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Ice-T, Kool Keith, Public Enemy, Chill Rob G, Sir Mix a Lot, Natacha Atlas, Lady Sovereign, 3 Mustaphas 3, Tom Tom Club, Paris, Afrika Bambaataa, Mic Force, Braintax, Hijack, Rodney P, Egyptian Lover, TCA Mic Mafia (Microphone Mafia), CMW, Sa Razza, La Fossa, Kid Frost, Blood of Abraham, Litefoot, Mexiclan, DRF, Continuorilasso, Ruthless Rap Assassins, The High & Mighty, Truce Boys, Maggotron/DXJ, CMW, Los Lobos, James Brown, George Clinton, Bobby Rush, C.U.B.A. Cabbal, Beastie Boys, Schoolly D, MC Shan, Marley Marl, Roxanne Shanté, BDP, Sté Strausz, Full Force, War, Beatnuts, Makale, Curtis Mayfield, Andre Williams... some of my favourite albums: de la soul: three feet high & rising, ice-t: power, o.g.; la fossa: around the rionez; a tribe called quest: people's instinctive...; sir mix-a-lot: mack daddy; afrika bambaataa and the soul sonic force: planet rock; natacha atlas: halim; sr raza: wesssisla; kid frost: east side story; project polaroid; BDP: edutainment; dj magic mike: bass is the name of the game; maggotron et al.: miami bass wars 1 + 2; 3rd Bass: the cactus album; Disco D: a night at the booty bar; eric b & rakim: let the rhythm hit 'em, young mc: stone cold rhymin'; public enemy: yo! bum rush the show; prince paul: psychoanalysis; darkroom familia: matan a mi gente; arduz: son italiano; queen latifah: all hail the queen; bdp: edutainment; war: galaxy; leonard cohen: I'm your man; fabrizio de andrè: creuza de ma; miami bass wars 2; dj magic mike: bass is the name of the game; NWA: straight outta compton; beastie boys: paul's boutique; C.U.B.A. cabbal: the dervish made me do it, above the law: living like hustlers, infinite mass: alwayz somethang...
El Mariachi (all of the trilogy really, but El Mariachi is still my fave), The 13th Warrior, Det Sjunde Inseglet, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Mulholland Dr, Saddest Music in the World, Touch of Evil, Zelig, Match Point (WOODY!), Frenzy, North by Northwest, Notorious, Il grande silenzio, The Shining, Tre uomini e una gamba, Ensayo de un crimen, The Brother from Another Planet, Sholay, Sombra Dolorosa, Factotum, Dracula - Pages from a Virgin's Diary, La science des rêves, Ghost Dog, Taxi Driver, Smityu joransik, The Adjuster...
Riget - The Kingdom (Lars von Trier)...
Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Arthur Schnitzler, Franz Kafka, Joann Sfar, Hugo Pratt, Jane Austen, James Joyce...
Noam Chomsky, Malcolm X, MLK, Subcomandante Marcos, Joe Slovo, Edward W. Said, .., John Sayles, Woody Allen, all the pioneers of hip hop, Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Afrika Islam, Busy Bee, Rodney C, GMC, Sha Rock, Tony Tone, Debbie Dee, Lisa Lee, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Prince Whipper Whip, Kevie Kev, Scorpio, LA Sunshine, Chief Rocker Starksi, DJ Hollywood.... all of them!