge, Bahamadia, MC Lyte, Redman, Anita Baker, Stevie Wonder, Peabo Bryson, Max Roach, Busta Rhymes, and that is just off the top of the head!!!
Malcolm X, Forrest Gump(I lovved that movie!), Kill Bill, Menace to Society(comedy relief),
CSI, and Nip Tuck...
The Road Less Traveled - Scott M. Peck
Out of the Box of Life - Warren Berland
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Think and Grow Rich(The Black Experience)MUST READ!!-Dennis Hambro and Napolean Hill
My pops...my second mom and my mom(God rest her soul)